Књига о судијама 8

1 А људи од племена Јефремовог рекоше му: Шта нам то учини те нас не позва кад пође у бој на Мадијане? И викаху на њ жестоко.

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

2 А он им рече: Па шта сам учинио тако као ви? Није ли пабирчење Јефремово боље него берба Авијезерова?

And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

3 Вама је у руке дао Господ кнезове мадијанске, Орива и Зива; па шта ја могох учинити тако као ви? Тада се утиша дух њихов према њему кад тако говори.

God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was decreased toward him, when he had said that.

4 А кад Гедеон дође на Јордан, пређе преко њега с триста људи који беху с њим, а беху уморни гонећи.

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

5 Па рече људима Сокоћанима: Дајте неколико хлебова народу који иде за мном, јер су уморни, а ја гоним Зевеја и Салмана цареве мадијанске.

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

6 А главари сокотски рекоше му: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци да дамо хлеба твојој војсци?

And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread unto your army?

7 А Гедеон им рече: Кад ми Бог преда Зевеја и Салмана у руке, тада ћу помлатити телеса ваша трњем из ове пустиње и драчом.

And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

8 И отиде оданде у Фануил, и рече Фануиљанима исто онако, а они му одговорише као што одговорише људи у Сокоту.

And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

9 Зато и људима Фануиљанима рече: Кад се вратим здраво, развалићу ту кулу.

And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

10 А Зевеј и Салман беху у Каркору, и војска њихова с њима, око петнаест хиљада, што их год оста од све војске источне; а побијених беше сто и двадесет хиљада људи који махаху мачем.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

11 И отиде Гедеон преко оних што живе под шаторима, с истока Нови и Јогвеји, и удари на војску кад војска стајаше безбрижна.

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and stroke the host; for the host was secure.

12 А Зевеј и Салман побегоше, а он их потера, и ухвати два цара мадијанска, Зевеја и Салмана, и распуди сву војску.

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and humiliated all the host.

13 И врати се Гедеон син Јоасов из боја пре сунчаног рођаја.

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

14 И ухвати момка из Сокота, и испитива га; а он му пописа кнезове сокотске и старешине, седамдесет и седам људи.

And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

15 Па кад дође к Сокоћанима, рече: Ево Зевеја и Салмана, за које ми се ругасте говорећи: Је ли песница Зевејева и Салманова већ у твојој руци, да дамо хлеба уморним људима твојим?

And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom all of you did reproach me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread unto your men that are weary?

16 И узевши старешине оног места и трња из пустиње и драче даде на њима углед Сокоћанима.

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

17 И кулу фануилску развали и поби људе тамошње.

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

18 Потом рече Зевеју и Салману: Какви беху људи које побисте на Тавору? А они рекоше: Такви као ти; сваки беше на очима као царски син.

Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom all of you slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

19 А он рече: То беху моја браћа, синови моје матере. Тако Господ био жив! Да сте их оставили у животу, не бих вас погубио.

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if all of you had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

20 Тада рече Јетеру првенцу свом: Устани, погуби их. Али дете не извуче мач свој, јер се бојаше, јер беше још дете.

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

21 Тада рече Зевеј и Салман: Устани ти, уложи на нас; јер какав је човек онаква му је и снага. И уставши Гедеон погуби Зевеја и Салмана, и узе месечиће који беху о вратовима камила њихових.

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

22 Потом рекоше Израиљци Гедеону: Буди нам господар ти и син твој и син сина твог, јер си нас избавио из руке мадијанске.

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.

23 А Гедеон им рече: Нећу вам ја бити господар, нити ће вам син мој бити господар; Господ ће вам бити Господар.

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

24 Још им рече Гедеон: Једно ћу искати од вас: да ми дате сваки гривну од плена свог. А гривне имаху златне, јер беху Исмаиљци.

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that all of you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

25 И одговорише: Даћемо драге воље. И разастрвши хаљину бацише на њу гривне, сваки од плена свог.

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

26 И беше на меру златних гривана што изиска хиљаду и седам стотина сикала злата, осим месечића и ланчића и хаљина скерлетних, што ношаху цареви мадијански, и осим литарова, што беху око врата камила њихових.

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

27 И Гедеон начини од тога оплећак, и остави га у свом граду Офри; и онде сав Израиљ стаде чинити прељубу за њим, и би Гедеону и дому његовом замка.

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

28 Тако бише покорени Мадијани пред синовима Израиљевим, и више не дигоше главе. И земља би мирна четрдесет година за века Гедеоновог.

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

29 И отишавши Јеровал син Јоасов оста у својој кући.

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

30 И имаше Гедеон седамдесет синова, који изиђоше од бедара његових, јер имаше много жена.

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

31 И иноча његова, која беше у Сихему, и она му роди сина, и наде му име Авимелех.

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

32 Потом умре Гедеон син Јоасов у доброј старости, и би погребен у гробу Јоаса оца свог Авијезерита у Офри.

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

33 И кад умре Гедеон, опет синови Израиљеви чинише прељубу за Валима, и поставише себи Вал-Верита за бога.

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.

34 И не сећаше се синови Израиљеви Господа Бога свог, који их је избавио из руку свих непријатеља њихових унаоколо.

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:

35 И не учинише милости дому Јеровала Гедеона према свему добру што је он учинио Израиљу.

Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.