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1 Potem je Jerubáal, ki je Gideón in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo z njim, vstalo zgodaj in se utaborilo poleg vodnjaka Haród, tako da je bila vojska Midjáncev na njihovi severni strani, v dolini pri Moréjevem hribu.
And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, [reaching] from Gabaathamorai, in the valley.
2 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Ljudstva, ki je s teboj, je zame preveč, da bi Midjánce izročil v njihove roke, da se ne bi Izrael poveličeval zoper mene, rekoč: ›Moja lastna roka me je rešila.‹«
And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people with you [are] many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me.
3 Zdaj torej pojdi, razglasi v ušesa ljudstva, rekoč: ›Kdorkoli je boječ in se boji, naj se vrne in zgodaj odide z gore Gileád.‹« In tam se jih je izmed ljudstva vrnilo dvaindvajset tisoč, ostalo pa jih je deset tisoč.
And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who [is] afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
4 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Ljudstva je še preveč. Privedi jih dol k vodi in tam ti jih bom preizkusil.« Zgodilo se bo, da o komer ti rečem: ›Ta bo šel s teboj, ‹ bo ta isti šel s teboj; in o komer ti rečem: ›Ta ne bo šel s teboj, ‹ ta isti ne bo šel.«
And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for you: and it shall come to pass that of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall go with you, [even] he shall go with you; and of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall not go with you, [even] he shall not go with you.
5 Tako je ljudstvo privedel dol k vodi in Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »Kdorkoli s svojim jezikom sreba vodo, kakor sreba pes, tega boš postavil poleg sebe, podobno vsakega, ki poklekne dol na svoja kolena, da bi pil.«
And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, you shall set him apart, and [also] whoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
6 Število tistih, ki so srebali s pristavljanjem svoje roke k svojim ustom, je bilo tristo mož, toda vsi drugi izmed ljudstva so se upognili na svoja kolena, da pijejo vodo.
And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water.
7 Gospod je rekel Gideónu: »S tristo možmi, ki so srebali, vas bom rešil in Midjánce izročil v tvojo roko. Vse preostalo ljudstvo pa naj gre vsak mož k svojemu kraju.«
And the Lord said to Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Madiam into your hand; and all the [rest of the] people shall go every one to his place.
8 Tako je ljudstvo v svojo roko vzelo živež in svoje šofarje, ves preostanek Izraela pa je vsakega moža poslal k svojemu šotoru in obdržal tistih tristo mož. Midjánska vojska pa je bila pod njim v dolini.
And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in the valley.
9 Iste noči se je pripetilo, da mu je Gospod rekel: »Vstani, spusti se k vojski, kajti izročil sem jo v tvojo roko.
And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
10 Toda če se bojiš iti dol, pojdi dol k vojski s svojim služabnikom Purájem.
And if you are afraid to go down, go down you and your servant Phara into the camp.
11 Slišal boš kaj govorijo. Potem se bodo tvoje roke okrepile, da greš dol k vojski.« Potem je s svojim služabnikom Purájem odšel dol k zunanjim izmed oboroženih mož, ki so bili v vojski.
And you shall hear what they shall say, and afterwards your hands shall be strong, and you shall go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the [companies of] fifty, which were in the camp.
12 Midjánci in Amalečani in vsi otroci vzhoda pa so ležali povprek po dolini, zaradi množice podobni kobilicam in njihovih kamel je bilo zaradi množice brez števila, kakor peska ob morski obali.
And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east [were] scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
13 Ko je Gideón prišel, glej, je bil tam mož, ki je svojemu tovarišu povedal sanje ter rekel: »Glej, sanjal sem sanje in glej, kolač ječmenovega kruha se je privalil v midjánsko vojsko, prišel k šotoru in ga udaril, da je ta padel in ga prevrnil, da je ležal postrani.«
And Gedeon came, and behold a man [was] relating to his neighbour a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamt a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and struck it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
14 Njegov tovariš je odgovoril in rekel: »To ni nič drugega kakor meč Gideóna, Joáševega sina, moža iz Izraela, kajti v njegovo roko je Bog izročil Midjánce in vso vojsko.«
And his neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.
15 Bilo je tako, ko je Gideón slišal pripovedovanje sanj in njeno razlago, da je oboževal, se vrnil v Izraelovo vojsko in rekel: »Vstanite, kajti Gospod je v vašo roko izročil midjánsko vojsko.«
And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand.
16 Tristo mož je razdelil na tri skupine in v roko vsakega moža položil šofar s praznimi lončenimi vrči in svetilkami znotraj vrčev.
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers:
17 Rekel jim je: »Glejte mene in storite podobno. In glejte, ko pridem k robu tabora, se bo zgodilo, da kakor storim jaz, boste tako storili tudi vi.
and he said to them, You shall look at me, and so shall you do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass [that] as I do, so shall you do.
18 Ko zatrobim s šofarjem, jaz in vsi tisti, ki so z menoj, potem tudi vi zatrobite s šofarji na vsaki strani tabora in recite: › Meč od Gospoda in od Gideóna.‹«
And I will sound with the horn, and all you with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp, and you shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon.
19 Tako so Gideón in sto mož, ki so bili z njim, prišli k robu tabora na začetku srednje straže in imeli so ravno sveže postavljeno stražo. Zatrobili so na šofarje in razbili lončene vrče, ki so bili v njihovih rokah.
And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
20 Tri skupine so trobile na šofarje in razbile lončene vrče in držale svetilke v svojih levicah in šofarje v svojih desnicah, da z njimi trobijo in kričali: »Meč od Gospoda in od Gideóna.«
and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.
21 Stali so vsak mož na svojem mestu okoli tabora in vsa vojska je stekla, kričala in pobegnila.
And [every] man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded [an alarm], and fled.
22 Tristo [jih] je trobilo na šofarje in Gospod je torej po vsej vojski naravnal meč vsakega moža zoper svojega tovariša in vojska je pobegnila do Bet Šite v Cerédi in do meje Abél Mehóle, do Tabáta.
And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set [every] man's sword in all the host against his neighbour.
23 Izraelovi možje so se zbrali skupaj iz Neftálija, iz Aserja, iz vsega Manáseja in zasledovali Midjánce.
And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam.
24 Gideón je poslal poslance po vsej gori Efrájim, rekoč: »Pridite dol zoper Midjánce in pred njimi zasedite vode do Bet Bare in Jordana.« Potem so se vsi Efrájimovi možje zbrali skupaj in zasedli vode do Bet Bare in Jordana.
And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand to Baethera and Jordan.
25 Zajeli so dva princa izmed Midjáncev, Oréba in Zeéba. Oréba so usmrtili na Orébovi skali, Zeéba pa so usmrtili na Zeébovi vinski stiskalnici in zasledovali Midjánce ter glavi Oréba in Zeéba prinesli Gideónu, na drugo stran Jordana.
And they took the princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they killed Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they killed Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan.

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