¹And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.

¹Aga Efraimi mehed küsisid temalt: 'Miks sa tegid meile seda, et ei kutsunud meid, kui läksid sõdima Midjani vastu?' Ja nad riidlesid temaga kangesti.

²And 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?

²Ja tema vastas neile: 'Mida ma siis nüüd teiega võrreldes olen teinud? Eks ole Efraimi järelnoppimine parem kui Abieseri viinamarjalõikus?

³God hath 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 abated toward him, when he had said that.

³Teie kätte andis Jumal Midjani vürstid Oorebi ja Seebi. Aga mida olen mina teiega võrreldes suutnud teha?' Kui ta nõnda rääkis, siis nende pahameel tema vastu andis järele.

⁴And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

⁴Ja Gideon tuli Jordani äärde ning läks sellest üle, tema ja need kolmsada tagaajamisest väsinud meest, kes olid koos temaga.

⁵And 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.

⁵Siis ta ütles Sukkoti meestele: 'Andke ometi leivakakukesi rahvale, kes mu kannul käib, sest nad on väsinud; mina ajan taga Midjani kuningaid Sebahit ja Salmunat.'

⁶And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

⁶Aga Sukkoti vürstid küsisid: 'Kas on Sebahi ja Salmuna rusikas sul juba pihus, et peame su väele leiba andma?'

⁷And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

⁷Ja Gideon vastas: 'Tõesti, kui Issand annab mu kätte Sebahi ja Salmuna, siis ma peksan teie ihu kõrbekibuvitste ja ohakatega!'

⁸And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.

⁸Siis ta läks sealt üles Penueli ja rääkis neile sedasama; ja Penueli mehed vastasid temale nõnda, nagu Sukkoti mehed olid vastanud.

⁹And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

⁹Ta tõotas siis ka Penueli meestele, öeldes: 'Kui ma rahuga tagasi tulen, siis ma kisun selle torni maha!'

¹⁰Now 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.

¹⁰Aga Sebah ja Salmuna olid Karkoris ja koos nendega nende väed, ligi viisteist tuhat, kõik, kes olid üle jäänud kogu hommikumaalaste väest; aga langenuid oli sada kakskümmend tuhat mõõgameest.

¹¹And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

¹¹Ja Gideon läks üles mööda telgielanike teed ida pool Nobahit ja Jogbehat ja lõi väge, sest vägi oli muretu.

¹²And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

¹²Sebah ja Salmuna põgenesid, aga Gideon ajas neid taga ja võttis vangi mõlemad Midjani kuningad, Sebahi ja Salmuna, ja peletas minema kogu leeri.

¹³And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

¹³Kui Gideon, Joase poeg, tuli tagasi taplusest Heresi tõusutee juures,

¹⁴And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

¹⁴siis ta sai kätte ühe noore mehe Sukkoti meestest ja küsitles teda; ja see kirjutas temale üles Sukkoti vürstid ja vanemad, seitsekümmend seitse meest.

¹⁵And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

¹⁵Siis ta tuli Sukkoti meeste juurde ja ütles: 'Vaata, siin on Sebah ja Salmuna, kelle pärast te pilkasite mind, öeldes: Kas on Sebah ja Salmuna sul juba käes, et peame su väsinud meestele leiba andma?'

¹⁶And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

¹⁶Ja ta võttis linna vanemad, ja kõrbekibuvitsu ja ohakaid ja andis neid tunda Sukkoti meestele.

¹⁷And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

¹⁷Ja ta kiskus maha Penueli torni ning tappis linna mehed.

¹⁸Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

¹⁸Ja ta küsis Sebahilt ja Salmunalt: 'Missugused olid need mehed, kelle te Taaboril tapsite?' Ja nad vastasid: 'Need olid niisugused nagu sina. Igaüks välimuselt nagu kuningapoeg.'

¹⁹And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

¹⁹Ja tema ütles: 'Need olid mu vennad, mu ema pojad. Nii tõesti kui Issand elab: kui oleksite jätnud nad elama, ma ei tapaks teid!'

²⁰And 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.

²⁰Ja ta ütles Jeterile, oma esmasündinule: 'Võta kätte, tapa nad!' Aga poiss ei tõmmanud oma mõõka, sellepärast et ta kartis, kuna ta oli alles noor.

²¹Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, 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.

²¹Siis ütlesid Sebah ja Salmuna: 'Võta ise kätte ja tule meile kallale, sest nagu mees, nõnda on ta ramm!' Ja Gideon tõusis ning tappis Sebahi ja Salmuna; ja ta võttis ehted nende kaamelite kaelast.

²²Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

²²Ja Iisraeli mehed ütlesid Gideonile: 'Valitse meie üle, niihästi sina kui su poeg ja su pojapoeg, sest sa oled meid päästnud Midjani käest!'

²³And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

²³Aga Gideon vastas neile: 'Ei valitse mina teie üle ega valitse mu poeg teie üle - Issand valitseb teie üle!'

²⁴And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

²⁴Ja Gideon ütles neile: 'Ühte ma palun teilt: igamees andku mulle oma saagiks saadud ninarõngas!' Neil olid ju olnud kuldninarõngad, sest nad olid ismaeliidid.

²⁵And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

²⁵Nad vastasid: 'Me anname hea meelega!' Ja nad laotasid laiali ühe mantli ning igaüks viskas sinna ninarõnga oma saagist.

²⁶And 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.

²⁶Kuldninarõngad, mis Gideon oli palunud, vaagisid tuhat seitsesada kuldseeklit, peale nende kaelaehete ja kõrvarõngaste ja purpurriiete, mida Midjani kuningad olid kandnud, ja peale kettide, mis olid olnud nende kaamelitel kaelas.

²⁷And 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.

²⁷Ja Gideon valmistas neist õlarüü ning asetas selle oma linna Ofrasse, ja kogu Iisrael käis seal hoora viisil selle järel; aga see sai Gideonile ja tema soole püüdepaelaks.

²⁸Thus 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.

²⁸Nõnda alandati Midjan Iisraeli laste ees ja ta ei tõstnud enam oma pead; ja maal oli Gideoni päevil rahu nelikümmend aastat.

²⁹And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

²⁹Ja Jerubbaal, Joase poeg, läks ning elas oma kojas.

³⁰And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.

³⁰Gideonil oli seitsekümmend poega, tema niudeist lähtunuid, sest tal oli palju naisi.

³¹And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

³¹Ja tema Sekemis olev liignaine tõi temale ka poja ilmale, kellele ta pani nimeks Abimelek.

³²And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

³²Ja Gideon, Joase poeg, suri küpses vanuses ja ta maeti oma isa Joase hauda abieserlaste Ofrasse.

³³And 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.

³³Aga kui Gideon oli surnud, pöördusid Iisraeli lapsed taas ja käisid hoora viisil baalide järel ning seadsid endile jumalaks Baal-Beriti.

³⁴And 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:

³⁴Ja Iisraeli lapsed ei mõelnud enam Issandale, oma Jumalale, kes oli nad päästnud kõigi nende ümberkaudsete vaenlaste käest.

³⁵Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.

³⁵Ja nad ei teinud head Jerubbaali, Gideoni perele, tasuks kõige hea eest, mida tema oli teinud Iisraelile.