¹Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

¹Potom vstal Jerubbál, to jest Gedeon, včasne ráno i všetok ľud, ktorý bol s ním, a rozložili sa táborom pri studni Charoda, a tábor Madianov mu bol od severa, od vŕšku Móre na doline.

²And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

²A Hospodin riekol Gedeonovi: Primnoho je ľudu, ktorý je s tebou, než aby som dal Madiana do ich ruky, aby sa nechlúbil Izrael proti mne a nepovedal: Moja ruka mi spomohla.

³Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

³Preto teraz vyhlás tak, aby ľud dobre počul, a povieš: Ten, kto sa bojí a trasie sa, nech sa vráti a utiahne sa od vrchu Gileádovho. A tak sa vrátilo z ľudu dvadsaťdva tisíc mužov a desaťtisíc zostalo.

⁴And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

⁴A Hospodin riekol Gedeonovi: Ešte je toho ľudu primnoho. Zaveď ich dolu k vode, tam ti ich zkúsim. A stane sa, že ten, o ktorom ti poviem: Tento pojde s tebou, ten pojde s tebou, a každý, o ktorom ti poviem: Tento nepojde s tebou, ten nepojde.

⁵So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

⁵Vtedy zaviedol ľud dolu k vodám, a Hospodin riekol Gedeonovi: Každého, ktorý bude chlípať vodu svojím jazykom, ako chlípe pes, postavíš osobitne; a každého, ktorý si kľakne na svoje kolená piť, tiež osobitne.

⁶And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

⁶A bol počet tých, ktorí načierali svojou rukou a nosili vodu k ústam, tristo mužov. Všetok ostatok ľudu pokľakli na svoje kolená, aby pili vodu.

⁷And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

⁷A Hospodin riekol Gedeonovi: Tými tristo mužmi, ktorí chlípali, vás zachránim a dám Madiana do tvojej ruky. A všetok ostatný ľud, nech odídu každý na svoje miesto.

⁸So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

⁸A tedy ľud nabral potravy do svojej ruky i svoje trúby. A všetkých ostatných mužov Izraelových prepustil, každého do jeho stánu. A tých tristo mužov si zadržal. A tábor Madianov mu bol od dola na doline.

⁹And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.

⁹A stalo sa tej noci, že mu riekol Hospodin: Vstaň, sídi do tábora, lebo som ho vydal do tvojej ruky.

¹⁰But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

¹⁰A jestli sa bojíš sísť ty samotný, sídi ty a Púra, tvoj služobník, do tábora.

¹¹And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.

¹¹Tam počuješ, čo budú hovoriť, a potom sa posilnia tvoje ruky, a sídeš do tábora. A tak sišiel on i Púra, jeho služobník, ku kraju ozbrojencov, ktorí boli v tábore.

¹²And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

¹²A Madian aj Amalech i všetci synovia východu ležali rozložení na doline, a bolo ich sťa kobyliek čo do množstva, a ich veľblúdom nebolo počtu, lebo ich bolo jako piesku na brehu mora čo do množstva.

¹³And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.

¹³A keď prišiel Gedeon, hľa, práve rozprával nejaký muž svojmu druhovi sen a povedal: Hľa, sníval sa mi sen, a zdalo sa mi v ňom, že peceň jačmenného chleba sa kotúľal do tábora Madianov, a keď sa dokotúľal až po stán veliteľov, uderil ho tak, že padol, a prevrátil ho spodkom na hor. A tedy stán padol a ležal.

¹⁴And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.

¹⁴Na to mu odpovedal jeho druh a riekol: Nie je to nič iné, iba meč Gedeona, syna Joasa, Izraelského muža. Bôh dal Madiana i celý tábor do jeho ruky.

¹⁵And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

¹⁵A stalo sa, keď počul Gedeon vyprávanie sna i jeho výklad, že sa poklonil Bohu a vrátil sa do tábora Izraelovho a riekol: Vstaňte, lebo Hospodin dal do vašej ruky tábor Madiana.

¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

¹⁶Vtedy rozdelil tých tristo mužov na tri skupiny a do ruky každému z nich dal trúbu a prázdny žbán a vo žbáne fakľu.

¹⁷And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

¹⁷A povedal im: Ako uvidíte odo mňa, tak čiňte! Lebo hľa, ja prijdem k samému táboru, a bude, že jako ja budem robiť, tak budete robiť aj vy.

¹⁸When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

¹⁸A keď ja zatrúbim na trúbu, i všetci, ktorí budú so mnou, vtedy budete i vy trúbiť na trúby, rozostavení okolo celého tábora, a poviete: Za Hospodina a za Gedeona!

¹⁹So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

¹⁹Potom prišiel Gedeon a sto mužov, ktorí boli s ním, na pokraj tábora pri začiatku strednej stráže nočnej, len priam čo boli postavili zamenené stráže. A zatrúbili na trúby a rozbili žbány, ktoré mali každý vo svojej ruke.

²⁰And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

²⁰A tri skupiny trúbili na trúby, a rozbili žbány, a držali každý vo svojej ľavej ruke fakľu a vo svojej pravej ruke trúbu, aby trúbili, a volali: Meč za Hospodina a za Gedeona!

²¹And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

²¹A stáli každý na svojom mieste vôkol tábora. Vtedy sa pustil do behu celý tábor, a kričali a utekali.

²²And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

²²A tristo mužov trúbilo na trúby, a Hospodin obrátil meč jedného proti druhému, a to po celom tábore. A tábor utekal až po Bét-šitu, do Cererátu, až po okraj Ábel-mecholy pri Tabate.

²³And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.

²³Tu boli svolaní krikom mužovia Izraelovi z Naftaliho, z Asera a z celého Manassesa a honili Madiana.

²⁴And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.

²⁴A Gedeon bol rozposlal poslov po všetkých vrchoch Efraimových s odkazom: Sídite oproti Madianom a zastúpte im vody až po Bét-abaru i Jordán. A tak svolaní boli všetci mužovia Efraima a zaujali vody až po Bét-abaru i Jordán.

²⁵And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

²⁵A zajali dve kniežatá Madiana, Oréba a Zeéba a zabili Oréba na skale Orébovej a Zeéba zabili v preši Zeébovom a honili Madianov. A hlavu Orébovu a Zeébovu doniesli ku Gedeonovi za Jordán.