¹And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

¹In Izraelovi sinovi so delali, kar je bilo zlo v očeh GOSPODOVIH. In GOSPOD jih je dal v pest Madiancem sedem let.

²And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.

²In roka Madianova je hudo pritiskala na Izraela; iz strahu pred Madianci so si napravili tiste brloge, ki so na gorah, in jame in trdnjave.

³And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

³In bilo je, ko so Izraelci kaj posejali, da so prišli Madianci in Amalekovci in Jutrovci; prišli so gori zoper nje

⁴And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

⁴in so se utaborili proti njim in pokončali pridelke zemeljske povsod tja do Gaze in niso pustili nič živil v Izraelu, ne ovce, ne vola, ne osla.

⁵For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

⁵Kajti prišli so gori s svojo živino in s svojimi šatori, prišla jih je množica kakor roj kobilic; ne njih, ne njih velblodov ni bilo sešteti, in prišli so, da opustošijo deželo.

⁶And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

⁶In Izrael je silno obubožal zaradi Madiancev; in vpili so sinovi Izraelovi h GOSPODU.

⁷And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

⁷In ko so vpili sinovi Izraelovi h GOSPODU zavoljo Madiana,

⁸That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

⁸pošlje GOSPOD proroka k Izraelovim sinovom. Ta jim reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem vas peljal gori iz Egipta in vas odvedel iz hiše sužnosti,

⁹And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;

⁹in sem vas otel Egipčanom iz roke in iz pesti vseh, ki so vas stiskali, in sem jih pregnal izpred vas ter vam dal njih deželo,

¹⁰And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

¹⁰in dejal sem vam: Jaz sem GOSPOD, Bog vaš; ne bojte se bogov Amorejcev, ki prebivate v njih deželi. Ali niste poslušali glasu mojega.

¹¹And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

¹¹In angel GOSPODOV pride ter sede pod hrast v Ofri, ki je bil Joasa Abiezrita; in sin njegov Gideon je otepal pšenico v tlačilnici, da bi ž njo bežal izpred Madiancev.

¹²And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

¹²In prikaže se mu angel GOSPODOV in mu reče: GOSPOD s teboj, ti močni junak!

¹³And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

¹³Gideon pa mu reče: Ah, gospod moj, ako je GOSPOD z nami, zakaj nas je zadelo vse to? in kje so vsa čudežna dela njegova, ki so nam jih pripovedovali očetje naši, govoreč: Ni li nas GOSPOD odpeljal iz Egipta? A sedaj nas je GOSPOD zavrgel in dal Madiancem v pest!

¹⁴And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?

¹⁴In GOSPOD se obrne do njega ter veli: Pojdi v tej moči svoji in reši Izraela Madianove roke! Nisem li te jaz poslal?

¹⁵And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

¹⁵On pa mu reče: Ah, Gospod, s čim naj rešim Izraela? Glej, sorodništvo moje je najbolj siromašno v Manaseju in jaz sem najmanjši v očeta svojega hiši.

¹⁶And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

¹⁶A GOSPOD mu reče: Resnično bodem s tabo, in pobiješ Madiaince kakor enega moža.

¹⁷And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me.

¹⁷In on mu reče: Ako sem našel milost v tvojih očeh, prosim, daj mi znamenje, da si ti, ki govoriš z menoj.

¹⁸Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

¹⁸Ne umakni se odtod, prosim, dokler ne pridem k tebi in ne prinesem darila svojega in ga postavim pred tebe. On reče: Ostanem, dokler se ne vrneš.

¹⁹And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

¹⁹In Gideon gre noter in pripravi kozliča in iz efe moke opresnih kruhov; in dene meso v jerbašček in vlije juho v lonec ter mu prinese ven pod hrast in postavi predenj.

²⁰And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

²⁰Angel Božji pa mu reče: Vzemi meso in opresne kruhe in položi na skalo tukaj in na vrh izlij juho! In stori tako.

²¹Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

²¹Tedaj iztegne angel GOSPODOV konec palice, ki jo je imel v roki, in se dotakne mesa in opresnikov, in ogenj pride iz skale in požre meso in opresnike. In angel GOSPODOV izgine izpred njegovih oči.

²²And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

²²In Gideon vidi, da je bil angel GOSPODOV, in reče: Gorje mi, Gospod Jehova, ker sem videl angela GOSPODOVEGA iz obličja v obličje!

²³And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

²³A GOSPOD mu veli: Mir ti! ne boj se, ne umrješ.

²⁴Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

²⁴Tedaj zgradi Gideon ondi oltar GOSPODU in ga imenuje Jehova šalom [T. j. GOSPOD* je mir.]; ta je še do dandanes v Ofri Abiezritov.

²⁵And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

²⁵In zgodi se isto noč, da mu reče GOSPOD: Vzemi junca očeta svojega, tistega drugega junca, sedem let starega, in poderi Baalov oltar, ki ga ima tvoj oče, in posekaj Ašero, ki je nad njim,

²⁶And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

²⁶ter zgradi GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, na vrhu te trdnjave oltar, prav po redu; in vzemi tistega drugega junca in ga daruj v žgalščino z drevjem Ašere, ki jo posekaš.

²⁷Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

²⁷Nato vzame Gideon deset mož izmed svojih hlapcev in stori, kakor mu je velel GOSPOD; a boječ se storiti to po dne zaradi očeta svojega družine in ljudi v mestu, je storil to po noči.

²⁸And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

²⁸Ko pa ljudje iz mesta zarana vstanejo, glej, oltar Baalov je podrt in Ašera nad njim posekana, in tisti drugi junec je darovan na novozgrajenem oltarju.

²⁹And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

²⁹In rečejo drug drugemu: Kdo je to naredil? In poizvedujejo in vprašajo, pa reko: Gideon, sin Joasov, je to storil.

³⁰Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

³⁰Tedaj reko možje iz mesta Joasu: Pripelji sem sina svojega, da umrje, kajti podrl je oltar Baalov in Ašero nad njim je posekal!

³¹And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

³¹Joas pa reče vsem, ki so vstali zoper njega: Se li vi hočete pravdati za Baala? hočete ga li vi rešiti? Kdor bi se zanj potegoval, naj umrje še to jutro! Ako je bog, naj se pravda sam zase, ker mu je zrušil oltar.

³²Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.

³²Zato ga je od tega dne imenoval Jerub-baal, rekoč: Pravdaj se, Baal, zoper njega, ker ti je podrl oltar.

³³Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

³³Tedaj se zbero vsi Madianci in Amalekovci in Jutrovci in preidejo Jordan in se utabore v Jezreelski dolini.

³⁴But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

³⁴In duh GOSPODOV obleče v moč Gideona; in zatrobi na trobento, in zbero se k njemu Abiezriti, da bi šli za njim.

³⁵And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

³⁵In pošlje sle po vsem Manaseju, in tudi od tega se jih zbere, da bi šli za njim; in pošlje sle k Aserju, Zebulonu in Neftaliju, in pridejo jim naproti.

³⁶And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,

³⁶In Gideon reče Bogu: Ako hočeš rešiti Izraela po moji roki, kakor si govoril,

³⁷Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.

³⁷glej, položim runo na gumno: ako bode rosa le na samem runu, po vsej zemlji pa suho, tedaj spoznam, da rešiš Izraela po moji roki, kakor si govoril.

³⁸And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

³⁸In bilo je tako. Ko je namreč vstal zgodaj zjutraj, izžme runo in iztlači rose iz runa polno kupo.

³⁹And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

³⁹In Gideon reče Bogu: Ne vname naj se jeza tvoja zoper mene, in govoril bom še enkrat: naj poskusim, prosim, samo še enkrat z runom: bodi zdaj suho samo na runu, a rosno po vsej zemlji.In Bog je storil tako tisto noč: kajti bilo je suho samo na runu, a po vsej zemlji rosno.

⁴⁰And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

⁴⁰In Bog je storil tako tisto noč: kajti bilo je suho samo na runu, a po vsej zemlji rosno.