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.

¹A efraimski možje mu reko: Zakaj si nam to storil, da nas nisi poklical, ko si šel v boj zoper Madiana? In ostro so se besedili ž njim.

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?

²On pa jim reče: Kaj sem storil sedaj jaz in kaj vi! Ni li pobirek Efraimov boljši nego vsa trgatev Abiezerjeva?

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.

³Vam je dal Bog v roko madianska kneza, Oreba in Zeba, in sem li mogel storiti kaj takega kakor vi? In pomiril se je njih srd do njega, ko jim je tako govoril.

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

⁴In Gideon dospe k Jordanu in ga preide s tristo možmi, ki so bili pri njem, in čeprav trudni, so vendar podili.

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.

⁵In reče možem v Sukotu: Dajte, prosim, ljudstvu, ki gre za menoj, nekoliko hlebov kruha, zakaj trudno je, in jaz se ženem za Zebahom in Zalmunom, kraljema Madiancev.

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?

⁶A sukotski plemenitaši reko: Je li mar pest Zebahova in Zalmunova že v roki tvoji, da bi dali vojski tvoji kruha?

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.

⁷Gideon reče: Dobro, ko mi da GOSPOD Zebaha in Zalmuna v roko, zmlatim vaše meso s trnjem iz puščave in z bodljikovjem.

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.

⁸In pride gori v Penuel in jim govori enako; in možje v Penuelu mu odgovore, kakor so mu odgovorili Sukočani.

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

⁹In tudi možem v Penuelu reče: Ko se vrnem v miru, razrušim ta stolp.

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.

¹⁰Zebah in Zalmuna sta bila v Karkorju in njiju vojska ž njima, okoli petnajst tisoč mož, kar jih je preostalo od vse vojske Jutrovcev; kajti sto in dvajset tisoč jih je padlo, oboroženih z mečem.

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.

¹¹In Gideon je šel gori po poti tistih, ki stanujejo v šatorih, proti jutru ob Nobahu in Jogbehi, in udari vojsko, kajti bila je brezskrbna.

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.

¹²In Zebah in Zalmuna sta bežala, in ju je podil; in ujel je ta dva kralja Madiancev, Zebaha in Zalmuna, in razplašil je vso vojsko.

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

¹³In vrne se Gideon, sin Joasov, iz bitke od višine Heresa.

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.

¹⁴In zasači dečka izmed sukotskih mož in ga izpraša; in ta mu popiše sukotske plemenitaše in njih starejšine, sedeminsedemdeset mož.

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?

¹⁵In pride k Sukočanom in reče: Glejte Zebaha in Zalmuna, ki ste me ž njima zasmehovali, govoreč: Ali je pest Zebahova in Zalmunova že v tvoji roki, da bi dali kruha utrujenim možem tvojim?

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

¹⁶in vzame mestne starejšine in trnje iz puščave in bodljikovje in kaznuje ž njim sukotske može.

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

¹⁷Stolp v Penuelu pa podere in pomori može v mestu.

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.

¹⁸In reče Zebahu in Zalmunu: Kakšni so bili tisti možje, ki sta jih umorila na Taboru? Odvrneta: Takšni so bili kakor ti: vsak lepe postave, kakor kraljevi otroci.

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.

¹⁹In reče: Bili so moji bratje, matere moje sinovi; kakor res živi GOSPOD, ko bi jih bila pri življenju ohranila, ne bi vaju umoril.

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.

²⁰In veli Jeteru, prvencu svojemu: Vstani, umori ju! A deček ne izdere meča, kajti bal se je, ker je bil še mlad.

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.

²¹Zebah in Zalmuna pa mu rečeta: Vstani ti in naju ubij, zakaj kakršen je mož, taka je njegova moč. In Gideon vstane in umori Zebaha in Zalmuna, in vzame lunice, ki so bile na vratu njiju velblodov.

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.

²²Tedaj reko možje Izraelci Gideonu: Bodi nam vladar, ti in sin tvoj in sina tvojega sin, ker si nas rešil roke Madiancev.

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

²³Ali Gideon jim reče: Ne bodem vam vladar, tudi sin moj vam ne bode vladar; GOSPOD vam bodi vladar.

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.)

²⁴Gideon pa jim še reče: Eno bi vas prosil: dajte mi vsakdo nosne obodce, ki ste jih uplenili. Kajti imeli so nosne obodce iz zlata, ker so bili Izmaelci.

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

²⁵In reko: Radi jih damo. In razgrnejo oblačilo, in vsi mečejo nanje nosne obodce iz svojega plena.

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.

²⁶In teža zlatih obodcev, ki jih je izprosil, je bila tisoč in sedemsto seklov zlata, brez lunic in naušnic in škrlatnih oblačil, ki sta jih nosila madianska kralja, in brez verižic, ki so jih njih velblodi imeli okoli vratu.

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.

²⁷In Gideon je iz tega naredil naramnik in ga postavil v svojem mestu, v Ofri. In ves Izrael se je ondi vdajal nečistosti za njim; in to je bilo v zanko Gideonu in hiši njegovi.

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.

²⁸A Madianci so bili potlačeni pred Izraelovimi sinovi in niso več vzdignili glav svojih. In dežela je imela pokoj štirideset let v dnevih Gideonovih.

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

²⁹In Jerub-baal, sin Joasov, je šel in prebival v svoji hiši.

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

³⁰Imel pa je Gideon sedemdeset sinov, ki so prišli iz ledja njegovega, zakaj imel je mnogo žen.

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

³¹In priležnica njegova, ki je bila v Sihemu, mu je tudi rodila sina, in dal mu je ime 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.

³²In Gideon, sin Joasov, je umrl v lepi starosti in je bil pokopan v grobu očeta svojega Joasa v Ofri Abiezritov.

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.

³³Ko pa je umrl Gideon, brž so se odvrnili sinovi Izraelovi in nečistovali za Baali in si postavili Baal-berita za boga.

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:

³⁴In niso se spominjali sinovi Izraelovi GOSPODA, svojega Boga, ki jih je bil otel iz roke vseh njih sovražnikov vseokrog;tudi niso izkazali usmiljenja hiši Jerub-baal-Gideonovi, kakor je on storil vse dobro Izraelu.

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

³⁵tudi niso izkazali usmiljenja hiši Jerub-baal-Gideonovi, kakor je on storil vse dobro Izraelu.