¹And Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, arose early, and all the people that were with him, and they encamped beside the spring Harod; and he had the camp of Midian on the north 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 Jehovah said to Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, 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.

³And now proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is timid and afraid, let him go back and turn from mount Gilead. And there went back of the people twenty-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 Jehovah said to Gideon, Still the people are many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for thee there, and it shall be, that of whom I shall say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I shall 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.

⁵And he brought down the people to the water; and Jehovah said to 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 on 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, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on 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 Jehovah said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and give Midian into thy hand; and let all the people go every man to 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.

⁸And they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and all the men of Israel he sent away, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. Now the camp 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 in that night, that Jehovah said to him, Arise, go down to the camp; for I have given it into thy hand.

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

¹⁰And if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the camp;

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

¹¹and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterwards shall thy hand be strengthened, and thou shalt go down unto the camp. And he went down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the camp.

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 Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore 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 Gideon came, and behold, a man was telling a dream to his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came to the tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it; and 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, the man of Israel: God hath given into his hand 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 came to pass when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped. And he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp 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, and empty pitchers, and torches 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 to them, Look on me, and do likewise; behold, when I come to the extremity 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.

¹⁸And when I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, ye also shall blow the trumpets around the whole camp, and shall say, For Jehovah and for 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!

¹⁹And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to 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 broke 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 broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah 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 out, 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 Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by 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 were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.

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

²⁴And Gideon sent messengers throughout mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah, and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim were called together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah, and the 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 Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the 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.