¹And the men of Ephraim said to him, What is this thing thou hast done to us, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midian? And they disputed with him sharply.

¹A mužovia Efraimovi mu riekli: Jaká je to vec, ktorú si nám to vykonal, že si nás nepovolal, keď si išiel bojovať proti Madianovi? A prudko sa s ním dohadovali.

²And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?

²A on im povedal: A čože som ja teraz vykonal také jako vy? Či nie sú lepšie paberky Efraimove ako oberačka Abiezerova?

³Into your hands hath God delivered the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their spirit was appeased toward him, when he said that word.

³Veď do vašej ruky dal Bôh kniežatá Madianove, Oréba a Zeéba, nuž čože také som ja mohol vykonať ako vy? Vtedy upustil ich duch od neho, keď im to hovoril.

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

⁴A Gedeon prišiel k Jordánu a prešiel cezeň on i tých tristo mužov, ktorí boli s ním, ustatí prenasledujúc nepriateľa.

⁵And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me, for they are faint; and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

⁵Preto povedal mužom mesta Sukkóta: Dajte, prosím, ľudu, ktorý ide za mnou, niekoľko pecňov chleba, lebo sú ustatí, a ja honím Zebacha a Calmunnu, madianských kráľov.

⁶And the chief men of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in thy hand, that we should give bread to thine army?

⁶A kniežatá Sukkóta povedali: Či je azda päsť Zebachova a Calmunnova už v tvojej ruke, aby sme dali tvojmu vojsku chleba?

⁷And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briars.

⁷Na to riekol Gedeon: Preto, keď dá Hospodin Zebacha a Calmunnu do mojej ruky, zmlátim vaše telo tŕňami púšte a bodliakmi.

⁸And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

⁸A odíduc odtiaľ hore do Penuela hovoril im podobne. Ale mužovia Penuela mu odpovedali tak, ako odpovedali mužovia Sukkóta.

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

⁹A povedal aj mužom Penuela: Keď sa navrátim v pokoji, rozborím túto vežu.

¹⁰Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand [men], all that were left of the whole camp of the children of the east; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.

¹⁰A Zebach a Calmunna boli v Karkore a ich tábor vojska s nimi, okolo pätnásť tisíc mužov, všetci, ktorí boli pozostali z celého tábora synov východu. A tých, ktorí padli, bolo sto dvadsať tisíc mužov, všetko takí, ktorí narábali mečom.

¹¹And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwell in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the camp; for the camp was at its ease.

¹¹A Gedeon odišiel hore cestou tých, ktorí bývajú v stánoch, od východu Nobacha a Jogbehy, a uderil na tábor, kým sa tábor cítil bezpečný.

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

¹²A keď utekali Zebach a Calmunna, honil ich a zajal oboch kráľov Madianových, Zebacha a Calmunnu, predesiac všetko vojsko.

¹³And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle, from the ascent of Heres.

¹³A keď sa navracoval Gedeon, syn Joasov, z boja, od svahu vrchu Cháresa,

¹⁴And he caught a youth of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the chief men of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy-seven men.

¹⁴zajal mládenca z mužov mesta Sukkóta a povypytoval sa ho, ktorý mu popísal kniežatá Sukkóta a jeho starších, sedemdesiatsedem mužov.

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

¹⁵A prijdúc k mužom Sukkóta povedal: Tu hľa, Zebach a Calmunna, pre ktorých ste ma pohanili povediac: Či je azda päsť Zebachova a Calmunnova už vo tvojej ruke, aby sme dali tvojim ustatým mužom chleba?

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

¹⁶Preto vezmúc starších mesta i tŕne púšte i bodliaky dal nimi cítiť mužom Sukkóta svoju moc.

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

¹⁷Aj vežu Penuela rozboril a pobil mužov mesta.

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

¹⁸Potom riekol Zebachovi a Calmunnovi: Jakí to boli mužovia, ktorých ste zabili na Tábore? A oni povedali: Takí jako ty, každý na pohľad ako kráľovský syn.

¹⁹And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. [As] Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

¹⁹A riekol: Moji bratia, synovia mojej matky, to boli. Jako že žije Hospodin, keby ste ich boli nechali žiť, nebol by som vás zabil.

²⁰And he said to Jether his firstborn, Arise, slay them! But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

²⁰A povedal Jeterovi, svojmu prvorodenému: Vstaň, zabi ich! Ale mládenec nevytiahol svojho meča, lebo sa bál, pretože bol ešte len chlapec.

²¹Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall on us; for as is the man, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the moons that were on their camels' necks.

²¹A Zebach a Calmunna povedali: Vstaň ty a obor sa na nás, lebo jaký muž, taká jeho sila. Vtedy vstal Gedeon a zabil Zebacha i Calmunnu a vzal ozdobné mesiačiky, ktoré boly na hrdlách ich veľblúdov.

²²And the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.

²²Potom povedali izraelskí mužovia Gedeonovi: Panuj nad nami i ty i tvoj syn i syn tvojho syna; lebo si nás zachránil z ruky Madiana.

²³And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Jehovah will rule over you.

²³Ale Gedeon im riekol: Nebudem ja panovať nad vami ani nebude panovať nad vami môj syn. Hospodin bude panovať nad vami.

²⁴And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you: give me every man the earrings of his booty; for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

²⁴A ešte im povedal Gedeon: Toto by som žiadal od vás: Dajte mi každý náušnicu zo svojej koristi. Lebo nepriatelia mali zlaté náušnice, pretože boli Izmaeliti.

²⁵And they said, We will willingly give [them]. And they spread a garment, and cast therein every man the earrings of his booty.

²⁵Na to mu povedali: Dáme vďačne. A prestreli rúcho a hodili ta každý náušnicu zo svojej koristi.

²⁶And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand seven hundred [shekels] of gold; besides the moons, and eardrops, and the purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

²⁶A bolo váhy zlatých náušníc, ktoré vyžiadal, tisíc sedemsto šeklov zlata krome ozdobných mesiačikov a záveskov perlovej podoby a purpurového rúcha, ktoré mali na sebe madianskí kráľovia, a krome nákrčníkov, ktoré boly na hrdlách ich veľblúdov.

²⁷And Gideon made an ephod of them, and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel went thither a whoring after it; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

²⁷A Gedeon z toho urobil efod a složil ho vo svojom meste, v Ofre. A smilnil tam celý Izrael chodiac ta za ním, a stal sa osídlom Gedeonovi i jeho domu.

²⁸And Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

²⁸A tak bol Madian zohnutý pred synmi Izraelovými, ani viacej nepozdvihli svojej hlavy. A zem mala pokoj štyridsať rokov, vo dňoch Gedeonových.

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

²⁹A Jerubbál, syn Joasov, odišiel a býval vo svojom dome.

³⁰Now Gideon had seventy sons who had come out of his loins, for he had many wives.

³⁰A Gedeon mal sedemdesiat synov, ktorí pošli z jeho bedra, lebo mal mnoho žien.

³¹And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.

³¹I jeho ženina, ktorú mal v Sicheme, porodila mu syna, a pridal mu meno Abimelech.

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 Abi-ezrites.

³²A keď zomrel Gedeon, syn Joasov, v dobrej starobe, pochovaný bol v hrobe Joasa, svojho otca, v Ofre Abiezerovej.

³³And it came to pass when Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baals, and set up Baal-Berith as their god.

³³A stalo sa hneď, ako zomrel Gedeon, že znova smilnili synovia Izraelovi idúc za Bálmi a postavili si Bál-beríta za boha.

³⁴And the children of Israel remembered not Jehovah their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.

³⁴A nepamätali synovia Izraelovi na Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktorý ich vytrhol z ruky všetkých ich nepriateľov dookola.

³⁵And they shewed no kindness to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon, according to all the good that he had done to Israel.

³⁵Ani neučinili milosrdenstva s domom Jerubbálovým, Gedeonovým, podľa všetkého toho dobrého, ktoré učinil Izraelovi.