¹Aga Efraimi mehed küsisid temalt: 'Miks sa tegid meile seda, et ei kutsunud meid, kui läksid sõdima Midjani vastu?' Ja nad riidlesid temaga kangesti.

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.

²Ja tema vastas neile: 'Mida ma siis nüüd teiega võrreldes olen teinud? Eks ole Efraimi järelnoppimine parem kui Abieseri viinamarjalõikus?

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?

³Teie kätte andis Jumal Midjani vürstid Oorebi ja Seebi. Aga mida olen mina teiega võrreldes suutnud teha?' Kui ta nõnda rääkis, siis nende pahameel tema vastu andis järele.

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.

⁴Ja Gideon tuli Jordani äärde ning läks sellest üle, tema ja need kolmsada tagaajamisest väsinud meest, kes olid koos temaga.

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

⁵Siis ta ütles Sukkoti meestele: 'Andke ometi leivakakukesi rahvale, kes mu kannul käib, sest nad on väsinud; mina ajan taga Midjani kuningaid Sebahit ja Salmunat.'

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.

⁶Aga Sukkoti vürstid küsisid: 'Kas on Sebahi ja Salmuna rusikas sul juba pihus, et peame su väele leiba andma?'

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?

⁷Ja Gideon vastas: 'Tõesti, kui Issand annab mu kätte Sebahi ja Salmuna, siis ma peksan teie ihu kõrbekibuvitste ja ohakatega!'

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.

⁸Siis ta läks sealt üles Penueli ja rääkis neile sedasama; ja Penueli mehed vastasid temale nõnda, nagu Sukkoti mehed olid vastanud.

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.

⁹Ta tõotas siis ka Penueli meestele, öeldes: 'Kui ma rahuga tagasi tulen, siis ma kisun selle torni maha!'

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

¹⁰Aga Sebah ja Salmuna olid Karkoris ja koos nendega nende väed, ligi viisteist tuhat, kõik, kes olid üle jäänud kogu hommikumaalaste väest; aga langenuid oli sada kakskümmend tuhat mõõgameest.

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.

¹¹Ja Gideon läks üles mööda telgielanike teed ida pool Nobahit ja Jogbehat ja lõi väge, sest vägi oli muretu.

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.

¹²Sebah ja Salmuna põgenesid, aga Gideon ajas neid taga ja võttis vangi mõlemad Midjani kuningad, Sebahi ja Salmuna, ja peletas minema kogu leeri.

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.

¹³Kui Gideon, Joase poeg, tuli tagasi taplusest Heresi tõusutee juures,

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

¹⁴siis ta sai kätte ühe noore mehe Sukkoti meestest ja küsitles teda; ja see kirjutas temale üles Sukkoti vürstid ja vanemad, seitsekümmend seitse meest.

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.

¹⁵Siis ta tuli Sukkoti meeste juurde ja ütles: 'Vaata, siin on Sebah ja Salmuna, kelle pärast te pilkasite mind, öeldes: Kas on Sebah ja Salmuna sul juba käes, et peame su väsinud meestele leiba andma?'

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?

¹⁶Ja ta võttis linna vanemad, ja kõrbekibuvitsu ja ohakaid ja andis neid tunda Sukkoti meestele.

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

¹⁷Ja ta kiskus maha Penueli torni ning tappis linna mehed.

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

¹⁸Ja ta küsis Sebahilt ja Salmunalt: 'Missugused olid need mehed, kelle te Taaboril tapsite?' Ja nad vastasid: 'Need olid niisugused nagu sina. Igaüks välimuselt nagu kuningapoeg.'

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.

¹⁹Ja tema ütles: 'Need olid mu vennad, mu ema pojad. Nii tõesti kui Issand elab: kui oleksite jätnud nad elama, ma ei tapaks teid!'

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.

²⁰Ja ta ütles Jeterile, oma esmasündinule: 'Võta kätte, tapa nad!' Aga poiss ei tõmmanud oma mõõka, sellepärast et ta kartis, kuna ta oli alles noor.

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.

²¹Siis ütlesid Sebah ja Salmuna: 'Võta ise kätte ja tule meile kallale, sest nagu mees, nõnda on ta ramm!' Ja Gideon tõusis ning tappis Sebahi ja Salmuna; ja ta võttis ehted nende kaamelite kaelast.

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.

²²Ja Iisraeli mehed ütlesid Gideonile: 'Valitse meie üle, niihästi sina kui su poeg ja su pojapoeg, sest sa oled meid päästnud Midjani käest!'

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.

²³Aga Gideon vastas neile: 'Ei valitse mina teie üle ega valitse mu poeg teie üle - Issand valitseb teie üle!'

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

²⁴Ja Gideon ütles neile: 'Ühte ma palun teilt: igamees andku mulle oma saagiks saadud ninarõngas!' Neil olid ju olnud kuldninarõngad, sest nad olid ismaeliidid.

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.

²⁵Nad vastasid: 'Me anname hea meelega!' Ja nad laotasid laiali ühe mantli ning igaüks viskas sinna ninarõnga oma saagist.

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

²⁶Kuldninarõngad, mis Gideon oli palunud, vaagisid tuhat seitsesada kuldseeklit, peale nende kaelaehete ja kõrvarõngaste ja purpurriiete, mida Midjani kuningad olid kandnud, ja peale kettide, mis olid olnud nende kaamelitel kaelas.

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.

²⁷Ja Gideon valmistas neist õlarüü ning asetas selle oma linna Ofrasse, ja kogu Iisrael käis seal hoora viisil selle järel; aga see sai Gideonile ja tema soole püüdepaelaks.

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.

²⁸Nõnda alandati Midjan Iisraeli laste ees ja ta ei tõstnud enam oma pead; ja maal oli Gideoni päevil rahu nelikümmend aastat.

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.

²⁹Ja Jerubbaal, Joase poeg, läks ning elas oma kojas.

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

³⁰Gideonil oli seitsekümmend poega, tema niudeist lähtunuid, sest tal oli palju naisi.

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

³¹Ja tema Sekemis olev liignaine tõi temale ka poja ilmale, kellele ta pani nimeks Abimelek.

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

³²Ja Gideon, Joase poeg, suri küpses vanuses ja ta maeti oma isa Joase hauda abieserlaste Ofrasse.

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.

³³Aga kui Gideon oli surnud, pöördusid Iisraeli lapsed taas ja käisid hoora viisil baalide järel ning seadsid endile jumalaks Baal-Beriti.

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.

³⁴Ja Iisraeli lapsed ei mõelnud enam Issandale, oma Jumalale, kes oli nad päästnud kõigi nende ümberkaudsete vaenlaste käest.

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.

³⁵Ja nad ei teinud head Jerubbaali, Gideoni perele, tasuks kõige hea eest, mida tema oli teinud Iisraelile.

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