¹Ary hoy ny lehilahy amin'ny Efraima tamin'i Gideona: Ahoana izao zavatra nataonao taminay izao, no tsy nantsoinao izahay, raha nandeha hiady tamin'ny Midiana ianao? Dia nanome tsiny azy mafy ireo.

¹The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us, when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.

²Fa hoy Gideona taminy: Zinona izao nataoko izao. raha oharina amin'izay nataonareo? Tsy tsara va ny fitsimponam-boalobok'i Efraima noho ny fiotazam-boalobok'i Abiezera?

²He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

³Teo an-tananareo no nanoloran'Andriamanitra ny andrianan'ny Midiana, dia Oreba sy Zeba; ary inona no azoko atao, raha oharina amin'ny nataonareo? Ary rehefa nilaza izany teny izany Gideona, dia nitony ny fahatezeran'ireo taminy.

³God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

⁴Ary Gideona nankany Jordana, ka nita izy sy ny telon-jato lahy teo aminy, na dia efa reraka aza, mbola nanenjika ihany.

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

⁵Ary hoy izy tamin'ny mponina tao Sokota: Masìna ianareo, mba omeo mofo ny olona manaraka ahy, fa reraka izy, ary izaho manenjika an'i Zebaha sy Zalmona, mpanjakan'ny Midiana.

⁵He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

⁶Fa hoy ireo andrianan'i Sokota: Moa efa voahazon'ny tananao ankehitriny va ny tànan'i Zebaha sy Zalmona, no homenay mofo ny miaramilamao?

⁶The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

⁷Dia hoy Gideona: Rehefa voatolotr'i Jehovah eo an-tanako Zehaba sy Zalmona, dia handalasiko amin'ny tsilo avy any an-efitra sy ny sampivato ny tenanareo.[Heb. nofonareo]

⁷Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

⁸Ary niakatra avy teo izy ka nankany Penoela, dia nanao teny tahaka izany koa tamin'ny olona tao; ary ny mponina tao Penoela koa dia namaly azy tahaka ny navalin'ny mponina tao Sokota ihany.

⁸He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

⁹Dia niteny tamin'ny mponina tao Penoela izy ka nanao hoe: Raha tafaverina soa aman-tsara aho, dia horavako ity tilikambo ity.

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

¹⁰Ary Zebaha sy Zalmona dia tonga tao Karkora mbamin'ny miaramila teo aminy tokony ho dimy arivo sy iray alin-dahy, dia izay sisa rehetra tamin'ny miaramila rehetra an'ny zanaky ny atsinanana; ary ny maty kosa dia roa alina sy iray hetsy, samy lehilahy mpitan-tsabatra avokoa ireo.[Heb. mpanatsoaka sabatra]

¹⁰Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.

¹¹Ary Gideona niakatra tamin'ny lalan'ny mpitoetra an-day, atsinanan'i Noha sy Jogbeha, ka dia namely ny toby, raha mbola ilay tsy nanampo iny ny olona.

¹¹Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.

¹²Dia nandositra Zebaha sy Zalmona, ary nanenjika azy ny Isiraely ka nisambotra ny mpanjaka roa tamin'ny Midiana, dia Zebaha sy Zalmona, fa efa nampihorohoroiny avokoa ny toby rehetra.

¹²Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.

¹³Dia niverina avy tamin'ny ady Gideona, zanak'i Joasy, avy teo amin'ny fiakarana Heresa;

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

¹⁴ary nisambotra zatovo tamin'ny mponina tao Sokota izy ka nanontany azy; dia nosoratan'ilay zatovo ny anaran'ireo andrianan'i Sokota sy ny loholona tao, ka fito amby fito-polo lahy izy.

¹⁴He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

¹⁵Ary Gideona dia nankany amin'ny mponina tao Sokota ka nanao hoe: Indreo Zebaha sy Zalmona, izay efa nandatsanareo ahy hoe: Moa efa voahazon'ny tananao ankehitriny va ny tànan'i Zebaha sy Zalmona, no homenay mofo ny olonao efa reraka?

¹⁵He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”

¹⁶Dia naka ny loholona tao an-tanàna izy ary tsilo avy tany an-efitra sy sampivato, ka ireny no namaizany ny mponina tao Sokota.

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

¹⁷Ary nandrava ny tilikambo tao Penoela koa izy ka namono ny lehilahy tao an-tanàna.

¹⁷He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

¹⁸Dia hoy izy tamin'i Zebaha sy Zalmona: Lehilahy toy inona ange izay novonoinareo tany Tabara? Ary hoy izy roa lahy: Tahaka anao ihany izy. Nitarehin-janak'andriana avokoa izy rehetra.

¹⁸Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.”

¹⁹Ary hoy izy: Rahalahiko, zanaky ny reniko ireo. Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia tsy mba hovonoiko ianareo, raha novelominareo ireo.

¹⁹He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

²⁰Ary hoy izy tamin'i Jatera lahimatoany: Mitsangàna, ka vonoy izy roa lahy. Fa ilay zatovo tsy nanatsoaka ny sabany, fa natahotra, satria mbola tanora fanahy izy.

²⁰He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up, and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

²¹Ary hoy Zebaha sy Zalmona: Aoka ianao no hitsangana hamely anay; fa araka ny toetry ny olona ihany ny heriny. Dia nitsangana Gideona ka namono an'i Zebaha sy Zalmona ary naka ny ravaka sarim-bolan-tsinana, izay teo amin'ny vozon'ny ramevany.

²¹Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.

²²Dia hoy ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely tamin'i Gideona: Manapaha anay ianao sy ny zanakao ary ny zafinao; fa efa namonjy anay tamin'ny tanan'ny Midiana ianao.

²²Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”

²³Fa hoy Gideona taminy: Tsy hanapaka anareo aho, ary tsy hanapaka anareo koa ny zanako; Jehovah ihany no hanapaka anareo.

²³Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”

²⁴Ary hoy koa Gideona taminy: Zavatra iray loha monja no hany mba angatahiko aminareo; aoka samy hanome ahy ny kavina izay avy amin'ny babony avy ianareo (fa nanana kavim-bolamena ireny, satria Isimaelita).

²⁴Gideon said to them, “I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

²⁵Dia hoy kosa ny olona: Eny, fa homenay tokoa izany. Dia namelatra lamba ny olona, ka samy nanipy ny kavina izay avy tamin'ny babony teo.

²⁵They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

²⁶Ary ny lanjan'ny kavim-bolamena nangatahiny dia sekely volamena fiton-jato amby arivo, afa-tsy ny ravaka sarim-bolan-tsinana sy ny kavina voavola sy ny lamba volomparasy, izay teny amin'ireo mpanjakan'ny Midiana, ary ny rojo, izay teny amin'ny vozon'ny ramevany.

²⁶The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

²⁷Dia nataon'i Gideona efoda ireo, ka nataony tao an-tanànany, dia tao Ofra; ary ny Isiraely rehetra nankany nijangajanga nanaraka izany efoda izany; ary tonga fandrika tamin'i Gideona sy ny ankohonany izany.

²⁷Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

²⁸Dia resy teo anoloan'ny Zanak'Isiraely ny Midiana ka tsy nahatraka ny lohany intsony. Dia nandry efa-polo taona ny tany tamin'ny andron'i Gideona.

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

²⁹Dia nandeha Jerobala, zanak'i Joasy, ka nitoetra tao an-tranony.

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

³⁰Ary Gideona nanan-janaka fito-polo lahy izay naterany: fa maro vady izy.

³⁰Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

³¹Ary ny vaditsindranony, izay tany Sekema, dia niteraka zazalahy taminy koa, ka ny anarany nataony hoe Abimeleka.

³¹His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

³²Dia maty Gideona. zanak'i Joasy, rehefa tratrantitra tsara, ka nalevina tao amin'ny fasan'i Joasy rainy tao Ofran'ny Abiezrita izy.

³²Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

³³Ary rehefa maty Gideona, dia nijangajanga nanaraka ireo Bala indray ny Zanak'Isiraely ka nanao an'i Bala-berita ho andriamaniny.

³³It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

³⁴Ary ny Zanak'Isiraely tsy nahatsiaro an'i Jehovah Andriamaniny, Izay efa namonjy azy tamin'ny tanan'ny fahavalony rehetra nanodidina,sady tsy nanao soa tamin'ny taranak'i Jerobala (na Gideona), araka izay soa rehetra nataon'i Gideona tamin'ny Isiraely, izy.

³⁴The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

³⁵sady tsy nanao soa tamin'ny taranak'i Jerobala (na Gideona), araka izay soa rehetra nataon'i Gideona tamin'ny Isiraely, izy.

³⁵neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.