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.

¹And Jerubbaal (he [is] Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who [are] with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.

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.

²And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many [are] the people who [are] with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;

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.

³and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso [is] afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;` and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.

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.

⁴And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Yet [are] the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine it for thee there; and it hath been, he of whom I say unto thee, This doth go with thee — he doth go with thee; and any of whom I say unto thee, This doth not go with thee — he doth not go.`

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.

⁵And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth — thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.`

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.

⁶And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.

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.

⁷And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `By the three hundred men who are lapping I save you, and have given Midian into thy hand, and all the people go, each to his place.`

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.

⁸And the people take the provision in their hand, and their trumpets, and every man of Israel he hath sent away, each to his tents; and on the three hundred men he hath kept hold, and the camp of Midian hath been by him at the lower part of the valley.

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

⁹And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith unto him, `Rise, go down into the camp, for I have given it into thy hand;

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

¹⁰and if thou art afraid to go down — go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto 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.

¹¹and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.` And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who [are] in the camp;

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.

¹²and Midian and Amalek, and all the sons of the east are lying in the valley, as the locust for multitude, and of their camels there is no number, as sand which [is] on the sea-shore for multitude.

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.

¹³And Gideon cometh in, and lo, a man is recounting to his companion a dream, and saith, `Lo, a dream I have dreamed, and lo, a cake of barley-bread is turning itself over into the camp of Midian, and it cometh in unto the tent, and smiteth it, and it falleth, and turneth it upwards, and the tent hath fallen.`

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.

¹⁴And his companion answereth and saith, `This is nothing save the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; God hath given into his hand Midian and all the camp.`

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.

¹⁵And it cometh to pass, when Gideon heareth the narration of the dream and its interpretation, that he boweth himself, and turneth back unto the camp of Israel, and saith, `Rise ye, for Jehovah hath given into your hand the camp of Midian.`

¹⁶Vtedy rozdelil tých tristo mužov na tri skupiny a do ruky každému z nich dal trúbu a prázdny žbán a vo žbáne fakľu.

¹⁶And he divideth the three hundred men [into] three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

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.

¹⁷And he saith unto them, `Look at me, and thus do; and lo, I am coming into the extremity of the camp — and it hath been — as I do so ye do;

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!

¹⁸and I have blown with a trumpet — I and all who [are] with me, and ye have blown with trumpets, even ye, round about all the camp, and have said, For Jehovah and for Gideon.`

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.

¹⁹And Gideon cometh — and the hundred men who [are] with him — into the extremity of the camp, [at] the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets — dashing in pieces also the pitchers which [are] in their hand;

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!

²⁰and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, `The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.`

²¹A stáli každý na svojom mieste vôkol tábora. Vtedy sa pustil do behu celý tábor, a kričali a utekali.

²¹And they stand each in his place, round about the camp, and all the camp runneth, and they shout, and flee;

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.

²²and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.

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

²³And the men of Israel are called from Naphtali, and from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and pursue after Midian.

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.

²⁴And messengers hath sent Gideon into all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, `Come down to meet Midian, and capture before them the waters unto Beth-Barah, and the Jordan;` and every man of Ephraim is called, and they capture the waters unto Beth-Barah, and 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.

²⁵and they capture two of the heads of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb, and slay Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they have slain at the wine-vat of Zeeb, and they pursue unto Midian; and the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they have brought in unto Gideon beyond the Jordan.