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.

¹Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill 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 said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved 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.

³Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

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 said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall 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.

⁵So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto 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 upon 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 them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon 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 said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto 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.

⁸So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

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

⁹And it came to pass the same night, that Jehovah said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.

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

¹⁰But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to 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 shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were 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 the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon 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 when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto 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 unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.

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 fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

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 was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host 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 divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches 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 said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall 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!

¹⁸When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, 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.

¹⁹So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.

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 companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, 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 stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.

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 they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as 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 were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued 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 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even 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 took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.