¹In Izraelovi sinovi so delali, kar je bilo zlo v očeh GOSPODOVIH. In GOSPOD jih je dal v pest Madiancem sedem let.

¹And the sons of Israel do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Midian seven years,

²In roka Madianova je hudo pritiskala na Izraela; iz strahu pred Madianci so si napravili tiste brloge, ki so na gorah, in jame in trdnjave.

²and the hand of Midian is strong against Israel, from the presence of Midian have the sons of Israel made for themselves the flowings which [are] in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

³In bilo je, ko so Izraelci kaj posejali, da so prišli Madianci in Amalekovci in Jutrovci; prišli so gori zoper nje

³And it hath been, if Israel hath sowed, that Midian hath come up, and Amalek, and the sons of the east, yea, they have come up against him,

⁴in so se utaborili proti njim in pokončali pridelke zemeljske povsod tja do Gaze in niso pustili nič živil v Izraelu, ne ovce, ne vola, ne osla.

⁴and encamp against them, and destroy the increase of the land till thine entering Gaza; and they leave no sustenance in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or ass;

⁵Kajti prišli so gori s svojo živino in s svojimi šatori, prišla jih je množica kakor roj kobilic; ne njih, ne njih velblodov ni bilo sešteti, in prišli so, da opustošijo deželo.

⁵for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

⁶In Izrael je silno obubožal zaradi Madiancev; in vpili so sinovi Izraelovi h GOSPODU.

⁶And Israel is very weak from the presence of Midian, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah.

⁷In ko so vpili sinovi Izraelovi h GOSPODU zavoljo Madiana,

⁷And it cometh to pass when the sons of Israel have cried unto Jehovah, concerning Midian,

⁸pošlje GOSPOD proroka k Izraelovim sinovom. Ta jim reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Jaz sem vas peljal gori iz Egipta in vas odvedel iz hiše sužnosti,

⁸that Jehovah sendeth a man, a prophet, unto the sons of Israel, and he saith to them, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I — I have brought you up out of Egypt, and I bring you out from a house of servants,

⁹in sem vas otel Egipčanom iz roke in iz pesti vseh, ki so vas stiskali, in sem jih pregnal izpred vas ter vam dal njih deželo,

⁹and I deliver you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all your oppressors, and I cast them out from your presence, and I give to you their land,

¹⁰in dejal sem vam: Jaz sem GOSPOD, Bog vaš; ne bojte se bogov Amorejcev, ki prebivate v njih deželi. Ali niste poslušali glasu mojega.

¹⁰and I say to you, I [am] Jehovah your God, ye do not fear the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling: — and ye have not hearkened to My voice.`

¹¹In angel GOSPODOV pride ter sede pod hrast v Ofri, ki je bil Joasa Abiezrita; in sin njegov Gideon je otepal pšenico v tlačilnici, da bi ž njo bežal izpred Madiancev.

¹¹And the messenger of Jehovah cometh and sitteth under the oak which [is] in Ophrah, which [is] to Joash the Abi-Ezrite, and Gideon his son is beating out wheat in the wine-press, to remove [it] from the presence of the Midianites;

¹²In prikaže se mu angel GOSPODOV in mu reče: GOSPOD s teboj, ti močni junak!

¹²and the messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith unto him, `Jehovah [is] with thee, O mighty one of valour.`

¹³Gideon pa mu reče: Ah, gospod moj, ako je GOSPOD z nami, zakaj nas je zadelo vse to? in kje so vsa čudežna dela njegova, ki so nam jih pripovedovali očetje naši, govoreč: Ni li nas GOSPOD odpeljal iz Egipta? A sedaj nas je GOSPOD zavrgel in dal Madiancem v pest!

¹³And Gideon saith unto him, `O, my lord — and Jehovah is with us! — and why hath all this found us? and where [are] all His wonders which our fathers recounted to us, saying, Hath not Jehovah brought us up out of Egypt? and now Jehovah hath left us, and doth give us into the hand of Midian.`

¹⁴In GOSPOD se obrne do njega ter veli: Pojdi v tej moči svoji in reši Izraela Madianove roke! Nisem li te jaz poslal?

¹⁴And Jehovah turneth unto him and saith, `Go in this — thy power; and thou hast saved Israel out of the hand of Midian — have not I sent thee.`

¹⁵On pa mu reče: Ah, Gospod, s čim naj rešim Izraela? Glej, sorodništvo moje je najbolj siromašno v Manaseju in jaz sem najmanjši v očeta svojega hiši.

¹⁵And he saith unto him, `O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief [is] weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.`

¹⁶A GOSPOD mu reče: Resnično bodem s tabo, in pobiješ Madiaince kakor enega moža.

¹⁶And Jehovah saith unto him, `Because I am with thee — thou hast smitten the Midianites as one man.`

¹⁷In on mu reče: Ako sem našel milost v tvojih očeh, prosim, daj mi znamenje, da si ti, ki govoriš z menoj.

¹⁷And he saith unto Him, `If, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, then Thou hast done for me a sign that Thou art speaking with me.

¹⁸Ne umakni se odtod, prosim, dokler ne pridem k tebi in ne prinesem darila svojega in ga postavim pred tebe. On reče: Ostanem, dokler se ne vrneš.

¹⁸Move not, I pray Thee, from this, till my coming in unto Thee, and I have brought out my present, and put it before Thee;` and he saith, `I — I do abide till thy return.`

¹⁹In Gideon gre noter in pripravi kozliča in iz efe moke opresnih kruhov; in dene meso v jerbašček in vlije juho v lonec ter mu prinese ven pod hrast in postavi predenj.

¹⁹And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth [it] nigh.

²⁰Angel Božji pa mu reče: Vzemi meso in opresne kruhe in položi na skalo tukaj in na vrh izlij juho! In stori tako.

²⁰And the messenger of God saith unto him, `Take the flesh and the unleavened things, and place on this rock — and the broth pour out;` and he doth so.

²¹Tedaj iztegne angel GOSPODOV konec palice, ki jo je imel v roki, in se dotakne mesa in opresnikov, in ogenj pride iz skale in požre meso in opresnike. In angel GOSPODOV izgine izpred njegovih oči.

²¹And the messenger of Jehovah putteth forth the end of the staff which [is] in His hand, and cometh against the flesh, and against the unleavened things, and the fire goeth up out of the rock and consumeth the flesh and the unleavened things — and the messenger of Jehovah hath gone from his eyes.

²²In Gideon vidi, da je bil angel GOSPODOV, in reče: Gorje mi, Gospod Jehova, ker sem videl angela GOSPODOVEGA iz obličja v obličje!

²²And Gideon seeth that He [is] a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!`

²³A GOSPOD mu veli: Mir ti! ne boj se, ne umrješ.

²³And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.`

²⁴Tedaj zgradi Gideon ondi oltar GOSPODU in ga imenuje Jehova šalom [T. j. GOSPOD* je mir.]; ta je še do dandanes v Ofri Abiezritov.

²⁴And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

²⁵In zgodi se isto noč, da mu reče GOSPOD: Vzemi junca očeta svojega, tistega drugega junca, sedem let starega, in poderi Baalov oltar, ki ga ima tvoj oče, in posekaj Ašero, ki je nad njim,

²⁵And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, `Take the young ox which [is] to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which [is] to thy father, and the shrine which [is] by it thou dost cut down,

²⁶ter zgradi GOSPODU, Bogu svojemu, na vrhu te trdnjave oltar, prav po redu; in vzemi tistega drugega junca in ga daruj v žgalščino z drevjem Ašere, ki jo posekaš.

²⁶and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.`

²⁷Nato vzame Gideon deset mož izmed svojih hlapcev in stori, kakor mu je velel GOSPOD; a boječ se storiti to po dne zaradi očeta svojega družine in ljudi v mestu, je storil to po noči.

²⁷And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do [it] by day, that he doth [it] by night.

²⁸Ko pa ljudje iz mesta zarana vstanejo, glej, oltar Baalov je podrt in Ašera nad njim posekana, in tisti drugi junec je darovan na novozgrajenem oltarju.

²⁸And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built.

²⁹In rečejo drug drugemu: Kdo je to naredil? In poizvedujejo in vprašajo, pa reko: Gideon, sin Joasov, je to storil.

²⁹And they say one to another, `Who hath done this thing?` and they inquire and seek, and they say, `Gideon son of Joash hath done this thing.`

³⁰Tedaj reko možje iz mesta Joasu: Pripelji sem sina svojega, da umrje, kajti podrl je oltar Baalov in Ašero nad njim je posekal!

³⁰And the men of the city say unto Joash, `Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which [is] by it.`

³¹Joas pa reče vsem, ki so vstali zoper njega: Se li vi hočete pravdati za Baala? hočete ga li vi rešiti? Kdor bi se zanj potegoval, naj umrje še to jutro! Ako je bog, naj se pravda sam zase, ker mu je zrušil oltar.

³¹And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, `Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye — do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he [is] a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.`

³²Zato ga je od tega dne imenoval Jerub-baal, rekoč: Pravdaj se, Baal, zoper njega, ker ti je podrl oltar.

³²And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, `The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.`

³³Tedaj se zbero vsi Madianci in Amalekovci in Jutrovci in preidejo Jordan in se utabore v Jezreelski dolini.

³³And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,

³⁴In duh GOSPODOV obleče v moč Gideona; in zatrobi na trobento, in zbero se k njemu Abiezriti, da bi šli za njim.

³⁴and the Spirit of Jehovah hath clothed Gideon, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and Abi-Ezer is called after him;

³⁵In pošlje sle po vsem Manaseju, in tudi od tega se jih zbere, da bi šli za njim; in pošlje sle k Aserju, Zebulonu in Neftaliju, in pridejo jim naproti.

³⁵and messengers he hath sent into all Manasseh, and it also is called after him; and messengers he hath sent into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them.

³⁶In Gideon reče Bogu: Ako hočeš rešiti Izraela po moji roki, kakor si govoril,

³⁶And Gideon saith unto God, `If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

³⁷glej, položim runo na gumno: ako bode rosa le na samem runu, po vsej zemlji pa suho, tedaj spoznam, da rešiš Izraela po moji roki, kakor si govoril.

³⁷lo, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is on the fleece alone, and on all the earth drought — then I have known that Thou dost save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken;`

³⁸In bilo je tako. Ko je namreč vstal zgodaj zjutraj, izžme runo in iztlači rose iz runa polno kupo.

³⁸and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece — the fulness of the bowl, of water.

³⁹In Gideon reče Bogu: Ne vname naj se jeza tvoja zoper mene, in govoril bom še enkrat: naj poskusim, prosim, samo še enkrat z runom: bodi zdaj suho samo na runu, a rosno po vsej zemlji.In Bog je storil tako tisto noč: kajti bilo je suho samo na runu, a po vsej zemlji rosno.

³⁹And Gideon saith unto God, `Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece — let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.`

⁴⁰In Bog je storil tako tisto noč: kajti bilo je suho samo na runu, a po vsej zemlji rosno.

⁴⁰And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.