¹Nato vstane zgodaj Jerub-baal, ki je Gideon, in vse ljudstvo, ki je bilo ž njim, in utabore se pri studencu Harodu; tabor Madiancev pa jim je bil na severni strani, pri Morejevem hribu v dolini.

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.

²GOSPOD pa reče Gideonu: Preveliko je ljudstva, ki je s teboj, da bi dal Madiana v njih roke, ker bi se Izrael hvalil zoper mene, govoreč: Moja roka me je rešila.

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;

³Zatorej razglasi sedaj, da sliši ljudstvo, in véli: Kdor se boji in trepeta, obrni se in pojdi nazaj z Gileadskega gorovja. In vrnilo se je ljudstva dvaindvajset tisoč, deset tisoč pa jih je ostalo.

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.

⁴In GOSPOD reče Gideonu: Še je preveč ljudstva. Pelji jih doli k vodi, in ondi jih izkusim zate, in za kogar ti porečem, da naj gre s teboj, pojde s teboj; in za kogarkoli ti porečem, naj ne hodi s teboj, ne pojde.

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.`

⁵In pelje ljudstvo doli k vodi. In GOSPOD reče Gideonu: Vsakega, ki bo lokal z jezikom vodo, kakor pes loče, postavi posebej; enako tudi vsakega, ki se spusti na kolena, da pije.

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.`

⁶In bilo je število tistih, ki so lokali, vodo noseč z roko k ustom, tristo mož; vse drugo ljudstvo pa se je spustilo na kolena, da pije vodo.

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.

⁷In GOSPOD reče Gideonu: Po tistih tristo možeh, ki so lokali, vas rešim in dam Madiance v roko tvojo; naj se torej razide ljudstvo, vsak v kraj svoj.

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.`

⁸In vzemo živeža za ljudstvo s seboj in trobente svoje; a vse druge može Izraelove pošlje vsakega v njegov šator, pri sebi pa obdrži le tristo mož. Tabor Madiancev pa mu je bil spodaj v dolini.

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.

⁹In zgodi se tisto noč, da mu reče GOSPOD: Vstani, pojdi doli v tabor! zakaj dal sem ti ga v roko.

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;

¹⁰Ako pa se bojiš iti doli, naj gre s teboj tvoj hlapec Pura doli k taboru;

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

¹¹in slišal boš, kaj govore. Potem se ti ojačijo roke, da se zaženeš doli v tabor. Tedaj je stopil s svojim dečkom Purom doli k prednji straži, ki je bila ob taborišču.

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 Madianci in Amalekovci in vsi Jutrovci so bili pridrli v dolino kakor množica kobilic, in njih velblodov ni bilo sešteti, bilo jih je kakor peska ob morskem bregu.

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.

¹³In ko pride Gideon, glej, mož pripoveduje tovarišu svojemu sanje in pravi: Glej, imel sem sanje: videl sem, da se vali hlebec ječmenovega kruha k šatorišču Madiancev, in ko pride do šatora, butne vanj, da pade in se ves prevrne, in šator je bil podrt.

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.`

¹⁴In tovariš mu odgovori in reče: To ni nič drugega nego meč Gideona, Joasovega sina, izraelskega moža: njemu v roko je Bog dal Madiana in vso vojsko.

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.`

¹⁵In ko Gideon sliši, kako oni pripoveduje sanje in mu jih ta razloži, se prikloni Bogu; in vrne se v tabor Izraelov in veli: Vstanite! zakaj GOSPOD nam je dal v roko vojsko Madianskih.

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.`

¹⁶Nato razdeli tristo mož v tri krdela in da vsakemu trobento v roko in prazne vrče in bakle notri v vrčih,

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.

¹⁷ter jim reče: Glejte name in me posnemajte! glejte, ko pridem na kraj tabora, kar storim, storite tudi vi.

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;

¹⁸Ko zatrobim na trobento in vsi, ki bodo pri meni, trobite tudi vi na trobente povsod okoli tabora in kličite: Za GOSPODA in Gideona!

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.`

¹⁹Ko pride torej Gideon in sto mož, ki so bili pri njem, na kraj tabora, ob začetku opolnočne straže, ko so ravnokar postavili stražo, zatrobijo na trobente in razbijejo tiste vrče v svojih rokah.

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;

²⁰In vsa tri krdela zatrobijo na trobente in razbijejo vrče, in drže prižgane bakle v levici, trobente pa v desnici, trobijo in kriče: Meč za GOSPODA in za Gideona!

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.`

²¹In sleherni obstane na svojem mestu okoli tabora. In vsa vojska začne tekati, in vpijejo ter beže.

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

²²In onih tristo trobi na trobente, in GOSPOD obrne vsakega meč zoper njegovega tovariša, in to po vsem taboru. In vojska beži tja do Betsite, proti Zereri, tja do meje Abel-mehole pri Tabatu.

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.

²³In zbero se možje Izraelovi iz Neftalija in iz Aserja in iz Manaseja in pode Madiance.

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

²⁴In Gideon pošlje sle po vsem Efraimskem gorovju in sporoči: Pridite doli, Madiancem nasproti, in obsedite pred njimi vodo tja do Betbare in tudi Jordan. In zbero se vsi efraimski možje in obsedejo vodo do Betbare in tudi Jordan.In ujamejo dva madianska kneza, Oreba in Zeba, in umorijo Oreba na skali Orebovi in Zeba pri tlačilnici Zebovi; in podijo Madiance, in prineso glavi Oreba in Zeba Gideonu čez Jordan.

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,

²⁵In ujamejo dva madianska kneza, Oreba in Zeba, in umorijo Oreba na skali Orebovi in Zeba pri tlačilnici Zebovi; in podijo Madiance, in prineso glavi Oreba in Zeba Gideonu čez Jordan.

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.