¹A efraimski možje mu reko: Zakaj si nam to storil, da nas nisi poklical, ko si šel v boj zoper Madiana? In ostro so se besedili ž njim.

¹And the men of Ephraim say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done to us — not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?` and they strive with him severely;

²On pa jim reče: Kaj sem storil sedaj jaz in kaj vi! Ni li pobirek Efraimov boljši nego vsa trgatev Abiezerjeva?

²and he saith unto them, `What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?

³Vam je dal Bog v roko madianska kneza, Oreba in Zeba, in sem li mogel storiti kaj takega kakor vi? In pomiril se je njih srd do njega, ko jim je tako govoril.

³Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?` Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

⁴In Gideon dospe k Jordanu in ga preide s tristo možmi, ki so bili pri njem, in čeprav trudni, so vendar podili.

⁴And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him — wearied, and pursuing,

⁵In reče možem v Sukotu: Dajte, prosim, ljudstvu, ki gre za menoj, nekoliko hlebov kruha, zakaj trudno je, in jaz se ženem za Zebahom in Zalmunom, kraljema Madiancev.

⁵and he saith to the men of Succoth, `Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.`

⁶A sukotski plemenitaši reko: Je li mar pest Zebahova in Zalmunova že v roki tvoji, da bi dali vojski tvoji kruha?

⁶And the heads of Succoth say, `Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?`

⁷Gideon reče: Dobro, ko mi da GOSPOD Zebaha in Zalmuna v roko, zmlatim vaše meso s trnjem iz puščave in z bodljikovjem.

⁷And Gideon saith, `Therefore — in Jehovah`s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand — I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.`

⁸In pride gori v Penuel in jim govori enako; in možje v Penuelu mu odgovore, kakor so mu odgovorili Sukočani.

⁸And he goeth up thence [to] Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.

⁹In tudi možem v Penuelu reče: Ko se vrnem v miru, razrušim ta stolp.

⁹And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.`

¹⁰Zebah in Zalmuna sta bila v Karkorju in njiju vojska ž njima, okoli petnajst tisoč mož, kar jih je preostalo od vse vojske Jutrovcev; kajti sto in dvajset tisoč jih je padlo, oboroženih z mečem.

¹⁰And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.

¹¹In Gideon je šel gori po poti tistih, ki stanujejo v šatorih, proti jutru ob Nobahu in Jogbehi, in udari vojsko, kajti bila je brezskrbna.

¹¹And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;

¹²In Zebah in Zalmuna sta bežala, in ju je podil; in ujel je ta dva kralja Madiancev, Zebaha in Zalmuna, in razplašil je vso vojsko.

¹²and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble.

¹³In vrne se Gideon, sin Joasov, iz bitke od višine Heresa.

¹³And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

¹⁴In zasači dečka izmed sukotskih mož in ga izpraša; in ta mu popiše sukotske plemenitaše in njih starejšine, sedeminsedemdeset mož.

¹⁴and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders — seventy and seven men.

¹⁵In pride k Sukočanom in reče: Glejte Zebaha in Zalmuna, ki ste me ž njima zasmehovali, govoreč: Ali je pest Zebahova in Zalmunova že v tvoji roki, da bi dali kruha utrujenim možem tvojim?

¹⁵And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who [are] wearied bread?`

¹⁶in vzame mestne starejšine in trnje iz puščave in bodljikovje in kaznuje ž njim sukotske može.

¹⁶And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

¹⁷Stolp v Penuelu pa podere in pomori može v mestu.

¹⁷and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

¹⁸In reče Zebahu in Zalmunu: Kakšni so bili tisti možje, ki sta jih umorila na Taboru? Odvrneta: Takšni so bili kakor ti: vsak lepe postave, kakor kraljevi otroci.

¹⁸And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How — the men whom ye slew in Tabor?` and they say, `As thou — so they, one — as the form of the king`s sons.`

¹⁹In reče: Bili so moji bratje, matere moje sinovi; kakor res živi GOSPOD, ko bi jih bila pri življenju ohranila, ne bi vaju umoril.

¹⁹And he saith, `My brethren — sons of my mother — they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive — I had not slain you.`

²⁰In veli Jeteru, prvencu svojemu: Vstani, umori ju! A deček ne izdere meča, kajti bal se je, ker je bil še mlad.

²⁰And he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;` and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.

²¹Zebah in Zalmuna pa mu rečeta: Vstani ti in naju ubij, zakaj kakršen je mož, taka je njegova moč. In Gideon vstane in umori Zebaha in Zalmuna, in vzame lunice, ki so bile na vratu njiju velblodov.

²¹And Zebah saith — also Zalmunna — `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man — his might;` and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which [are] on the necks of their camels.

²²Tedaj reko možje Izraelci Gideonu: Bodi nam vladar, ti in sin tvoj in sina tvojega sin, ker si nas rešil roke Madiancev.

²²And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son`s son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.`

²³Ali Gideon jim reče: Ne bodem vam vladar, tudi sin moj vam ne bode vladar; GOSPOD vam bodi vladar.

²³And Gideon saith unto them, `I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.`

²⁴Gideon pa jim še reče: Eno bi vas prosil: dajte mi vsakdo nosne obodce, ki ste jih uplenili. Kajti imeli so nosne obodce iz zlata, ker so bili Izmaelci.

²⁴And Gideon saith unto them, `Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.`

²⁵In reko: Radi jih damo. In razgrnejo oblačilo, in vsi mečejo nanje nosne obodce iz svojega plena.

²⁵And they say, `We certainly give;` and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

²⁶In teža zlatih obodcev, ki jih je izprosil, je bila tisoč in sedemsto seklov zlata, brez lunic in naušnic in škrlatnih oblačil, ki sta jih nosila madianska kralja, in brez verižic, ki so jih njih velblodi imeli okoli vratu.

²⁶and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels,

²⁷In Gideon je iz tega naredil naramnik in ga postavil v svojem mestu, v Ofri. In ves Izrael se je ondi vdajal nečistosti za njim; in to je bilo v zanko Gideonu in hiši njegovi.

²⁷and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

²⁸A Madianci so bili potlačeni pred Izraelovimi sinovi in niso več vzdignili glav svojih. In dežela je imela pokoj štirideset let v dnevih Gideonovih.

²⁸And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.

²⁹In Jerub-baal, sin Joasov, je šel in prebival v svoji hiši.

²⁹And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,

³⁰Imel pa je Gideon sedemdeset sinov, ki so prišli iz ledja njegovega, zakaj imel je mnogo žen.

³⁰and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

³¹In priležnica njegova, ki je bila v Sihemu, mu je tudi rodila sina, in dal mu je ime Abimelek.

³¹and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him — even she — a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

³²In Gideon, sin Joasov, je umrl v lepi starosti in je bil pokopan v grobu očeta svojega Joasa v Ofri Abiezritov.

³²And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.

³³Ko pa je umrl Gideon, brž so se odvrnili sinovi Izraelovi in nečistovali za Baali in si postavili Baal-berita za boga.

³³And it cometh to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

³⁴In niso se spominjali sinovi Izraelovi GOSPODA, svojega Boga, ki jih je bil otel iz roke vseh njih sovražnikov vseokrog;tudi niso izkazali usmiljenja hiši Jerub-baal-Gideonovi, kakor je on storil vse dobro Izraelu.

³⁴and the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about,

³⁵tudi niso izkazali usmiljenja hiši Jerub-baal-Gideonovi, kakor je on storil vse dobro Izraelu.

³⁵neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal — Gideon — according to all the good which he did with Israel.