¹The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you treated us this way, that you didn’t call us, when you went to fight with Midian?” They rebuked him sharply.

¹Aga Efraimi mehed küsisid temalt: 'Miks sa tegid meile seda, et ei kutsunud meid, kui läksid sõdima Midjani vastu?' Ja nad riidlesid temaga kangesti.

²He said to them, “What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn’t the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

²Ja tema vastas neile: 'Mida ma siis nüüd teiega võrreldes olen teinud? Eks ole Efraimi järelnoppimine parem kui Abieseri viinamarjalõikus?

³God has delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb! What was I able to do in comparison with you?” Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.

³Teie kätte andis Jumal Midjani vürstid Oorebi ja Seebi. Aga mida olen mina teiega võrreldes suutnud teha?' Kui ta nõnda rääkis, siis nende pahameel tema vastu andis järele.

⁴Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.

⁴Ja Gideon tuli Jordani äärde ning läks sellest üle, tema ja need kolmsada tagaajamisest väsinud meest, kes olid koos temaga.

⁵He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

⁵Siis ta ütles Sukkoti meestele: 'Andke ometi leivakakukesi rahvale, kes mu kannul käib, sest nad on väsinud; mina ajan taga Midjani kuningaid Sebahit ja Salmunat.'

⁶The princes of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”

⁶Aga Sukkoti vürstid küsisid: 'Kas on Sebahi ja Salmuna rusikas sul juba pihus, et peame su väele leiba andma?'

⁷Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

⁷Ja Gideon vastas: 'Tõesti, kui Issand annab mu kätte Sebahi ja Salmuna, siis ma peksan teie ihu kõrbekibuvitste ja ohakatega!'

⁸He went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

⁸Siis ta läks sealt üles Penueli ja rääkis neile sedasama; ja Penueli mehed vastasid temale nõnda, nagu Sukkoti mehed olid vastanud.

⁹He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”

⁹Ta tõotas siis ka Penueli meestele, öeldes: 'Kui ma rahuga tagasi tulen, siis ma kisun selle torni maha!'

¹⁰Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.

¹⁰Aga Sebah ja Salmuna olid Karkoris ja koos nendega nende väed, ligi viisteist tuhat, kõik, kes olid üle jäänud kogu hommikumaalaste väest; aga langenuid oli sada kakskümmend tuhat mõõgameest.

¹¹Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.

¹¹Ja Gideon läks üles mööda telgielanike teed ida pool Nobahit ja Jogbehat ja lõi väge, sest vägi oli muretu.

¹²Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the army.

¹²Sebah ja Salmuna põgenesid, aga Gideon ajas neid taga ja võttis vangi mõlemad Midjani kuningad, Sebahi ja Salmuna, ja peletas minema kogu leeri.

¹³Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

¹³Kui Gideon, Joase poeg, tuli tagasi taplusest Heresi tõusutee juures,

¹⁴He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and its elders, seventy-seven men.

¹⁴siis ta sai kätte ühe noore mehe Sukkoti meestest ja küsitles teda; ja see kirjutas temale üles Sukkoti vürstid ja vanemad, seitsekümmend seitse meest.

¹⁵He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”

¹⁵Siis ta tuli Sukkoti meeste juurde ja ütles: 'Vaata, siin on Sebah ja Salmuna, kelle pärast te pilkasite mind, öeldes: Kas on Sebah ja Salmuna sul juba käes, et peame su väsinud meestele leiba andma?'

¹⁶He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

¹⁶Ja ta võttis linna vanemad, ja kõrbekibuvitsu ja ohakaid ja andis neid tunda Sukkoti meestele.

¹⁷He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

¹⁷Ja ta kiskus maha Penueli torni ning tappis linna mehed.

¹⁸Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?” They answered, “They were like you. Each one resembled the children of a king.”

¹⁸Ja ta küsis Sebahilt ja Salmunalt: 'Missugused olid need mehed, kelle te Taaboril tapsite?' Ja nad vastasid: 'Need olid niisugused nagu sina. Igaüks välimuselt nagu kuningapoeg.'

¹⁹He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”

¹⁹Ja tema ütles: 'Need olid mu vennad, mu ema pojad. Nii tõesti kui Issand elab: kui oleksite jätnud nad elama, ma ei tapaks teid!'

²⁰He said to Jether his firstborn, “Get up, and kill them!” But the youth didn’t draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

²⁰Ja ta ütles Jeterile, oma esmasündinule: 'Võta kätte, tapa nad!' Aga poiss ei tõmmanud oma mõõka, sellepärast et ta kartis, kuna ta oli alles noor.

²¹Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength.” Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels’ necks.

²¹Siis ütlesid Sebah ja Salmuna: 'Võta ise kätte ja tule meile kallale, sest nagu mees, nõnda on ta ramm!' Ja Gideon tõusis ning tappis Sebahi ja Salmuna; ja ta võttis ehted nende kaamelite kaelast.

²²Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your son’s son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.”

²²Ja Iisraeli mehed ütlesid Gideonile: 'Valitse meie üle, niihästi sina kui su poeg ja su pojapoeg, sest sa oled meid päästnud Midjani käest!'

²³Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. Yahweh shall rule over you.”

²³Aga Gideon vastas neile: 'Ei valitse mina teie üle ega valitse mu poeg teie üle - Issand valitseb teie üle!'

²⁴Gideon said to them, “I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil.” (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

²⁴Ja Gideon ütles neile: 'Ühte ma palun teilt: igamees andku mulle oma saagiks saadud ninarõngas!' Neil olid ju olnud kuldninarõngad, sest nad olid ismaeliidid.

²⁵They answered, “We will willingly give them.” They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

²⁵Nad vastasid: 'Me anname hea meelega!' Ja nad laotasid laiali ühe mantli ning igaüks viskas sinna ninarõnga oma saagist.

²⁶The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

²⁶Kuldninarõngad, mis Gideon oli palunud, vaagisid tuhat seitsesada kuldseeklit, peale nende kaelaehete ja kõrvarõngaste ja purpurriiete, mida Midjani kuningad olid kandnud, ja peale kettide, mis olid olnud nende kaamelitel kaelas.

²⁷Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

²⁷Ja Gideon valmistas neist õlarüü ning asetas selle oma linna Ofrasse, ja kogu Iisrael käis seal hoora viisil selle järel; aga see sai Gideonile ja tema soole püüdepaelaks.

²⁸So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

²⁸Nõnda alandati Midjan Iisraeli laste ees ja ta ei tõstnud enam oma pead; ja maal oli Gideoni päevil rahu nelikümmend aastat.

²⁹Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

²⁹Ja Jerubbaal, Joase poeg, läks ning elas oma kojas.

³⁰Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

³⁰Gideonil oli seitsekümmend poega, tema niudeist lähtunuid, sest tal oli palju naisi.

³¹His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

³¹Ja tema Sekemis olev liignaine tõi temale ka poja ilmale, kellele ta pani nimeks Abimelek.

³²Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

³²Ja Gideon, Joase poeg, suri küpses vanuses ja ta maeti oma isa Joase hauda abieserlaste Ofrasse.

³³It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

³³Aga kui Gideon oli surnud, pöördusid Iisraeli lapsed taas ja käisid hoora viisil baalide järel ning seadsid endile jumalaks Baal-Beriti.

³⁴The children of Israel didn’t remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

³⁴Ja Iisraeli lapsed ei mõelnud enam Issandale, oma Jumalale, kes oli nad päästnud kõigi nende ümberkaudsete vaenlaste käest.

³⁵neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

³⁵Ja nad ei teinud head Jerubbaali, Gideoni perele, tasuks kõige hea eest, mida tema oli teinud Iisraelile.