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.

¹A mužovia Efraimovi mu riekli: Jaká je to vec, ktorú si nám to vykonal, že si nás nepovolal, keď si išiel bojovať proti Madianovi? A prudko sa s ním dohadovali.

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?

²A on im povedal: A čože som ja teraz vykonal také jako vy? Či nie sú lepšie paberky Efraimove ako oberačka Abiezerova?

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.

³Veď do vašej ruky dal Bôh kniežatá Madianove, Oréba a Zeéba, nuž čože také som ja mohol vykonať ako vy? Vtedy upustil ich duch od neho, keď im to hovoril.

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

⁴A Gedeon prišiel k Jordánu a prešiel cezeň on i tých tristo mužov, ktorí boli s ním, ustatí prenasledujúc nepriateľa.

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.”

⁵Preto povedal mužom mesta Sukkóta: Dajte, prosím, ľudu, ktorý ide za mnou, niekoľko pecňov chleba, lebo sú ustatí, a ja honím Zebacha a Calmunnu, madianských kráľov.

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

⁶A kniežatá Sukkóta povedali: Či je azda päsť Zebachova a Calmunnova už v tvojej ruke, aby sme dali tvojmu vojsku chleba?

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.”

⁷Na to riekol Gedeon: Preto, keď dá Hospodin Zebacha a Calmunnu do mojej ruky, zmlátim vaše telo tŕňami púšte a bodliakmi.

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.

⁸A odíduc odtiaľ hore do Penuela hovoril im podobne. Ale mužovia Penuela mu odpovedali tak, ako odpovedali mužovia Sukkóta.

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

⁹A povedal aj mužom Penuela: Keď sa navrátim v pokoji, rozborím túto vežu.

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.

¹⁰A Zebach a Calmunna boli v Karkore a ich tábor vojska s nimi, okolo pätnásť tisíc mužov, všetci, ktorí boli pozostali z celého tábora synov východu. A tých, ktorí padli, bolo sto dvadsať tisíc mužov, všetko takí, ktorí narábali mečom.

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.

¹¹A Gedeon odišiel hore cestou tých, ktorí bývajú v stánoch, od východu Nobacha a Jogbehy, a uderil na tábor, kým sa tábor cítil bezpečný.

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.

¹²A keď utekali Zebach a Calmunna, honil ich a zajal oboch kráľov Madianových, Zebacha a Calmunnu, predesiac všetko vojsko.

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

¹³A keď sa navracoval Gedeon, syn Joasov, z boja, od svahu vrchu Cháresa,

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.

¹⁴zajal mládenca z mužov mesta Sukkóta a povypytoval sa ho, ktorý mu popísal kniežatá Sukkóta a jeho starších, sedemdesiatsedem mužov.

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?’”

¹⁵A prijdúc k mužom Sukkóta povedal: Tu hľa, Zebach a Calmunna, pre ktorých ste ma pohanili povediac: Či je azda päsť Zebachova a Calmunnova už vo tvojej ruke, aby sme dali tvojim ustatým mužom chleba?

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

¹⁶Preto vezmúc starších mesta i tŕne púšte i bodliaky dal nimi cítiť mužom Sukkóta svoju moc.

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

¹⁷Aj vežu Penuela rozboril a pobil mužov mesta.

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.”

¹⁸Potom riekol Zebachovi a Calmunnovi: Jakí to boli mužovia, ktorých ste zabili na Tábore? A oni povedali: Takí jako ty, každý na pohľad ako kráľovský syn.

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.”

¹⁹A riekol: Moji bratia, synovia mojej matky, to boli. Jako že žije Hospodin, keby ste ich boli nechali žiť, nebol by som vás zabil.

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.

²⁰A povedal Jeterovi, svojmu prvorodenému: Vstaň, zabi ich! Ale mládenec nevytiahol svojho meča, lebo sa bál, pretože bol ešte len chlapec.

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.

²¹A Zebach a Calmunna povedali: Vstaň ty a obor sa na nás, lebo jaký muž, taká jeho sila. Vtedy vstal Gedeon a zabil Zebacha i Calmunnu a vzal ozdobné mesiačiky, ktoré boly na hrdlách ich veľblúdov.

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.”

²²Potom povedali izraelskí mužovia Gedeonovi: Panuj nad nami i ty i tvoj syn i syn tvojho syna; lebo si nás zachránil z ruky Madiana.

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

²³Ale Gedeon im riekol: Nebudem ja panovať nad vami ani nebude panovať nad vami môj syn. Hospodin bude panovať nad vami.

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.)

²⁴A ešte im povedal Gedeon: Toto by som žiadal od vás: Dajte mi každý náušnicu zo svojej koristi. Lebo nepriatelia mali zlaté náušnice, pretože boli Izmaeliti.

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

²⁵Na to mu povedali: Dáme vďačne. A prestreli rúcho a hodili ta každý náušnicu zo svojej koristi.

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.

²⁶A bolo váhy zlatých náušníc, ktoré vyžiadal, tisíc sedemsto šeklov zlata krome ozdobných mesiačikov a záveskov perlovej podoby a purpurového rúcha, ktoré mali na sebe madianskí kráľovia, a krome nákrčníkov, ktoré boly na hrdlách ich veľblúdov.

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.

²⁷A Gedeon z toho urobil efod a složil ho vo svojom meste, v Ofre. A smilnil tam celý Izrael chodiac ta za ním, a stal sa osídlom Gedeonovi i jeho domu.

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.

²⁸A tak bol Madian zohnutý pred synmi Izraelovými, ani viacej nepozdvihli svojej hlavy. A zem mala pokoj štyridsať rokov, vo dňoch Gedeonových.

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

²⁹A Jerubbál, syn Joasov, odišiel a býval vo svojom dome.

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

³⁰A Gedeon mal sedemdesiat synov, ktorí pošli z jeho bedra, lebo mal mnoho žien.

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

³¹I jeho ženina, ktorú mal v Sicheme, porodila mu syna, a pridal mu meno Abimelech.

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.

³²A keď zomrel Gedeon, syn Joasov, v dobrej starobe, pochovaný bol v hrobe Joasa, svojho otca, v Ofre Abiezerovej.

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.

³³A stalo sa hneď, ako zomrel Gedeon, že znova smilnili synovia Izraelovi idúc za Bálmi a postavili si Bál-beríta za boha.

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;

³⁴A nepamätali synovia Izraelovi na Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktorý ich vytrhol z ruky všetkých ich nepriateľov dookola.

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

³⁵Ani neučinili milosrdenstva s domom Jerubbálovým, Gedeonovým, podľa všetkého toho dobrého, ktoré učinil Izraelovi.