1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
7 ¶ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
11 ¶ And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
19 ¶ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it . 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
21 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. 23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
28 ¶ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar.
33 ¶ Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 ¶ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside , then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Gideonni
1 Israelǁîn ge ǁkhawa ǃKhūb ǃoagu gere ǁore, ob ge ǁîba ge dī în Israelǁîna Midianǁîn xa hûdisi kuriga gaoǂamhe. 2 Midianǁîn ge Israelǁîn xa ge ǀgaisa i tsîn ge Israelǁîna ǃhomgu ai ǁhoagu tsî ǀnî sâusenǃkhain ǃnâ sī ge gaugausen. 3 Israelǁîn ga ǃkhomna a tsoro, on ge Midianǁîna Amalekǁîn tsî aiǂoas ǁaedi tsîn ǀkha ǁîna hā gere ǁnāǂam. 4 ǁÎn ge ǁnāpa hâǃkhaiba ǂnaumâi tsî ǃhanaǂûna Gasas tawas kōse gere hîkākā. ǁÎn ge ǁkhāti hoaraga gūn, goman tsî dâukin tsîna gere ū tsî ǀgui ûitsama xū-i tsîna Israelǁîna ge ǁnāxūba tama hâ i. 5 ǁÎn ge ǁîn di ǂgarib tsî tentdi tsîn ǀkha ǂhomn khami ǂguise gere hā. ǁÎn tsî ǁîn di ǃnain tsîn ge ǃgôahe ǁoan ase ge ǂgui i, tsîn ge ǃhūba hā gere hîkākā.ǃNain 6 Israelǁîn ge ǁîn ǃoagu ge huisen ǁoa i.
7 On ge Israelǁîna ǃKhūb ǃoa ge ǂgai Midianǁîna xun nî huihese, 8 tsîb ge ǁîba nē ǂhôas, ǃKhūb Israeli di Elob disa ge ǁîna a hā-ūba kēbo-aoba ge sîba: “Tita ge sado Egipteb ǃnâ du ge hâǃnâ i khobosisa xu ge ǃnoraǃnora. 9 Tita ge Egipteǁîn tsî sadu ǃoagu ge nē ǃhūb ǃnâ gere ǃkham khoen tsîna xu ge huiǂui du. Tita ge sadu ǃaroma ǁîna nēpa xu doeǁgaǂui tsî ǁîn di ǃhūba sado ge mā. 10 Tsî ta ge ‘Tita ge ǃKhūta, sadu Elota; tā Amorǁîn, ǁîn di ǃhūb ǃnâ du ǁan hân di elona ǀgoreǀî’ ti ge mîba du, xawe du ge tita ǃgâ ǂgao tama ge i.”
11 ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǃKhūb di ǀhomǃgāba Ofras tawa sī tsî Abieserǁîb, Joasi di ge i aikehais ǃnaka sī ge ǂnû. ǁÎb di ôab Gideonni ge Midianǁîn xab mûhe tidega ǃhoroba ǂauxûib ǀāǃnâǃkhais ǃnâ gere ǂnauǂui. 12 Ob ge ǃKhūb di ǀhomǃgāba ǁîba ǁnāpa ǂhai tsî ge mî: “ǃKhūb ge hâǀkhā tsi, ǁkhoaǂgaoxa ǃgari-aotse.”
13 Ob ge Gideonna ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “ǃGôahesatse toxopa mîba te re, ǃKhūb ga sida ǀkha hâo, tare xū-i ǃaroman kha ǁnâi nē xūn hoana sida ǀkha go ī? Mâpa gu ǁnâi hâ ǁnā buruxa dīgu sida aboxagu ge ǁîgu xa mîba da tsî ‘ǃKhūb ge Egipteba xu ge ǂgaeǂguiǂui da’ ti a mîga? ǃKhūb ge nēsi ǁnāxūǃgâ da tsî Midianǁîn di ǀgaib ǃnâ go māǁnâ da.”
14 Ob ge ǃKhūba ǁîba ge mîmā: “Sa kai ǀgaib ǀkha ǃgû, îts Israelǁîna Midianǁîna xu sī huiǂui. Tita ǂûta ge ra sî tsi.”
15 Ob ge Gideonna ge mî: “ǃKhūtse, mâti ta Israelǁîna nî huiǂui? Ti ǀaokhoen ge hoan xa Manaseb ǃhaos ǃnâ a ǂkhabusa khoena, tsî tita ge ti ǀaokhoen mûǁae xū tama khoeta.”
16 Ob ge ǃKhūba ge ǃeream: “Sats ge ǁnāsa nî dī ǁkhā, tita sats ǀkha hâ xui-ao. Sats ge Midianǁîna ǀgui khoeba dans ǁkhās khami nî dan.”
17 Ob ge Gideonna ge mî: “Tita ǀkhats ga ǂkhîǂâixao, ǃKhūts a ǃkhais di ǁgauǁgau-e mā te re. 18 Tā nēpa xu ǃgû re, ǁguiba-e ta hā-ūba tsis kōse.”
Ob ge ǁîba “Oaǀkhīts nîs kōse ta ge nî ǃâu” ti ge mî.
19 Gideonni ge oms ǃnâ ǂgâ tsî piriro-e sī ǁanǁan tsî khūkhūsa tama pere-e disi kiloxram mel-i ǀkha ge dī. Tsîb ge ǁgan-e ǀharus ǃnâ ǂgā, sīro-e sūs ǃnâ ǂnâ tsî ǁîna aikehais tawa sī ǃKhūb di ǀhomǃgāba ge mā. 20 Elob di ǀhomǃgāb ge “ǁGan-i tsî pere-i tsîna ǃhaob ai ǂnûi, î sīro-e ǁîn ai ǂnâ” ti a mî, ob ge Gideonna ǁnāti ge dī. 21 Ob ge ǃKhūb di ǀhomǃgāba ǃomǁaeb ge ūhâ i haib di ǀams ǀkha ǁgan-i tsî pere-i tsîna ge tsâǀkhā. ǀAes ge ǃhaoba xu ǂoaxa tsî ǁgan-i tsî pere-i tsîna ge ǂhubiǂui. ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǀhomǃgāba ge bē.
22 Ob ge Gideonna ǃKhūb di ǀhomǃgābab go mû ǃkhaisa hōǃâ tsî ge ǂgaiǂui: “ǃKhū Elotse, sa ǀhomǃgāba ta ge aisa xu ais ǁga go mû.”
23 Xaweb ge ǃKhūba ǁîb ǃoa ge mî: “ǂKhîǂâixa! Tā ǃao, ǁōts tide xuige.” 24 Ob ge Gideonna ǁnāpa ǃKhūba altarsa ǂnubiba tsî ǁîsa “ǃKhūb ge a ǂkhî” ti ge ǀonǂgai. (ǁÎs ge noxopa Abieserǁîn di ǃās Ofras ǃnâ mâ.)
25 ǁNā tsuxub ǃnâb ge ǃKhūba Gideonna ge mîba: “Sa îb di ǁgōb tsî ǀnî ǁgōb hû kurixab tsîkha ū, îts sa îb ge Baala dība altarsa khôaǁnâ tsî ǁgôa-elos Aseras di īb ǁîs xōǀkhā mâb tsîna ǁhāǁnâ. 26 Îts ǃamkuse kurusa altarsa ǃKhūb sa Eloba ǀgapib ai ǂnubiba. ǁNās khaoǃgâ ǀgamǁî ǁgōba ū, î ǁîba khauǁguibase ǁguiba, Aseras di īb hîats go ǁhāǁnâb di ǀaen ǀkha.” 27 Ob ge Gideonna ǁîb ǃgāga xu disiga ū tsî ǃKhūb go mîba bi khami ge dī. ǁÎb ge ǁîb îb di ǀaokhoen tsî ǃās di khoen tsîn xab gere ǃao xui-ao, nēsa tsēa di tama i tsî tsuxuba ge dī.
28 ǁNā ǃās di khoen ge sao ra tsēs ǃnauǁgoagan ge khâimâ, o Baali di altars tsî Aseras di īb tsîra khôaǁnâhe hâ, tsîb ǀgamǁî ǁgōba ǂnubihe ge altars ai khauǁguibase ǁguibahe hâ ǃkhaisa ge mû. 29 On ge ǁîǃnābe gere dîgu: “Tari-e nēti go dī?” Tsî dîǃgâ tsîn ge ǂanǂui Joasi ôab Gideonni ge nē ǃkhaisa dīsa, 30 on ge Joasi ǃoa ge mî: “Sa ôaba ǂoaxa-ū, î da ǃgam bi. ǁÎb ge Baali di altarsa khôaǁnâ tsî Aseras di īb altars xōǀkhā go mâ ib tsîna go ǁhāǁnâ.”
31 Xaweb ge Joasa ǁîb ǃoagu ge khâimân hoan ǃoa ge mî: “Baala du ra ǀkhaoba ǂgao? ǁÎba du ra ǂnoaguba? ǁÎba ga khâiba khoe-i hoa-i ge ǁgoas aiǃâ nî ǃgamhe-e. ǁÎb nî elos karao, ab aitsama ǀkhaobasen, ǁîb di altars komo nē go khôaǁnâhesao.” 32 ǁNā tsēsa xub ge Gideonna Jerubal ti ge ǀonǂgaihe, Joasi ge “Ab Baala aitsama ǁkhaubasen, ǁîb di altars kom nē go khôaǁnâhesao” ti a mî xui-ao.
33 ǁNā ǁaeb ǃnân ge hoaraga Midianǁîn, Amalekǁîn tsî aiǂoas ǃhaodi khoen tsîna Jordanna ǃgâu tsî Jesreelǃgoaǃnāb ǃnâ sī hâǃkhaiba ge ǂnaumâi. 34 ǃKhūb di Gagab ge Gideonna ge hāǂam tsîb ge xâiǁnâsa ge xâi, Abieserǁîgab nî ǂgaikhâise î gu ǁîba sao. 35 ǁKhātib ge sîsabega Manaseb di ǀkharikha hoakha ǁga ge sîǂui ǁîgab nî ǂgaise. ǁÎb ge ǁkhāti Aseri, Sebulonni tsî Naftalib tsîgu di haodi aogu tsîna ge ǂgaikhâi tsî gu ge ǁîba hā ge sao.
36 Ob ge Gideonna Elob ǃoa ge mî: “Sats ge tita ǃnâ-uts Israela nî huiǂui ti ge mîmâi. 37 Tita ge gūǀûna ǃhorob dāǃnâǃkhaib ai nî ǁgui. ǁGoagab ga ǀauba gūǀûn ǀguin ai a hâ tsîb ga ǃhūba a ǂnâsa, o ta ge nî ǂan tita ǃnâ-uts Israela nî huiǂuisa.” 38 O i ge ǁnāti ge ī. Sao ra tsēs ǃnauǁgoagab ge Gideonna khâimâ tsî gūǀûna a ǂgoma, o-i ge ǃoresǀoa ǁgam-e ǁnāpa xu ge ǂoaxa. 39 Ob ge Gideonna Elob ǃoa ge mî: “Tā toxopa ǁgaixa-u te re; a ta ǀgui ǃnās ǀguisa noxopa xū-e mî re. ǀGui ǃnāsa ta noxopa gūǀûn ǀkha nî dītsâ ǃkhaisa mā-am te re. An nē ǃnāsa gūǀûna ǂnâsa îb ǃhūba ǀâ re.” 40 Ob ge Eloba ǁnā tsuxuba ǁnāti ge dī. Sao ra ǁgoagan ge ǀûna ge ǂnâsa i, xawe ǃhūb ge ǀaub xa ge ǀâ i.
