Hakim-hakim 8

¹Lalu berkatalah orang-orang Efraim kepada Gideon: "Apa macam perbuatanmu ini terhadap kami! Mengapa engkau tidak memanggil kami, ketika engkau pergi berperang melawan orang Midian?" Lalu mereka menyesali dia dengan sangat.

¹Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they accused him fiercely.

²Jawabnya kepada mereka: "Apa perbuatanku dalam hal ini, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu? Bukankah pemetikan susulan oleh suku Efraim lebih baik hasilnya dari panen buah anggur kaum Abiezer?

²And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?

³Allah telah menyerahkan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Oreb dan Zeeb, ke dalam tanganmu; apa yang telah dapat kucapai, jika dibandingkan dengan kamu?" Setelah ia berkata demikian, maka redalah marah mereka terhadap dia.

³God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him subsided when he said this.

⁴Ketika Gideon sampai ke sungai Yordan, menyeberanglah ia dan ketiga ratus orang yang bersama-sama dengan dia, meskipun masih lelah, namun mengejar juga.

⁴And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.

⁵Dan berkatalah ia kepada orang-orang Sukot: "Tolong berikan beberapa roti untuk rakyat yang mengikuti aku ini, sebab mereka telah lelah, dan aku sedang mengejar Zebah dan Salmuna, raja-raja Midian."

⁵So he said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."

⁶Tetapi jawab para pemuka di Sukot itu: "Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada tentaramu?"

⁶And the officials of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"

⁷Lalu kata Gideon: "Kalau begitu, apabila TUHAN menyerahkan Zebah dan Salmuna ke dalam tanganku, aku akan menggaruk tubuhmu dengan duri padang gurun dan onak."

⁷So Gideon said, "Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."

⁸Maka berjalanlah ia dari sana ke Pnuel, dan berkata demikian juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel, tetapi orang-orang inipun menjawabnya seperti orang-orang Sukot.

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

⁹Lalu berkatalah ia juga kepada orang-orang Pnuel: "Apabila aku kembali dengan selamat, maka aku akan merobohkan menara ini."

⁹And he said to the men of Penuel, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."

¹⁰Sementara itu Zebah dan Salmuna ada di Karkor bersama-sama dengan tentara mereka, kira-kira lima belas ribu orang banyaknya, yakni semua orang yang masih tinggal hidup dari seluruh tentara orang-orang dari sebelah timur; banyaknya yang tewas ada seratus dua puluh ribu orang yang bersenjatakan pedang.

¹⁰Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about 15,000 men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword.

¹¹Gideon maju melalui jalan orang-orang yang diam di dalam kemah di sebelah timur Nobah dan Yogbeha, lalu memukul kalah tentara itu, ketika tentara itu menyangka dirinya aman.

¹¹And Gideon went up by the way of the tent dwellers east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the army, for the army felt secure.

¹²Zebah dan Salmuna melarikan diri, tetapi Gideon mengejar mereka dan menawan kedua raja Midian itu, yakni Zebah dan Salmuna, sedang seluruh tentara itu diceraiberaikannya.

¹²And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.

¹³Kemudian kembalilah Gideon bin Yoas dari peperangan dengan melalui pendakian Heres;

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

¹⁴ditangkapnyalah seorang muda dari penduduk Sukot. Setelah ditanyai, orang itu menuliskan nama para pemuka dan para tua-tua di Sukot untuk Gideon, tujuh puluh tujuh orang banyaknya.

¹⁴And he captured a young man of Succoth and questioned him. And he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.

¹⁵Lalu pergilah Gideon kepada orang-orang Sukot sambil berkata: "Inilah Zebah dan Salmuna yang karenanya kamu telah mencela aku dengan berkata: Sudahkah Zebah dan Salmuna itu ada dalam tanganmu, sehingga kami harus memberikan roti kepada orang-orangmu yang lelah itu?"

¹⁵And he came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are exhausted?'"

¹⁶Lalu ia mengumpulkan para tua-tua kota itu, ia mengambil duri padang gurun dan onak, dan menghajar orang-orang Sukot dengan itu.

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

¹⁷Juga menara Pnuel dirobohkannya dan dibunuhnya orang-orang kota itu.

¹⁷And he broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.

¹⁸Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada Zebah dan Salmuna: "Di manakah orang-orang yang telah kamu bunuh di Tabor itu?" Jawab mereka: "Mereka itu serupa dengan engkau, sikap mereka masing-masing seperti anak raja."

¹⁸Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king."

¹⁹Lalu kata Gideon: "Saudara-saudarakulah itu, anak-anak ibuku! Demi TUHAN yang hidup, seandainya kamu membiarkan mereka hidup, aku tidak akan membunuh kamu."

¹⁹And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you."

²⁰Katanya kepada Yeter, anak sulungnya: "Bangunlah, bunuhlah mereka." Tetapi orang muda itu tidak menghunus pedangnya, karena ia takut, sebab ia masih muda.

²⁰So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise and kill them!" But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man.

²¹Lalu kata Zebah dan Salmuna: "Bangunlah engkau sendiri dan paranglah kami, sebab seperti orangnya, demikian pula kekuatannya." Maka bangunlah Gideon, dibunuhnya Zebah dan Salmuna, kemudian diambilnya bulan-bulanan yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

²¹Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

²²Kemudian berkatalah orang Israel kepada Gideon: "Biarlah engkau memerintah kami, baik engkau baik anakmu maupun cucumu, sebab engkaulah yang telah menyelamatkan kami dari tangan orang Midian."

²²Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian."

²³Jawab Gideon kepada mereka: "Aku tidak akan memerintah kamu dan juga anakku tidak akan memerintah kamu tetapi TUHAN yang memerintah kamu."

²³Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

²⁴Selanjutnya kata Gideon kepada mereka: "Satu hal saja yang kuminta kepadamu: Baiklah kamu masing-masing memberikan anting-anting dari jarahannya." --Karena musuh itu beranting-anting mas, sebab mereka orang Ismael.

²⁴And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you: every one of you give me the earrings from his spoil." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

²⁵Jawab mereka: "Kami mau memberikannya dengan suka hati." Dan setelah dihamparkan sehelai kain, maka masing-masing melemparkan anting-anting dari jarahannya ke atas kain itu.

²⁵And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a cloak, and every man threw in it the earrings of his spoil.

²⁶Adapun berat anting-anting emas yang dimintanya itu ada seribu tujuh ratus syikal emas, belum terhitung bulan-bulanan, perhiasan telinga dan pakaian kain ungu muda yang dipakai oleh raja-raja Midian, dan belum terhitung kalung rantai yang ada pada leher unta mereka.

²⁶And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.

²⁷Kemudian Gideon membuat efod dari semuanya itu dan menempatkannya di kotanya, di Ofra. Di sanalah orang Israel berlaku serong dengan menyembah efod itu; inilah yang menjadi jerat bagi Gideon dan seisi rumahnya.

²⁷And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah. And all Israel whored after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.

²⁸Demikianlah orang Midian tunduk kepada orang Israel dan tidak dapat menegakkan kepalanya lagi; maka amanlah negeri itu empat puluh tahun lamanya pada zaman Gideon.

²⁸So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they raised their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

²⁹Lalu Yerubaal bin Yoas pergilah dan diam di rumahnya sendiri.

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

³⁰Gideon mempunyai tujuh puluh anak laki-laki, semuanya anak kandungnya, sebab ia beristeri banyak;

³⁰Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

³¹juga gundiknya yang tinggal di Sikhem melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki baginya, lalu ia memberikan nama Abimelekh kepada anak itu.

³¹And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

³²Gideon bin Yoas mati pada waktu rambutnya telah putih, lalu dikuburkan dalam kubur Yoas, ayahnya, di Ofra kota orang Abiezer.

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

³³Setelah Gideon mati, kembalilah orang Israel berjalan serong dengan mengikuti para Baal dan membuat Baal-Berit menjadi allah mereka;

³³As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and whored after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god.

³⁴orang Israel tidak ingat kepada TUHAN, Allah mereka, yang telah melepaskan mereka dari tangan semua musuhnya di sekelilingnya,

³⁴And the people of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hand of all their enemies on every side,

³⁵juga tidak menunjukkan terima kasihnya kepada keturunan Yerubaal-Gideon seimbang dengan segala yang baik yang telah dilakukannya kepada orang Israel.

³⁵and they did not show steadfast love to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.