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Jueces 7
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Jueces 7
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
El ejército de Gedeón reducido
7 Jerobaal(A), es decir, Gedeón, se levantó temprano y todo el pueblo que estaba con él, y acamparon junto a la fuente de Harod[a]. El campamento de Madián estaba al norte de ellos[b], cerca de la colina de More(B), en el valle.
2 Y el Señor dijo a Gedeón: «El pueblo que está contigo es demasiado numeroso para que Yo entregue a Madián en sus manos; no sea que Israel se vuelva orgulloso[c], y diga: “Mi propia fortaleza[d] me ha librado(C)”. 3 Ahora pues[e], proclama a oídos del pueblo: “Cualquiera que tenga miedo y tiemble(D), que regrese y se vaya del monte Galaad”». Y 22,000 personas regresaron, pero quedaron 10,000.
4 Entonces el Señor dijo a Gedeón(E): «Todavía el pueblo es demasiado numeroso. Hazlos bajar al agua y allí te los probaré. Y será que de quien Yo te diga: “Este irá contigo”, ese irá contigo. Pero todo aquel de quien Yo te diga: “Este no irá contigo”, ese no irá». 5 E hizo bajar el pueblo al agua. Y el Señor dijo a Gedeón: «Pondrás a un lado a todo aquel que lame el agua con su lengua, como lame el perro, y a todo el que se arrodilla para beber». 6 Y fue el número de los que lamieron, poniendo la mano a su boca, 300 hombres. Pero todo el resto del pueblo se arrodilló para beber.
7 El Señor dijo entonces a Gedeón(F): «Los salvaré con los 300 hombres que lamieron el agua y entregaré a los madianitas en tus manos. Que todos los demás del pueblo se vayan, cada uno a su casa[f]». 8 Y los 300 hombres tomaron en sus manos las provisiones del pueblo y sus trompetas. Y Gedeón envió a todos los demás hombres de Israel, cada uno a su tienda, pero retuvo a los 300 hombres. El campamento de Madián le quedaba abajo en el valle.
9 Aquella misma noche, el Señor le dijo a Gedeón: «Levántate, desciende contra el campamento porque lo he entregado en tus manos(G). 10 Pero si tienes temor de descender, baja al campamento con tu criado Fura, 11 y oirás lo que dicen. Entonces tus manos serán fortalecidas(H) para descender contra el campamento». Y descendió con su criado Fura hasta los puestos avanzados del ejército[g] que estaban en el campamento. 12 Los madianitas, los amalecitas y todos los hijos del oriente estaban recostados en el valle, numerosos como langostas(I); y sus camellos eran innumerables, tan numerosos como la arena a la orilla del mar(J).
13 Cuando Gedeón llegó allí, un hombre estaba contando un sueño a su amigo: «Escuchen, tuve[h] un sueño. Un pan de cebada iba rodando hasta el campamento de Madián, y llegó hasta la tienda y la golpeó de manera que cayó, y la volcó de arriba abajo[i] y la tienda quedó extendida». 14 Su amigo le respondió: «Esto no es otra cosa que la espada de Gedeón, hijo de Joás, varón de Israel. Dios ha entregado en su mano a Madián y a todo el campamento(K)».
15 Cuando Gedeón oyó el relato del sueño y su interpretación, se inclinó y adoró. Volvió al campamento de Israel, y dijo: «Levántense, porque el Señor ha entregado en manos de ustedes el campamento de Madián». 16 Y dividió los 300 hombres en tres compañías[j], y puso trompetas y cántaros vacíos en las manos de todos ellos, con antorchas dentro de los cántaros. 17 «Mírenme», les dijo, «y hagan lo mismo que yo. Y cuando yo llegue a las afueras del campamento, como yo haga, así harán ustedes. 18 Cuando yo y todos los que estén conmigo toquemos la trompeta, entonces también ustedes tocarán las trompetas alrededor de todo el campamento, y digan: “Por el Señor y por Gedeón”».
Derrota de los madianitas
19 Gedeón llegó con los 100 hombres que estaban con él a las afueras del campamento, al principio de la guardia de medianoche, cuando apenas habían apostado la guardia. Entonces tocaron las trompetas y rompieron los cántaros que tenían en las manos. 20 Cuando las tres compañías tocaron las trompetas, rompieron los cántaros, y sosteniendo las antorchas en la mano izquierda y las trompetas en la mano derecha para tocarlas, gritaron: «¡La espada del Señor y de Gedeón!». 21 Cada uno se mantuvo en su lugar alrededor del campamento; y todo el ejército[k] de los madianitas echó a correr gritando mientras huían(L).
22 Cuando tocaron las 300 trompetas, el Señor puso la espada del uno contra el otro(M) por todo el campamento; y el ejército huyó hasta Bet Sita, en dirección de Zerera, hasta la orilla de Abel Mehola(N), junto a Tabat. 23 Y los hombres de Israel se reunieron, de Neftalí, de Aser y de todo Manasés(O), y persiguieron a los madianitas[l].
24 Gedeón envió mensajeros por toda la región montañosa de Efraín y dijo: «Desciendan contra[m] Madián y tomen los vados antes que ellos[n], hasta Bet Bara y el Jordán(P)». Y todos los hombres de Efraín se reunieron y tomaron los vados[o] hasta Bet Bara y el Jordán. 25 Y capturaron a los dos jefes de Madián, Oreb y Zeeb. Mataron a Oreb en la peña de Oreb y mataron a Zeeb en el lagar de Zeeb, cuando perseguían a Madián(Q), y le llevaron a Gedeón las cabezas de Oreb y Zeeb, del otro lado del Jordán(R).
Footnotes
- 7:1 O junto a En Harod.
- 7:1 Lit. él.
- 7:2 Lit. se gloríe contra mí.
- 7:2 Lit. mano.
- 7:3 Lit. Y ahora te ruego.
- 7:7 Lit. lugar.
- 7:11 Lit. la extremidad del frente de batalla.
- 7:13 Lit. soñé.
- 7:13 Lit. hacia arriba.
- 7:16 Lit. cabezas.
- 7:21 O campamento.
- 7:23 Lit. a Madián.
- 7:24 Lit. al encuentro de.
- 7:24 Lit. los vados de las aguas.
- 7:24 Lit. los vados de las aguas.
Judges 7
King James Version
Judges 7
King James Version
7 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Judges 7
New International Version
Judges 7
New International Version
Gideon Defeats the Midianites
7 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal(A) (that is, Gideon(B)) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod.(C) The camp of Midian(D) was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.(E) 2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength(F) has saved me.’ 3 Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.(G)’” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
4 But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many(H) men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” 6 Three hundred of them(I) drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands.(J) Let all the others go home.”(K) 8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.
Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9 During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands.(L) 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12 The Midianites, the Amalekites(M) and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts.(N) Their camels(O) could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.(P)
13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
14 His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash,(Q) the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”
15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped.(R) He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands.”(S) 16 Dividing the three hundred men(T) into three companies,(U) he placed trumpets(V) and empty jars(W) in the hands of all of them, with torches(X) inside.
17 “Watch me,” he told them. “Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets,(Y) then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’”
19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars(Z) that were in their hands. 20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches(AA) in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword(AB) for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.(AC)
22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(AD) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(AE) with their swords.(AF) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(AG) near Tabbath. 23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher(AH) and all Manasseh were called out,(AI) and they pursued the Midianites.(AJ) 24 Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan(AK) ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”
So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. 25 They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb(AL). They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb,(AM) and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites(AN) and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.(AO)
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