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Dómarabókin 7
Icelandic Bible
Dómarabókin 7
Icelandic Bible
7 Nú tók Jerúbbaal, það er Gídeon, sig árla upp og allt liðið, er með honum var, og settu þeir herbúðir sínar hjá Haródlind, en herbúðir Midíans voru fyrir norðan hann, hinumegin við Mórehæð þar á sléttunni.
2 Drottinn sagði við Gídeon: "Liðið er of margt, sem með þér er, til þess að ég vilji gefa Midían í hendur þeirra, ella kynni Ísrael að hrokast upp gegn mér og segja: ,Mín eigin hönd hefir frelsað mig.`
3 Kalla því nú í eyru fólksins og seg: Hver sá, sem hræddur er og hugdeigur, snúi við og fari aftur frá Gíleaðfjalli." Þá sneru aftur tuttugu og tvær þúsundir af liðinu, en tíu þúsundir urðu eftir.
4 Þá sagði Drottinn við Gídeon: "Enn er liðið of margt. Leið þú þá ofan til vatnsins, og mun ég reyna þá þar fyrir þig. Sá sem ég þá segi um við þig: ,þessi skal með þér fara,` hann skal með þér fara, en hver sá, er ég segi um við þig: ,þessi skal ekki með þér fara,` hann skal ekki fara."
5 Leiddi Gídeon þá liðið niður til vatnsins. Og Drottinn sagði við Gídeon: "Öllum þeim, sem lepja vatnið með tungu sinni, eins og hundar gjöra, skalt þú skipa sér, og sömuleiðis öllum þeim, sem krjúpa á kné til þess að drekka úr lófa sínum, er þeir færa upp að munni sér."
6 En þeir, sem löptu vatnið, voru þrjú hundruð að tölu, en allt hitt liðið kraup á kné til þess að drekka vatnið.
7 Þá sagði Drottinn við Gídeon: "Með þeim þrem hundruðum manna, sem lapið hafa, mun ég frelsa yður og gefa Midían í hendur yðar, en allt hitt liðið skal fara, hver heim til sín."
8 Þá tóku þeir til sín veganesti liðsins og lúðra þeirra, en alla aðra Ísraelsmenn lét hann burt fara, hvern til síns heimkynnis, og hélt aðeins þrem hundruðum manna eftir. Og herbúðir Midíans voru fyrir neðan hann á sléttunni.
9 Hina sömu nótt sagði Drottinn við Gídeon: "Rís þú upp og far ofan í herbúðirnar, því að ég hefi gefið þær í þínar hendur.
10 En ef þú ert hræddur að fara ofan þangað, þá far þú með Púra, svein þinn, til herbúðanna,
11 og hlustaðu á, hvað þeir segja. Mun þá hugur þinn styrkjast svo, að þú fer ofan í herbúðirnar." Þá fór hann og Púra sveinn hans til ystu hermannanna, sem voru í herbúðunum.
12 Midíanítar, Amalekítar og allir austurbyggjar höfðu reist herbúðir á sléttunni, sem engisprettur að fjölda til, og úlfaldar þeirra voru óteljandi, sem sandur á sjávarströndu að fjölda til.
13 Þegar Gídeon kom þangað, var maður nokkur að segja félaga sínum draum með þessum orðum: "Sjá, mig dreymdi draum, og þótti mér byggbrauðskaka velta sér að herbúðum Midíans, og komst hún alla leið að tjaldinu og rakst á það, svo að það féll, og kollvelti því, svo að tjaldið lá flatt."
14 Þá svaraði hinn: "Þetta er ekkert annað en sverð Ísraelítans Gídeons Jóassonar. Guð hefir gefið Midían og allar herbúðirnar í hendur hans."
15 Er Gídeon hafði heyrt frásöguna um drauminn og ráðningu hans, féll hann fram og tilbað. Sneri hann síðan aftur til herbúða Ísraels og sagði: "Rísið upp, því að Drottinn hefir gefið herbúðir Midíans í yðar hendur."
16 Þá skipti hann þeim þrem hundruðum manna í þrjá flokka og fékk þeim öllum lúðra í hönd og tómar krúsir og blys í krúsunum.
17 Og hann sagði við þá: "Lítið á mig og gjörið sem ég. Þegar ég kem að útjaðri herbúðanna, þá gjörið eins og ég gjöri.
18 Þegar ég því þeyti lúðurinn og allir þeir, sem með mér eru, þá skuluð þér líka þeyta lúðrana kringum allar herbúðirnar og segja: ,Sverð Drottins og Gídeons!"`
19 Gídeon og það hundrað manna, er með honum var, komu að útjaðri herbúðanna í byrjun miðvarðtíðarinnar. Var þá einmitt nýbúið að setja verðina. Þá þeyttu þeir lúðrana og brutu sundur krúsirnar, sem þeir báru í höndum sér.
20 Þeyttu nú flokkarnir þrír lúðrana og brutu krúsirnar, tóku blysin í vinstri hönd sér og lúðrana í hægri hönd sér til þess að þeyta þá, og æptu: "Sverð Drottins og Gídeons!"
21 Stóðu þeir kyrrir, hver á sínum stað, umhverfis herbúðirnar, en í herbúðunum komst allt í uppnám, og flýðu menn nú með ópi miklu.
22 Og er þeir þeyttu þrjú hundruð lúðrana, þá beindi Drottinn sverðum þeirra gegn þeirra eigin mönnum um allar herbúðirnar, og flýði allur herinn til Bet Sitta, á leið til Serera, að árbakkanum við Abel Mehóla hjá Tabbat.
23 Nú voru kallaðir saman Ísraelsmenn úr Naftalí, Asser og öllum Manasse, og þeir veittu Midían eftirför.
24 Gídeon hafði og sent sendimenn um öll Efraímfjöll og látið segja: "Farið ofan í móti Midían og varnið þeim yfirferðar yfir árnar allt til Bet Bara og yfir Jórdan." Þá var öllum Efraímítum stefnt saman, og þeir vörnuðu þeim yfirferðar yfir árnar allt til Bet Bara og yfir Jórdan.
25 Og þeir handtóku tvo höfðingja Midíaníta, þá Óreb og Seeb, og drápu Óreb hjá Órebskletti, en Seeb drápu þeir hjá Seebsvínþröng. Síðan veittu þeir Midíanítum eftirför. En höfuðin af Óreb og Seeb færðu þeir Gídeon hinumegin Jórdanar.
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)
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.
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