Judges 8
1599 Geneva Bible
8 1 Ephraim murmureth against Gideon, who appeaseth them. 4 He passeth the Jordan. 16 He revengeth himself on them of Succoth and Penuel. 27 He maketh an Ephod which was the cause of idolatry. 30 Of Gideon’s sons and of his death.
1 Then the men of Ephraim said unto him, [a]Why hast thou served us thus that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? and they chide with him sharply.
2 To whom he said, What have I now done, in comparison of [b]you? is not the [c]gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better, than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? and when he had thus spoken, then their spirits abated toward him.
4 ¶ And Gideon came to Jordan to pass over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, weary, yet pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, [d]morsels of bread unto the people [e]that follow me (for they be weary) that I may follow after Zebah and Zalmunna Kings of Midian.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the [f]hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hands, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 Gideon then said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, I will [g]tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
8 ¶ And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise, and the men of Penuel answered him, as the men of Succoth answered.
9 And he said also unto the men of Penuel, When I come again [h]in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 ¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were [i]in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the hosts of them of the East: for there was slain an hundred and twenty thousand men, that drew swords.
11 ¶ And Gideon went through them that dwelt in [j]Tabernacles on the East side of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was careless.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he followed after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 ¶ So Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle, [k]the sun being yet high,
14 And took a servant of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he [l]wrote to him the princes of Succoth and the Elders thereof, even seventy and seven men.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah, and Zalmunna, by whom ye upbraided me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah, and Zalmunna already in thine hands, that we should give bread unto thy weary men?
16 Then he took the Elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and [m]did tear the men of Succoth with them.
17 Also he brake down the tower of (A)Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 ¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, [n]As thou art, so were they, every one was like the children of a king.
19 And he said, They were my brethren, even my [o]mother’s children: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved their lives, I would not slay you.
20 Then he said unto Jether his firstborn son, Up, and slay them: but the boy drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet young.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou and fall upon us: for [p]as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the [q]ornaments, that were on their camels’ necks.
22 ¶ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Reign thou over us, both thou, and thy son and thy [r]son’s son: for thou hast delivered us out of the hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not reign over you, neither shall my child reign over you, but the Lord shall reign over you.
24 Again Gideon said unto them, [s]I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey (for they [had] golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 And they answered, We will give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he required, was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, beside collars [t]and jewels, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about the camels’ necks.
27 And Gideon made an [u]Ephod thereof, and put it in Ophrah his city: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.
28 Thus was Midian brought low before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more: and the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 ¶ Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went, and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had seventy sons [v]begotten of his body: for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, bare him a son also, whose name he called Abimelech.
32 So Gideon the son of Joash died in a good age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father in Ophrah, of the [w]father of the Abiezrites.
33 But when Gideon was dead, the children of Israel turned away, and went a whoring after Baal, and made [x]Baal-Berith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, which had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side.
35 Neither [y]showed they mercy on the house of Jerubbaal, or Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel.
Footnotes
- Judges 8:1 They began to cavil, because he had the glory of the victory.
- Judges 8:2 Which have slain two princes, Oreb and Zeeb.
- Judges 8:2 This last act of the whole tribe is more famous, than the whole enterprise of one man of one family.
- Judges 8:5 Or, some small portion.
- Judges 8:5 Hebrew, that are at my feet.
- Judges 8:6 Because thou hast overcome an handful, thinkest thou to have overcome the whole?
- Judges 8:7 Hebrew, beat in pieces.
- Judges 8:9 Having gotten the victory.
- Judges 8:10 A city Eastward beyond Jordan.
- Judges 8:11 He went by the wilderness where the Arabians dwelt in tents.
- Judges 8:13 Some read, before the Sun rose up.
- Judges 8:14 Or, described.
- Judges 8:16 Hebrew, break in pieces, as one thresheth corn.
- Judges 8:18 Or, they were like unto thee.
- Judges 8:19 We came all out of one belly: therefore I will be revenged.
- Judges 8:21 Meaning, that they would be rid out of their pain at once, or else to have a valiant man to put them to death.
- Judges 8:21 Or, collars.
- Judges 8:22 That is, thy posterity.
- Judges 8:24 His intent was to show himself thankful for this victory by restoring of religion, which because it was not according as God had commanded, turned to their destruction.
- Judges 8:26 Or, sweet balls.
- Judges 8:27 That is, such things as pertained to the use of the Tabernacle. See more of Ephod, Exod. 28:4,6; 1 Sam. 2:18 and 2 Sam. 6:14 and Judg. 17:5.
- Judges 8:30 Hebrew, which came out of his thigh.
- Judges 8:32 Which city belonged to the family of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 8:33 That is, Baal, to whom they had bound themselves by covenant.
- Judges 8:35 They were unmindful of God and unkind toward him, by whom they had received so great a benefit.
Hukom 8
Ang Pulong Sang Dios
Ginpatay ni Gideon si Zeba kag si Zalmuna
8 Karon, nagsiling ang katawhan sang Efraim kay Gideon, “Ano ining ginhimo mo? Ngaa wala mo kami pagtawga sang magpakig-away kamo sa mga Midianhon?” Kag ginbasol gid nila si Gideon. 2 Pero nagsiling si Gideon sa ila, “Ang nahimo ko gamay gid lang kon ikomparar sa nahimo ninyo. Bisan ang gamay nga nahimo ninyo mas labaw pa kon ikomparar sa tanan nga nahimo sang amon pamilya. 3 Ginpapierdi sang Dios sa inyo ang mga pangulo sang mga Midianhon nga si Oreb kag si Zeeb. Ti, ano ang nahimo ko kon ikomparar dira?” Sang masiling ini ni Gideon, naumpawan sila sa ila kaakig.
4 Nagtabok si Gideon kag ang iya 300 ka tinawo sa Suba sang Jordan. Kapoy na gid sila pero padayon pa gihapon ang ila paglagas sa ila mga kaaway. 5 Sang mag-abot sila sa Sucot, nangabay si Gideon sa mga taga-didto. Siling niya, “Palihog hatagi ninyo kami sang pagkaon. Kapoy kag gutom na gid kami kag kinahanglan pa namon nga lagson ang duha ka hari sang Midian nga si Zeba kag si Zalmuna.” 6 Pero nagsabat ang mga opisyal sang Sucot, “Wala pa gani ninyo madakpan si Zeba kag si Zalmuna. Ngaa hatagan namon kamo sang pagkaon?” 7 Nagsiling si Gideon, “Gali ha! Andaman lang ninyo kon madakpan na namon si Zeba kag si Zalmuna. Latiguhon ko gid kamo sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy.”
8 Halin didto nagtaklad sila ni Gideon sa Penuel[a] kag amo man gihapon ang iya ginpangabay sa mga taga-didto, pero ang sabat nila pareho man sang sabat sang mga taga-Sucot. 9 Nagsiling si Gideon sa ila, “Sa tapos nga madaog namon ang amon kaaway, mabalik kami diri, kag gub-on namon ang inyo tore.”
10 Karon, si Zeba kag si Zalmuna ara sa Karkor upod sang 15,000 nila ka soldado nga nabilin. Mga 120,000 na ang napatay sa ila. 11 Padayon ang pagtaklad nila ni Gideon kag didto sila nag-agi sa lugar sang mga nagaestar sa tolda sa sidlangan sang Noba kag Jogbeha. Dayon ginsalakay nila gulpi ang mga Midianhon. 12 Nagpalagyo si Zeba kag si Zalmuna, pero ginlagas sila ni Gideon kag gindakop, gani nagsinala-sala ang ila mga soldado.
13 Sang magpauli na sila ni Gideon halin sa inaway, didto sila nag-agi sa Taklaran sang Heres. 14 Nakadakop sila sang isa ka bataon nga lalaki nga taga-Sucot, kag ginpamangkot nila kon sin-o ang mga opisyal sang Sucot. Kag ginlista niya ang ngalan sang 77 ka opisyal nga nagadumala sang Sucot. 15 Pagkatapos ginkadtuan nila ni Gideon ang mga taga-Sucot kag ginsilingan, “Nadumduman bala ninyo ang inyo pag-insulto sa akon? Nagsiling kamo, ‘Wala pa gani ninyo madakpan si Zeba kag si Zalmuna. Ngaa hatagan namon sang pagkaon ang imo kapoy nga mga tinawo?’ Karon, ari na si Zeba kag si Zalmuna!” 16 Dayon ginkuha ni Gideon ang mga manugdumala sang Sucot kag gintudluan niya sila sang leksyon paagi sa paglatigo sa ila sang tunukon nga mga kahoy-kahoy. 17 Pagkatapos ginpaguba niya ang tore sa Penuel kag ginpamatay ang mga lalaki didto.
18 Dayon ginpamangkot ni Gideon si Zeba kag si Zalmuna, “Ano ang hitsura sang mga lalaki nga inyo ginpamatay sa Tabor?” Nagsabat sila, “Pareho sa imo, daw mga anak sang hari.” 19 Nagsiling si Gideon, “Mga utod ko sila; mga anak mismo sang akon iloy. Nagasumpa ako sa buhi nga Ginoo nga kon wala ninyo sila pagpatya, indi ko man kamo pagpatyon.” 20 Dayon nagsiling siya sa iya kamagulangan nga anak nga si Jeter, “Patya sila.” Pero tungod kay bata pa si Jeter, nahadlok siya, gani wala niya gin-gabot ang iya espada. 21 Nagsiling si Zeba kag si Zalmuna kay Gideon, “Ngaa indi ikaw ang magpatay sa amon? Ipakita ang pagkalalaki mo!” Gani ginpatay sila ni Gideon kag ginpakuha dayon niya ang mga dekorasyon sa liog sang ila mga kamelyo.
Ang Imahen nga Ginpahimo ni Gideon
22 Karon nagsiling ang mga Israelinhon kay Gideon, “Tungod kay ikaw ang nagluwas sa amon sa mga Midianhon, ikaw na lang kag ang imo bata kag apo ang magpangulo sa amon.” 23 Nagsabat si Gideon, “Indi ako ukon ang akon bata ang magpangulo sa inyo kundi ang Ginoo. 24 Pero may pangayuon lang ako sa inyo: ang kada isa sa inyo maghatag sa akon sang isa ka aritos nga nakuha ninyo sa mga Midianhon.” (Ang mga Midianhon nagasuksok sang bulawan nga aritos suno sa ila kinabatasan bilang mga Ishmaelinhon.) 25 Nagsabat ang mga tawo, “Huo, hatagan ka namon.” Naghumlad sila sang isa ka panapton, kag ang kada isa nagbutang didto sang aritos nga nakuha nila sa mga Midianhon. 26 Mga 20 ka kilo ang natipon nga mga bulawan nga aritos wala labot sang mga dekorasyon, mga kulintas, mga bayo nga granate[b] sang mga hari sang Midian, kag mga kulokadena sa liog sang ila mga kamelyo. 27 Halin sa natipon nga bulawan, nagpahimo si Gideon sang isa ka espesyal nga panapton[c] kag ginbutang niya ini sa iya banwa sa Ofra. Nagtalikod naman ang mga Israelinhon sa Dios kag nagsimba sa sadtong ginpahimo ni Gideon. Nangin dako nga pagsulay ini sa kay Gideon kag sa iya pamilya.
28 Amo ato ang estorya parte sa pagdaog sang mga Israelinhon kontra sa Midian, kag wala na gid ini makabangon pa. Nangin malinong ang Israel sa sulod sang 40 ka tuig samtang buhi pa si Gideon.
Ang Pagkapatay ni Gideon
29 Nagpauli si Gideon[d] sa iya kaugalingon nga balay kag didto nag-estar. 30 May 70 siya ka kabataan tungod kay madamo ang iya asawa. 31 May asawa man siya nga suluguon didto sa Shekem kag may anak sila nga lalaki nga gin-ngalanan niya nga Abimelec. 32 Tigulang na si Gideon sang mapatay siya. Ginlubong siya sa lulubngan sang iya amay nga si Joash sa Ofra, sa lugar sang mga kaliwat ni Abiezer. 33 Sa wala lang dugay nga napatay si Gideon, nagtalikod naman ang mga Israelinhon sa Dios kag nagsimba liwat sa mga imahen ni Baal. Ginhimo nila si Baal Berit nga ila dios. 34 Ginkalimtan nila ang Ginoo nga ila Dios nga amo ang nagluwas sa ila kontra sa ila mga kaaway sa palibot. 35 Wala gid sila nagpakita sing kaayo sa pamilya ni Jerubaal (nga amo man si Gideon) sa tanan nga maayo nga butang nga ginhimo niya sa Israel.
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