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Jueces 8
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Jueces 8
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Gedeón captura a los reyes de Madián
8 Las familias de la tribu de Efraín hablaron con Gedeón y duramente le reprocharon:
«¿Por qué no nos llamaste cuando fuiste a pelear contra Madián?»
2 Gedeón les respondió:
«Lo que yo hice no tiene comparación, si se compara con lo que hicieron ustedes. Lo que aún queda en sus campos es mejor que la cosecha de Abiezer. 3 Dios les entregó a Oreb y a Zeeb, príncipes de Madián; por eso, lo que yo hice no es comparable con lo que ustedes hicieron.»
En cuanto Gedeón dijo esto, el enojo de los efraimitas se aplacó. 4 Entonces Gedeón y sus trescientos hombres regresaron y cruzaron el Jordán; y como estaban muy cansados por perseguir a sus enemigos, 5 les dijo a los habitantes de Sucot:
«Yo les ruego que den a mi gente algo de comer, porque están muy cansados. Estamos persiguiendo a Zebaj y Salmuná, los reyes de Madián.»
6 Pero los jefes de Sucot le respondieron:
«¿Y acaso ya venciste a Zebaj y a Salmuná, para que alimentemos a tu ejército?»
7 Gedeón respondió:
«Aún no, pero cuando el Señor nos los entregue, vendré y trituraré los cuerpos de ustedes con espinos y abrojos del desierto.»
8 De Sucot, Gedeón fue a Peniel, y allí también pidió comida para su ejército. Pero la gente de Peniel le respondió lo mismo que la de Sucot. 9 Gedeón entonces les dijo:
»Cuando regrese victorioso, derribaré esta torre.»
10 Zebaj y Salmuná estaban en Carcor, con un ejército como de quince mil hombres, que eran todos los que habían quedado del numeroso ejército de los pueblos del oriente, pues en la batalla habían caído ciento veinte mil guerreros. 11 Gedeón avanzó por el camino de los que vivían al oriente de Nobaj y de Yogbeá, y atacó el campamento cuando el ejército estaba desprevenido. 12 Entonces Zebaj y Salmuná huyeron, y Gedeón los persiguió hasta echarles mano. Ante esto, su ejército se llenó de espanto.
13 Al amanecer, Gedeón regresó de la batalla 14 y capturó a un joven de Sucot, al que le hizo algunas preguntas. El joven le dio por escrito los nombres de los jefes y de los setenta y siete ancianos de Sucot, 15 y con eso Gedeón se presentó ante los jefes de Sucot y les dijo:
«Aquí tienen a Zebaj y a Salmuná. Ustedes me preguntaron: “¿Ya venciste a Zebaj y a Salmuná para que alimentemos a tu ejército?” ¡Eso es una ofensa!»
16 Entonces Gedeón tomó espinos y abrojos del desierto, y con ellos castigó a los ancianos de Sucot. 17 Además, derribó la torre de Peniel y mató a sus habitantes. 18 A Zebaj y a Salmuná les preguntó:
«¿Cómo eran los hombres que ustedes mataron en Tabor?»
Ellos le respondieron:
«Se parecían a ti. Cada uno de ellos parecía ser hijo de un rey.»
19 Y Gedeón les dijo:
«¡Eran mis hermanos, hijos de mi propia madre! ¡El Señor me es testigo de que, si los hubieran dejado vivir, yo les hubiera perdonado la vida a ustedes!»
20 A Jéter, su primogénito, le dijo:
«¡Levántate, y mátalos!»
Pero el joven, aún de corta edad, tuvo miedo y no desenvainó su espada. 21 Entonces Zebaj y Salmuná le dijeron a Gedeón:
«¡Pues mátanos tú, ya que eres tan valiente!»
Y Gedeón se levantó y mató a Zebaj y a Salmuná, y se adueñó de los adornos de lunetas que pendían del cuello de sus camellos.
22 Luego, los israelitas le dijeron a Gedeón:
«Queremos que tú y tu familia sean nuestros jefes, puesto que nos libraste de los madianitas.»
23 Pero Gedeón les respondió:
«Ni yo ni mi familia seremos los jefes de ustedes. Será el Señor quien los gobierne.»
24 Y como ellos traían aretes de oro, pues eran ismaelitas, Gedeón les dijo:
«Quiero pedirles algo. Déme cada uno de ustedes los aretes de su botín.»
25 Y ellos, tendiendo un manto, echaron sobre él los aretes del botín y dijeron:
«Con mucho gusto te los daremos.»
26 Y el oro de los aretes llegó casi a diecinueve kilos, sin contar las placas, las joyas pequeñas y los vestidos de púrpura que traían los reyes de Madián, ni los collares que traían colgados los camellos. 27 Con todo ese oro Gedeón hizo un efod y lo guardó en Ofrá, que era su ciudad. Pero cuando los israelitas vieron el efod, se corrompieron y le rindieron culto en ese lugar. Esto fue como una trampa para Gedeón y su familia. 28 Así fue como Madián fue sometido por los israelitas, y nunca más levantó cabeza. Y mientras vivió Gedeón, hubo paz en la tierra durante cuarenta años.
29 Después de eso Gedeón hijo de Joás, también llamado Yerubaal, se regresó a su casa. 30 Los descendientes de Gedeón fueron setenta hijos, porque tuvo muchas mujeres. 31 Con la concubina que tenía en Siquén, tuvo un hijo al que llamó Abimelec. 32 Y murió Gedeón hijo de Joás siendo ya muy anciano, y lo sepultaron en Ofrá de los abiezeritas, en el sepulcro de Joás, su padre.
33 Pero a la muerte de Gedeón los israelitas volvieron a corromperse, y adoraron a Baal Berit. 34 Se olvidaron del Señor, su Dios, que los había librado de todos los enemigos que los rodeaban, 35 y tampoco se mostraron agradecidos con la tribu de Gedeón, es decir, Yerubaal, a pesar de todo el bien que éste había hecho a Israel.
Richter 8
Schlachter 1951
Richter 8
Schlachter 1951
Sebach und Zalmunna
8 Aber die Männer von Ephraim sprachen zu ihm: Warum hast du uns das angetan, daß du uns nicht riefst, als du wider die Midianiter in den Streit zogest? Und sie zankten heftig mit ihm.
2 Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Was habe ich jetzt getan, das eurer Tat gleich wäre? Ist nicht die Nachlese Ephraims besser als der ganze Herbst Abiesers? 3 Gott hat die Fürsten der Midianiter, Oreb und Seb, in eure Hand gegeben; wie hätte ich tun können, was ihr getan habt? Als er solches redete, ließ ihr Zorn von ihm ab.
4 Als nun Gideon an den Jordan kam, ging er hinüber mit den dreihundert Mann, die bei ihm waren; die waren müde und jagten gleichwohl nach. 5 Und er sprach zu den Leuten zu Sukkot: Gebt doch dem Volk, das bei mir ist, etliche Laibe Brot, denn sie sind müde, und ich jage den Königen der Midianiter, Sebach und Zalmunna, nach.
6 Aber die Obersten zu Sukkot sprachen: Ist denn die Faust Sebachs und Zalmunnas schon in deiner Hand, daß wir deinem Heer Brot geben sollen? 7 Gideon sprach: Wohlan, wenn der Herr den Sebach und Zalmunna in meine Hand gibt, so will ich euer Fleisch mit Dornen aus der Wüste und mit Disteln dreschen!
8 Und er zog von dort nach Pnuel hinauf und redete mit ihnen in gleicher Weise. Und die Leute von Pnuel antworteten ihm wie die zu Sukkot. 9 Da sprach er auch zu den Leuten von Pnuel: Komme ich mit Frieden wieder, so will ich diesen Turm zerbrechen!
10 Aber Sebach und Zalmunna waren mit ihrem Heer in Karkor, etwa fünfzehntausend, der ganze Rest vom Heer der Morgenländer; denn hundertundzwanzigtausend, die das Schwert ziehen konnten, waren gefallen. 11 Und Gideon zog hinauf auf der Straße derer, die in Zelten wohnen östlich von Nobach und Jogbeha, und schlug das Lager, denn das Heer war sorglos. 12 Und als Sebach und Zalmunna flohen, jagte er ihnen nach und fing die beiden Könige der Midianiter, Sebach und Zalmunna, und versprengte das ganze Heer.
13 Und Gideon, der Sohn des Joas, kehrte um von der Schlacht beim Aufstieg von Cheres. 14 Und er fing einen Knaben von den Leuten zu Sukkot auf und fragte ihn aus; der schrieb ihm die Obersten zu Sukkot und ihre Ältesten auf, siebenundsiebzig Mann. 15 Und er kam zu den Leuten von Sukkot und sprach: Siehe, hier sind Sebach und Zalmunna, derentwegen ihr meiner gespottet und gesprochen habt: Ist denn die Faust Sebachs und Zalmunnas schon in deiner Hand, daß wir deinen Leuten, die müde sind, Brot geben sollten? 16 Und er nahm die Ältesten der Stadt und Dornen aus der Wüste und Disteln und züchtigte die Leute zu Sukkot mit denselben. 17 Den Turm zu Pnuel aber zerbrach er und tötete die Leute der Stadt.
18 Und er sprach zu Sebach und Zalmunna: Wie waren die Männer, die ihr zu Tabor tötetet? Sie sprachen: Sie waren wie du, ein jeder so schön wie Königskinder, 19 Er aber sprach: Das sind meine Brüder, meiner Mutter Söhne gewesen; so wahr der Herr lebt, wenn ihr die hättet leben lassen, so wollte ich euch nicht töten! 20 Und er sprach zu seinem erstgebornen Sohn Jeter: Stehe auf und schlage sie! Aber der Knabe zog sein Schwert nicht; denn er fürchtete sich, weil er noch jung war.
21 Sebach aber und Zalmunna sprachen zu Gideon: Stehe du auf und schlage uns; denn wie der Mann, so seine Kraft! Da stand Gideon auf und tötete Sebach und Zalmunna und nahm die Möndchen, die an den Hälsen ihrer Kamele waren.
Gideon, Richter in Israel
22 Da sprachen die Männer Israels zu Gideon: herrsche über uns, du und dein Sohn und deines Sohnes Sohn, weil du uns aus der Hand der Midianiter errettet hast!
23 Aber Gideon sprach zu ihnen: Ich will nicht über euch herrschen; mein Sohn soll auch nicht über euch herrschen, der Herr soll über euch herrschen! 24 Aber Gideon sprach zu ihnen: Eins bitte ich von euch: Gebt mir ein jeder einen Nasenring, den er erbeutet hat! Denn weil sie[a] Ismaeliter waren, hatten sie goldene Nasenringe.
25 Sie sprachen: Die wollen wir geben! Und sie breiteten ein Kleid aus, und ein jeder warf einen Nasenring von der Beute darauf. 26 Und die goldenen Nasenringe, die er forderte, betrugen an Gewicht tausendsiebenhundert Schekel Gold, ohne die Möndchen und Ohrengehänge und Purpurkleider, welche die Könige der Midianiter getragen hatten, und ohne die Halsbänder ihrer Kamele. 27 Und Gideon machte ein Ephod daraus und setzte es in seine Stadt zu Ophra. Und ganz Israel buhlte demselben nach daselbst. Und das geriet Gideon und seinem Hause zum Fallstrick.
Gideons Tod
28 Die Midianiter aber waren vor den Kindern Israel gedemütigt und hoben ihr Haupt nicht mehr empor; und das Land hatte vierzig Jahre lang Ruhe, solange Gideon lebte.
29 Und Jerub-Baal, der Sohn des Joas, ging hin und wohnte in seinem Hause. 30 Gideon aber hatte siebzig Söhne, die aus seinen Lenden gekommen waren, denn er hatte viele Weiber. 31 Und sein Kebsweib, das er zu Sichem hatte, gebar ihm auch einen Sohn, dem gab er den Namen Abimelech. 32 Und Gideon, der Sohn des Joas, starb in gutem Alter und ward zu Ophra begraben, in dem Grabe seines Vaters Joas, des Abiesriters.
33 Als aber Gideon gestorben war, kehrten die Kinder Israel um und buhlten [wieder] den Baalen nach und machten Baal-Berit zu ihrem Gott. 34 Also gedachten die Kinder Israel nicht an den Herrn, ihren Gott, der sie von der Hand aller ihrer Feinde ringsum errettet hatte, 35 und taten nicht Barmherzigkeit an dem Hause Jerub-Baal Gideons, trotz allen Wohltaten, die er an Israel getan.
Footnotes
- Richter 8:24 sie, d.h.die Feinde (FES)
Judges 8
New International Version
Judges 8
New International Version
Zebah and Zalmunna
8 Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon,(A) “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?(B)”(C) And they challenged him vigorously.(D)
2 But he answered them, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?(E) 3 God gave Oreb and Zeeb,(F) the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.
4 Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan(G) and crossed it. 5 He said to the men of Sukkoth,(H) “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out,(I) and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna,(J) the kings of Midian.”
6 But the officials of Sukkoth(K) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread(L) to your troops?”(M)
7 Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna(N) into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”
8 From there he went up to Peniel[a](O) and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Sukkoth had. 9 So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”(P)
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.(Q) 11 Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah(R) and Jogbehah(S) and attacked the unsuspecting army. 12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army.
13 Gideon son of Joash(T) then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres.(U) 14 He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth,(V) the elders(W) of the town. 15 Then Gideon came and said to the men of Sukkoth, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me by saying, ‘Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your exhausted men?(X)’” 16 He took the elders of the town and taught the men of Sukkoth a lesson(Y) by punishing them with desert thorns and briers. 17 He also pulled down the tower of Peniel(Z) and killed the men of the town.(AA)
18 Then he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?(AB)”
“Men like you,” they answered, “each one with the bearing of a prince.”
19 Gideon replied, “Those were my brothers, the sons of my own mother. As surely as the Lord lives,(AC) if you had spared their lives, I would not kill you.” 20 Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, because he was only a boy and was afraid.
21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, do it yourself. ‘As is the man, so is his strength.’” So Gideon stepped forward and killed them, and took the ornaments(AD) off their camels’ necks.
Gideon’s Ephod
22 The Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
23 But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule(AE) over you.” 24 And he said, “I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring(AF) from your share of the plunder.(AG)” (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites(AH) to wear gold earrings.)
25 They answered, “We’ll be glad to give them.” So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it. 26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[b] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(AI) that were on their camels’ necks. 27 Gideon made the gold into an ephod,(AJ) which he placed in Ophrah,(AK) his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare(AL) to Gideon and his family.(AM)
Gideon’s Death
28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head(AN) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace(AO) forty years.
29 Jerub-Baal(AP) son of Joash(AQ) went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons(AR) of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine,(AS) who lived in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelek.(AT) 32 Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age(AU) and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.(AV) They set up Baal-Berith(AW) as their god(AX) 34 and did not remember(AY) the Lord their God, who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. 35 They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal(AZ) (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them.(BA)
Footnotes
- Judges 8:8 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel; also in verses 9 and 17
- Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms
Judges 8
King James Version
Judges 8
King James Version
8 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the 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? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the 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 had answered him.
9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
11 And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
17 And he beat down the tower of 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, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.
24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye 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 willingly 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 requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
28 Thus was Midian subdued 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 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
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