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Mga Hukom 8
Ang Biblia (1978)
Mga Hukom 8
Ang Biblia (1978)
Pinapanahimik ni Gedeon ang Ephraimita.
8 At (A)sinabi ng mga lalake ng Ephraim sa kaniya, Bakit ginawa mo sa amin ang ganyan, na hindi mo kami tinawag nang ikaw ay yumaong makipaglaban sa Madian? At siya'y pinagwikaan nilang mainam.
2 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Ano ang aking ginawa ngayon na paris ng inyo? Di ba mainam ang pagsimot ng ubas ng Ephraim kay sa pagaani ng sa Abiezer?
3 (B)Ibinigay ng Dios sa inyong kamay ang mga prinsipe sa Madian, si Oreb, at si Zeeb, at ano ang aking magagawa na paris ng inyo? Nang magkagayo'y ang kanilang galit sa kaniya ay lumamig, nang kaniyang sabihin yaon.
4 At si Gedeon ay dumating sa Jordan, at siya'y tumawid, siya, at ang (C)tatlong daang lalake na mga kasama niya, mga pagod na, ay humahabol pa.
5 At sinabi niya sa mga lalake sa (D)Succoth, Isinasamo ko sa inyo na bigyan ninyo ng mga tinapay ang bayan na sumusunod sa akin; sapagka't sila'y mga pagod, at aking hinahabol si Zeba at si Zalmunna, na mga hari sa Madian.
6 At sinabi ng mga prinsipe sa Succoth, (E)Nasa iyo na bang kamay ngayon ang mga kamay ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, upang bigyan namin ng tinapay ang iyong hukbo?
7 At sinabi ni Gedeon, Kaya, pagka ibinigay ng Panginoon, si Zeba at si Zalmunna sa aking kamay, ay (F)akin ngang gagalusan ang inyong laman ng mga tinik sa ilang at ng mga dawag.
8 At inahon niya mula roon ang (G)Penuel, at siya'y nagsalita sa kanila ng gayon din: at sinagot siya ng mga lalake sa Penuel na gaya ng isinagot ng mga lalake sa Succoth.
9 At sinalita niya naman sa mga lalake sa Penuel, na sinasabi, (H)Pagbabalik kong payapa, ay aking (I)ilalagpak ang moog na ito.
10 Ngayo'y si Zeba at si Zalmunna ay nasa Carcor, at ang kanilang mga hukbo na kasama nila, na may labing limang libong lalake, yaong lahat na nalabi sa buong (J)hukbo ng mga (K)anak sa silanganan: sapagka't nabuwal ang isang daan at dalawang pung libong lalake na (L)humahawak ng tabak.
11 At si Gedeon ay umahon sa daan ng mga tumatahan sa mga tolda sa silanganan ng (M)Noba at Jogbea, at sinaktan ang (N)hukbo; sapagka't ang hukbo ay tiwasay.
12 At si Zeba at si Zalmunna ay tumakas; at kaniyang hinabol sila: at kaniyang (O)hinuli ang dalawang hari sa Madian, na si Zeba at si Zalmunna, at nalito ang buong hukbo.
13 At tinalikdan ni Gedeon na anak ni Joas ang pagbabaka, mula sa sampahan sa Heres.
14 At hinuli niya ang isang may kabataan sa mga lalake sa Succoth, at nagusisa siya sa kaniya: at ipinaalam sa kaniya ang mga prinsipe sa Succoth, at ang mga matanda niyaon na pitong pu't pitong lalake.
15 At sila'y naparoon sa mga lalake sa Succoth, at sinabi, Narito si Zeba at si Zalmunna, na tungkol sa kanila, ay inyo akong tinuya na inyong sinasabi, (P)Nasa iyo na bang kamay ngayon ang mga kamay ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, upang bigyan namin ng tinapay ang iyong mga lalake na mga pagod?
16 At kaniyang kinuha ang mga matanda sa bayan, at mga tinik sa ilang at mga dawag, at sa pamamagitan ng mga yaon ay kaniyang tinuruan ang mga lalake sa Succoth.
17 At kaniyang (Q)inilagpak ang moog ng Penuel, at pinatay ang mga lalake sa bayan.
Si Zeba at si Zalmunna ay nahuli at pinatay.
18 Nang magkagayo'y kaniyang sinabi kay Zeba at kay Zalmunna. Anong mga lalake yaong inyong pinatay sa (R)Tabor? At sila'y sumagot, Kung ano ikaw ay gayon sila; bawa't isa'y nahuhuwad sa mga anak ng isang hari.
19 At kaniyang sinabi, Sila'y aking mga kapatid, na mga anak ng aking ina: (S)buhay ang Panginoon, kung inyong iniligtas sana silang buhay, disin hindi ko kayo papatayin.
20 At sinabi niya kay Jether na kaniyang panganay, Bangon, at patayin mo sila. Nguni't ang bata'y hindi humawak ng tabak: sapagka't siya'y natakot, dahil sa siya'y bata pa.
21 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ni Zeba at ni Zalmunna, Bumangon ka, at daluhungin mo kami: sapagka't kung paano ang pagkalalake ay gayon ang kaniyang lakas. At bumangon si Gedeon, at pinatay si Zeba at si Zalmunna, at kinuha ang mga pahiyas na may anyong kalahating buwan na nasa mga leeg ng kanilang mga kamelyo.
22 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga lalake ng Israel kay Gedeon, Magpuno ka sa amin ngayon, ikaw at ang iyong anak, sapagka't iniligtas mo kami sa kamay ng Madian.
23 At sinabi ni Gedeon sa kanila, Hindi ako magpupuno sa inyo, o magpupuno man ang aking anak sa inyo: ang (T)Panginoon ang magpupuno sa inyo.
24 At sinabi ni Gedeon sa kanila, Hangad ko ang isang kahilingan sa inyo, na bigyan ako ng bawa't isa sa inyo ng mga hikaw na kaniyang samsam. (Sapagka't sila'y may mga gintong hikaw, dahil sa (U)sila'y mga Ismaelita.)
25 At sumagot sila, Ibibigay namin ng buong pagibig. At sila'y naglatag ng isang balabal, at inilagay roon ng bawa't isa ang mga hikaw na kaniyang samsam.
26 At ang timbang ng mga gintong hikaw na kaniyang hiniling, ay isang libo at pitong daang siklong ginto; bukod pa ang mga pahiyas na may anyong kalahating buwan, at ang mga hikaw at ang mga (V)damit na morado na suot ng mga hari sa Madian, at bukod pa ang mga (W)tanikala na nangasa leeg ng mga kamelyo.
27 At (X)ginawang epod ni Gedeon at inilagay sa kaniyang bayan, sa makatuwid baga'y sa (Y)Ophra: at ang buong Israel ay naparoroon na sumasamba sa (Z)kaniya roon: at siyang naging (AA)ikinasilo ni Gedeon at ng kaniyang sangbahayan.
28 Gayon napasuko ang Madian sa harap ng mga anak ni Israel, at hindi na nila itinaas pa ang kanilang ulo. (AB)At ang lupain ay nagpahingang apat na pung taon sa mga araw ni Gedeon.
29 At si Jerobaal na anak ni Joas ay yumaon at tumahan sa kaniyang sariling bahay.
30 At nagkaroon si Gedeon ng (AC)pitong pung anak na lumabas sa kaniyang mga balakang: sapagka't siya'y mayroong maraming asawa.
31 (AD)At ang kaniyang babae na nasa Sichem ay nagkaanak naman sa kaniya ng isang lalake, at kaniyang tinawag ang pangalan na Abimelech.
32 At namatay si Gedeon na anak ni Joas na may mabuting katandaan at inilibing sa libingan ni Joas na kaniyang ama, (AE)sa Ophra ng mga Abiezerita.
33 At (AF)nangyari, pagkamatay ni Gedeon, na ang mga anak ni Israel ay bumalik at (AG)sumamba sa mga Baal, (AH)at ginawang kanilang dios ang Baal-berith.
34 At hindi (AI)naalaala ng mga anak ni Israel ang Panginoon nilang Dios, na siyang nagpapaging laya sa kanila sa kamay ng lahat nilang mga kaaway sa buong palibot:
35 (AJ)O gumanti man lamang ng kagandahang loob sa sangbahayan ni Jerobaal, na siyang Gedeon ayon sa lahat ng kabutihan na kaniyang ipinakita sa Israel.
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
EasyEnglish Bible
Judges 8
EasyEnglish Bible
8 The men of Ephraim's tribe asked Gideon, ‘Why have you insulted us? You should have called us to join with you to fight against the Midianites.’ They were very angry and they argued with Gideon. 2 Gideon said to them, ‘What you did in the fight was more important than what I was able to do. My family started the battle, but your tribe finished the job! 3 God chose you to take power over the leaders of Midian's army. You killed Oreb and Zeeb! Nothing that I did was as great as that!’
When Gideon said that, the men of Ephraim stopped being angry.
Zebah and Zalmunna
4 Gideon and his 300 men were weak and tired. But they went across the Jordan and they continued to chase the Midianites. 5 Gideon said to the men of Succoth, ‘Please give my soldiers some food to eat. They are very tired. We are chasing the kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, to catch them.’ 6 The city leaders of Succoth said, ‘You have not yet caught Zebah and Zalmunna. We will not give you any food until you have done that.’ 7 Gideon replied, ‘Because you say that, I will return here. When the Lord has put Zebah and Zalmunna under my power, I will come back to punish you. I will beat you with thorn branches that will tear your skin to pieces!’
8 Gideon continued his journey to Peniel. He asked their people for food too. But they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth. 9 Gideon also warned the men of Peniel, ‘When I have won the fight against my enemies, I will return. Then I will destroy your strong tower.’
10 Zebah and Zalmunna had 15,000 men with them in Karkor. They were the only men left of their great army from the east. 120,000 of their soldiers had died in the battle. 11 Gideon went along a road near the desert. It was east of Nobah and Jogbehah. He attacked the enemy's army by surprise. 12 The two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, ran away. Gideon chased after them and he caught them. The whole Midianite army ran away in fear.
13 Then Gideon left the place of the battle to return home. He went along the road across Heres hills. 14 He caught a young man who came from Succoth. He asked him about the leaders of Succoth. The young man wrote down the names of 77 leaders and officers of the city. 15 Gideon went to Succoth with Zebah and Zalmunna. He said to the leaders, ‘Now I have brought these kings to you! You insulted me! You said, “We will not give your tired men any food until you have caught Zebah and Zalmunna.” ’
16 Then Gideon took hold of Succoth's leaders. He beat them with thorn branches to punish them. 17 He also went to Peniel and he destroyed their tower. He killed the men of that city.
18 Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, ‘Tell me about the men that you killed at Tabor. What kind of men were they?’ The kings answered, ‘They were like you. They looked like the sons of kings.’ 19 Gideon said, ‘Those were my brothers, my own mother's sons. If you had not killed my brothers, I would not kill you. I promise you that, as surely as the Lord lives.’
20 Gideon said to his oldest son, Jether, ‘Kill them now!’ But Jether was only a boy. He was too afraid to do anything. 21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, ‘Kill us yourself! Let us see if you are brave enough to do that!’
So Gideon did kill them. He took away the silver images from the necks of their camels.
Gideon makes a gold ephod
22 After that, the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us as our king! You, your son and your grandson should rule us. You have rescued us from Midian's power.’
23 But Gideon said to them, ‘I will not agree to rule over you. Nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.’
24 Gideon also said, ‘I will ask you only to do one thing for me. Each of you should give me one ear-ring from the things that you took from our enemies.’ (The Midianites wore gold ear-rings because they were descendants of Ishmael.)
25 The people replied, ‘We are happy to give them to you.’
So they put a coat on the ground. Each man threw a ring onto it. 26 The weight of all the rings was 20 kilograms. They also had valuable silver images and jewels. They had valuable clothes that the kings of Midian wore and necklaces from the camels. 27 Gideon used the gold to make an image of an ephod. He put it in Ophrah, where he lived. All the Israelites came there and they worshipped the image.[a] It caused them to turn away from the true God. It became like a trap that caught Gideon and his family.
Gideon dies
28 The Israelites now had complete power over the Midianites. The Midianites were too ashamed to fight against them. While Gideon was alive, the land of Israel had peace for 40 years.
29 Then Gideon went back home to live. 30 He had many wives. They gave birth to 70 sons for him. 31 Gideon also had a slave wife who lived in Shechem. She gave birth to a son for him. Gideon called him Abimelech.
32 Joash's son Gideon died when he was very old. People buried him in the grave of his father, Joash. That was in Ophrah, on the land of Abiezer's clan.
33 Soon after Gideon died, the Israelites stopped being faithful to the Lord. They started to worship the idols of Baal again. They chose Baal-Berith to be their new god. 34 They no longer served the Lord their God. They forgot that he had saved them from all the enemies who lived around them. 35 The Israelites did not remain faithful to Gideon's family either. They did not remember all the good things that he had done to help Israel.
Footnotes
- 8:27 An ephod was something that the priests wore. See Exodus 28:4-6. Gideon used gold to make an image. It was an idol that people worshipped. So it was not a real ephod.
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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