1 A nd the men of Ephraim say unto him, `What this thing thou hast done to us -- not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?' and they strive with him severely;

ثُمَّ قالَ الأفرايِمِيُّونَ لِجِدْعُونَ: «ما هَذا الَّذِي فَعَلْتَهُ بِنا؟ أنتَ لَمْ تَدْعُنا عِنْدَما ذَهَبْتَ لِمُقاتَلَةِ المِدْيانِيِّينَ.» وَجادَلُوهُ بِغَضَبٍ.

2 a nd he saith unto them, `What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?

فَقالَ لَهُمْ جِدْعُونُ: «ما الَّذِي فَعَلْتُهُ بِالمُقارَنَةِ مَعَكُمْ؟ فَحَتَّى القَلِيلُ الَّذِي فَعَلْتُمُوهُ، أكثَرُ أهَمِّيَّةً مِنْ كُلِّ ما فَعَلَتْهُ قَبِيلَتِي أبِيعَزَرَ.

3 I nto your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?' Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللهُ عَلَى قائِدَيِ جَيشِ المِدْيانِيِّينَ، غُرابٍ وَذِئْبٍ. فَما الَّذِي فَعَلْتُهُ بِالمُقارَنَةِ مَعَكُمْ؟» فَلَمّا قالَ هَذا، هَدَأ غَضَبُهُمْ. جِدْعُونُ يَأْسِرُ مَلِكَ المِدْيانِيِّين

4 A nd Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who with him -- wearied, and pursuing,

عِنْدَما وَصَلَ جِدْعُونُ إلَى نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، عَبَرَ مَعَ رِجالِهِ الثَّلاثِ مِئَةٍ إلَى الجانِبِ الآخَرِ. كانُوا مُنْهَكِينَ، غَيرَ أنَّهُمْ طارَدُوا العَدُوَّ.

5 a nd he saith to the men of Succoth, `Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who at my feet, for they wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'

فَقالَ لِأهلِ سَكُّوتَ: «أرجُو أنْ تُعطُوا أرغِفَةً مِنَ الخُبْزِ لِلقُوّاتِ الَّتِي مَعِي، فَقَدْ أعياهُمُ الجُوعُ، وَأنا أُطارِدُ مَلِكَيِّ المِديانِيِّينَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ.»

6 A nd the heads of Succoth say, `Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?'

لَكِنَّ رُؤَساءَ سُكُّوتَ قالُوا لَهُ: «هَلْ أسَرْتَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ حَتَّى نُعطِي جَيشَكَ خُبزاً؟»

7 A nd Gideon saith, `Therefore -- in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand -- I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'

فَقالَ جِدْعُونُ: «بِسَبَبِ هَذا، عِنْدَما يُعِينُنِي اللهُ عَلَى القَبْضِ عَلَى زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ، سَأضرِبُ لَحْمَكُمْ بِالأشواكِ وَالأغصانِ الشّائِكَةِ.»

8 A nd he goeth up thence Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.

وَانطَلَقَ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى فَنُوئِيلَ، وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُمُ الأمْرَ نَفْسَهُ، فَأجابَهُ أهلُ فَنُوئِيلَ كَما أجابَ أهلُ سُكُّوتَ.

9 A nd he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.'

فَقالَ جِدْعُونُ لِأهلِ فَنُوئِيلَ: «عِنْدَما أعُودُ مُنتَصِراً، سَأهدِمُ هَذا البُرْجَ.»

10 A nd Zebah and Zalmunna in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.

وَكانَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنّاعُ فِي مَدِينَةِ قَرْقَرَ مَعَ جَيشِهِما البالِغِ نَحْوَ خَمسَةَ عَشَرَ ألفِ رَجُلٍ. وَهُمْ جَمِيعُ الَّذِينَ تَبَقَّوْا مِنْ جَيشِ أهلِ المَشْرِقِ. فَقَدْ قُتِلَ مِئَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ ألفاً مِنْ حَمَلَةِ السُّيُوفِ.

11 A nd Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;

وَمَضَى جِدْعُونُ وَرِجالُهُ وَمَرَّوا بِطَرِيقِ ساكِنِي الخِيامِ، إلَى الغَربِ مِنْ مَدِينَتَيِّ نُوبَحَ وَيُجْبَهَةَ. وَهاجَمُوا الجَيشَ بَغْتَةً.

12 a nd Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble.

فَهَرَبَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنّاعُ. فَلَحِقَ بِهِما جِدْعُونُ، وَأسَرَ المَلِكَينِ المِدْيانِيِّينِ، زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ. وَأوقَعَ الذُّعْرَ فِي صُفُوفِ جَيشِهِما.

13 A nd Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

ثُمَّ عادَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ مِنَ المَعرَكَةِ مارّاً بِطَرِيقِ عَقَبَةِ حارَسَ.

14 a nd captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders -- seventy and seven men.

وَأمسَكَ بِشابٍّ مِنْ أهلِ سُكُّوتَ وَاستَجوَبَهُ. فَكَشَفَ لِجِدْعُونَ أسْماءَ رُؤَساءِ سُكَّوتَ، وَكانُوا سَبعَةً وَسَبعِينَ رَجُلاً.

15 A nd he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who wearied bread?'

فَجاءَ جِدْعُونُ إلَى أهلِ سُكُّوتَ، وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «ها هُما زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنّاعُ اللَّذانِ عَيَّرْتُمُونِي بِهِما فَقُلْتُمْ: ‹هَلْ أسَرْتَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ لِكَي نُعطِيَ رِجالَكَ المُنهَكِينَ خُبزاً؟›»

16 A nd he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

فَأخَذَ جِدْعُونُ أشواكاً بِرِّيَّةً وَأغْصاناً شائِكَةً، وَضَرَبَ بِها شُيُوخَ مَدِينَةِ سُكُّوتَ.

17 a nd the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

وَهَدَمَ بُرْجَ فَنُوئِيلَ، وَقَتَلَ أهلَ المَدِينَةِ.

18 A nd he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, `As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king's sons.'

وَقالَ لَزَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ: «ماذا عَنْ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلْتُماهُمْ عَلَى جَبَلِ تابُورَ؟» فَقالا: «كانُوا مِثلَكَ تَماماً، بَدا كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ كَالأميرِ.»

19 A nd he saith, `My brethren -- sons of my mother -- they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive -- I had not slain you.'

فَقالَ جِدْعُونُ: «كانُوا إخْوَتِي أبناءَ أُمِّي. وَأنا أقُسِمُ باللهِ الحَيِّ، لَوْ أنَّكُما حافَظْتُما عَلَى حَياتِهِمْ، ما كُنْتُ لِأقتُلَكُما.»

20 A nd he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he yet a youth.

ثُمَّ قالَ لِبِكرِهِ يَثَرٍ: «قُمِ! اقتُلْهُما!» لَكِنَّ الوَلَدَ لَمْ يَسْتَلَّ سَيفَهُ لِأنَّهُ كانَ صَغيرَ السِنِّ فَخَافَ.

21 A nd Zebah saith -- also Zalmunna -- `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man -- his might;' and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which on the necks of their camels.

فَقالَ زَبَحُ وَصَلْمُنّاعُ لِجِدْعُونَ: «قُمْ أنْتَ وَاقتُلْنا بِنَفسِكَ! فَالقَويُّ نِدٌّ للقَويَّ.» فَقامَ جِدْعُونُ وَقَتَلَ زَبَحَ وَصَلْمُنّاعَ. وَنَزَعَ القَلائِدَ الهِلالِيَّةَ الَّتِي عَلَى أعْناقِ جِمالِهِما. جَدْعُونُ يَصْنَعُ ثَوبَ الكَهَنُوت

22 A nd the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.'

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ لِجِدْعُونَ: «احكُمْنا أنتَ وَابْنُكَ وَحَفِيدُكَ. فَقَدْ خَلَّصْتَنا مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ المِدْيانِيِّينَ.»

23 A nd Gideon saith unto them, `I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.'

فَقالَ جِدْعُونُ لَهُمْ: «لَنْ أحكُمَكُمْ لا أنا وَلا ابْنِي، فَاللهُ هُوَ الَّذِي سَيَحكُمُكُمْ.»

24 A nd Gideon saith unto them, `Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they Ishmaelites.'

ثُمَّ قالَ جِدْعُونُ لَهُمْ: «فَلْيُعطِنِي كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ حَلَقاً غَنِمَهُ فِي القِتالِ.» فَقَدْ كانَتْ لِلعَدُوِّ أحلاقٌ ذَهَبِيَّةٌ إذْ كانُوا إسْماعِيلِيِّينَ.

25 A nd they say, `We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «سَنُعطِيكَ ما تُرِيدُ.» فَفَرَشُوا ثَوباً وَرَمَى كُلُّ واحِدٍ فِيهِ حَلَقاً غَنِمَهُ فِي القِتالِ.

26 a nd the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which on the necks of their camels,

فَكانَ وَزْنُ الأحلاقِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ الَّتِي طَلَبَها نَحْوَ ألْفٍ وَسَبْعَ مِئَةِ مِثْقالٍ. هَذا عَدا القَلائِدِ الهِلالِيَّةِ وَالجَواهِرِ الدَّمعِيَّةِ وَالأثوابِ الأَرجُوانِيَّةِ لِمُلُوكِ مِدْيانَ، وَالقَلائِدِ الَّتِي تُوضَعُ عَلَى أعْناقِ الجِمالِ.

27 a nd Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

فَصَنَعَ جِدْعُونُ مِنْ هَذا الذَّهَبِ تِمثالاً لابِساً ثَوباً كَهَنُوتِّياً، وَعَلَّقَهُ فِي مَدِينَتِهِ عَفْرَةَ. وَخانَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ اللهَ، وَعَبَدُوا هَذا التِّمثالَ هُناكَ، فَصارَ فَخّاً لِجِدْعُونَ وَأهلِ بَيتِهِ. مَوتُ جِدْعُون

28 A nd Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.

وَخَضَعَ المِدْيانِيُّونَ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، وَلَمْ يَعُودُوا يَرفَعُونَ رُؤُوسَهُمْ! فَاسْتَراحَتِ الأرْضُ مِنَ الحُرُوبِ مُدَّةَ أربَعِينَ سَنَةً، طَوالَ حَياةِ جِدْعُونَ.

29 A nd Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,

وَذَهَبَ يَرُبَّعَلُ بْنُ يُوآشَ لِيَسكُنَ فِي بَيتِهِ.

30 a nd to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

أنْجَبَ جِدْعُونُ سَبعِينَ ابْناً، فَقَدْ كانَتْ لَهُ زَوجاتٌ كَثِيراتٌ.

31 a nd his concubine, who in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

وَأنجَبَتْ لَهُ جارِيَتُهُ الَّتِي فِي شَكيمَ ابْناً، فَسَمّاهُ أبِيمالِكَ.

32 A nd Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.

وَماتَ جِدْعُونُ بْنُ يُوآشَ شَيخاً، وَدُفِنَ فِي ضَرِيحِ يُوآشَ أبِيهِ فِي عَفْرَةَ، بَلْدَةِ الأبِيعَزَرِيِّينَ.

33 A nd it cometh to pass, when Gideon dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

وَما إنْ ماتَ جِدْعُونُ حَتَّى تَراجَعَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ، وَخانُوا اللهَ بِأنْ عَبَدُوا البَعلَ. وَاتَّخَذُوا مِنْ بَعلِ بَرِيثَ إلَهاً لَهُمْ.

34 a nd the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about,

فَنَسِيَ بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ إلَهَهُمْ الَّذِي أنقَذَهُمْ مِنْ سَيطَرَةِ كُلِّ أعدائِهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ.

35 n either have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal -- Gideon -- according to all the good which he did with Israel.

وَلَمْ يُظهِرُوا وَلاءً لِعائِلَةِ يَرُبَّعَلَ لِقاءَ كُلِّ ما صَنَعَهُ مِنْ خَيرٍ لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ.