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Judges 8
Swete's Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
εἶπαν πρὸς Γεδεὼν όνὴρ Ἐφρόιμ Τί τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν τοῦ μὴ καλέσαι ἡμᾶς ὅτε ἐπορεύθης παρατάξασθαι· ἐν Μαδιάμ; καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἰσχυρῶς.
Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Τί ἐποίησα νῦν καθῶς ὑμεῖς; ἢ οὐχὶ κρεῖσσον ἐπιφυλλὶς Ἐφράιμ ἢ τρύγητός Ἀβιέζερ;
But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν παρέδωκεν κύριος τοὺς ἄρχοντας Μαδιάμ, καὶ τὸν Ζήβ· καὶ τί ἠδυνήθην ποιῆσαι ὡς ὑμεῖς; τότε ἀνέθη τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῶν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν λόγον τοῦτον.
God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger (note: Or their spirit) against him subsided.
Καὶ ἦλθεν Γεδεὼν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ διέβη αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ τριακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἱ μετ’ αὐτοῦ πεινῶντες κα διώκοντες.
Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Σοκχώθ Δότε δὴ ἄρτους εἰς τροφὴν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ τῷ ἐν ποσίν μου, ὅτι ἐκλείπουσιν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι διώκων ὀπίσω τοῦ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ βασιλέων Μαδιάμ.
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες Σοκχώθ Μὴ χεὶρ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ νῦν ἐν χειρί σου; οὐ δώσομεν τῇ δυνάμει σου ἄρτους.
But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”
καὶ εἶπεν Γεδεών Διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ δοῦναι κύριον τὸν Σέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ ἐν χειρί μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀλοήσω τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀκάνθαις τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἁβαρκηνείν.
“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Φανουήλ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὡσαύτως· καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες Φανουὴλ ὃν τρόπον ἀπεκρίθησαν ἄνδρες Σοκχώθ.
From there he went up to Penuel (note: Penuel is a variant of Peniel; also in verses 9 and 17; see Genesis 32:30.) and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
καὶ εἶπεν Γεδεὼν πρὸς ἄνδρας Φανουήλ Ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ μου μετ’ εἰρήνης τὸν πύργον τοῦτον κατασκάψω.
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
Καὶ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ ἐν Καρκάρ, καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτῶν μετ’ αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ δέκα πέντε χιλιάδες, πάντες οἱ καταλελιμμένοι ἀπὸ πάσης παρεμβολῆς ἀλλοφύλων· καὶ οἱ πεπτωκότες ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν σπωμένων ῥομφαίαν.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
καὶ ἀνέβη Γεδεὼν ὁδὸν τῶν σκηνούντων ἐν σκηναῖς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν τῆς Νάβαι καὶ Ἰεγεβάλ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὴν παρεμβολήν, καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἦν πεποιθυῖα. καὶ ἔφυγον Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανά·
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
καὶ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκράτησεν τοὺς δύο βασιλεῖς Μαδιάμ, τὸν Ζέβεε καὶ τὸν Σελμανά, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἐξέστησεν.
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν Γεδεὼν υἱὸς Ἰωὰς ἀπὸ τῆς παρατάξεως ἀπὸ ἐπάνωθεν τῆς παρατάξεως Ἄρες.
After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
καὶ συνέλαβεν παιδάριον ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Σοκχώθ, κ αὐτόν· καὶ ἔγραψεν πρὸς αὐτὸν τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων αὐτῶν, ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρας.
There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
καὶ παρεγένετο Γεδεὼν πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Σοκχὼθ καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμονά, ἐν οἷς ὠνειδίσατέ με λέγοντες Μὴ χεὶρ Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμανὰ νῦν ἐν χειρί σου, ὅτι δώσομεν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν τοῖς ἐκλιποῦσιν ἄρτους;
And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
καὶ ἔλαβεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς πόλεως ἐν ταῖς ἀκάνθαις τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ταῖς βαρακηνείμ, καὶ ἠλόησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς πόλεως.
Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
καὶ τὸν πύργον Φανουὴλ κατέστρεψεν, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν τοὺς ὄνδρος τῆς πόλεως.
He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς Ζέβεε καὶ Σελμονά Ποῦ οἱ ἄνδρες οὓς ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν Θαβώρ; καὶ εἶπαν Ὡς σὺ ὣς αὐτοί, εἰς ὁμοίωμα υἱοῦ βασιλέως.
Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
καὶ εἶπεν Γεδεών Ἀδελφοί μου καὶ υἱοὶ τῆς μητρός μου ἦσαν· ζῆ Κύριος, εἰ ἐζοκσονήκειτε αὐτούς, οὐκ ἆν ἀπέκτεινα ὑμᾶς.
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
καὶ εἶπεν Ἰέθερ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ Ἀναστὰς ἀπόκτεινον αὐτούς. καὶ οὐκ ἔσπασεν τὸ παιδάριον τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ. ὅτι ἐφοβήθη, ὅτι ἔτι νεώτερος ἢν.
So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
καὶ εἶπεν Ζέβεε κα Σελμανά Ἀνάστα σὺ καὶ συνάντησον ἡμῖν, ὅτι ὡς ἀνδρὸς ἡ δύναμίς σοῦ. καὶ ἀνέστη Γεδεὼν καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν τὸν Ζέβεε καὶ τὸν Σαλμανά, καὶ ἔλαβεν τοὺς μηνίσκους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς τραχήλοις τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and kill us yourself, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon got up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
καὶ εἶπον ἀνὴρ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς Γεδεών κύριε, ἄρξον ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου· ὅτι σὺ ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς Μαδιάμ.
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς Γεδεών οὐκ ἄρξω ἐγώ, καὶ οὐκ ἄρξει ὁ υἱός μου ἐν ὑμῖν. κύριος ἄρξει ὑμῶν.
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
καὶ εἶπεν Γεδεὼν πρὸς αὐτούς Αἰτήσομαι παρ’ ὑμῶν αἴτημα, καὶ δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον ἐκ σκύλων αὐτοῦ. ὅτι ἐνώτια χρυσᾶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι Ἰσμαηλεῖται ἦσαν.
Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
καὶ εἶπαν Διδόντες δώσομεν· καὶ ἀνέπτυξεν τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔβαλεν ἐκεῖ ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον σκύλων αὐτοῦ.
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ σταθμὸς τῶν ἑνωτίων τῶν χρυσῶν ὦν ᾔτησεν χίλιοι καὶ πεντακόσιοι χρυσοῖ, παρὲξ τῶν μηνίσκων καὶ τῶν στραηαλίδων καὶ τῶν ἱματίων καὶ πορφυρίδων τῶν ἐπὶ βασιλεῦσι Μαδιάμ, καὶ ἐκτὸς τῶν περιθεμάτων αἰ ἦν ὲν τοῖς τραχήλοις τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν.
The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ Γεδεὼν εἰς ἐφώθ, καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ Ἐφραθά· καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσεν πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ Γεδεὼν καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς σκῶλον.
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
καὶ συνεστάλη Μαδιὰμ ἐνώπιον Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὐ προσέθηκαν ἆραι κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν. καὶ ἡσύ ἡ γῆ τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη ἐν ἡμέραις Γεδεών.
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
Καὶ Ἰεαροβάαλ υἱὸς Ἰωὰς καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.
and he—Jerubbaal son of Joash—returned home and settled down.
καὶ τῷ ἦσαν ἑβδομήκοντα υἱοὶ ἐκπεπορευμένοι ἐκ μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι γυναῖκες πολλαὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ.
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
καὶ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐν Συχέμ· καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ καί γε αὐτὴ υἱόν, καὶ ἔτηκεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἀβειμέλεχ.
His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
καὶ ἀπέθανεν Γεδεὼν υἱὸς Ἰωὰς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Ἰωὰς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐφραθὰ Ἀβιεσδρί.
Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Καὶ ἐγένετο κ ἀπέθανεν Γεδεών, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἑ ὀπίσω τῶν Βααλείμ, καὶ ἔθηκαν ἑαυτοῖς τῶ Βάαλ διαθήκην τοῦ εἶναι αὐτοῖς αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν.
And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ῥυσαμένου αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν θλιβόντων αὐτοὺς κυκλόθεν.
The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰεροβάαλ, αὐτός ἐστιν Γεδεών, κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἃ ἐποίησεν μετὰ Ἰσραήλ.
They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.