Judges 7

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NOVA VULGATA
1 And so Jerubbaal, who is also Gideon, rising in the night, and all the people with him, went to the fountain which is called Harod. Now the camp of Midian was in the valley, to the northern region of the high hill.	1 Igitur Ierobbaal, qui et Gedeon, de nocte consurgens et omnis populus cum eo castrame tati sunt ad fontem, qui vocatur Harad. Erant autem castra Madian in valle ad septentrionalem plagam collis Moreh.
2 And the Lord said to Gideon: “The people with you are many, but Midian shall not be delivered into their hands, for then Israel might glory against me, and say, ‘I was freed by my own power.’	2 Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: “ Maior tecum est populus, quam ut tradatur Madian in manus eius, ne glorietur contra me Israel et dicat: “Meis viribus liberatus sum”.
3 Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all, ‘Whoever has dread or fear, let him return.’ And twenty-two thousand of the men from the people withdrew from Mount Gilead and returned, and only ten thousand remained.	3 Loquere ad populum et, cunctis audientibus, praedica: “Qui formidolosus et timidus est, revertatur et recedat de monte Gelboe” ”. Et reversa sunt ex populo viginti duo milia virorum; et tantum decem milia remanserunt.
4 And the Lord said to Gideon: “The people are still too many. Lead them to the waters, and there I will test them. And those about whom I tell you that he may go with you, let him go; he whom I shall forbid to go, let him return.”	4 Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: “ Adhuc populus multus est; duc eos ad aquas, et ibi probabo illos, et, de quo dixero tibi ut tecum vadat, ipse pergat; quem ire prohibuero, revertatur ”.
5 And when the people had descended to the waters, the Lord said to Gideon: “Whoever will lap the water with the tongue, as dogs usually lap, you shall separate them by themselves. Then those who will drink by bending their knees shall be on the other side.”	5 Cumque deduxisset populum ad aquas, dixit Dominus ad Gedeon: “ Qui lingua lambuerint aquas, sicut solent canes lambere, separabis eos seorsum; qui autem curvatis genibus biberint, in altera parte erunt ”.
6 And so the number of those who had lapped the water, by bringing it with the hand to the mouth, was three hundred men. And all the remainder of the multitude drank by bending the knee.	6 Fuit itaque numerus eorum, qui manu ad os proiciente aquas lambuerant, trecenti viri; omnis autem reliqua multitudo flexo poplite biberat.
7 And the Lord said to Gideon: “By the three hundred men who lapped the water, I will free you, and I will deliver Midian into your hand. But let all the remainder of the multitude return to their place.”	7 Et ait Dominus ad Gedeon: “ In trecentis viris, qui lambuerunt aquas, liberabo vos et tradam Madian in manu tua; omnis autem reliqua multitudo revertatur in locum suum ”.
8 And so, taking food and trumpets in accord with their number, he instructed all the rest of the multitude to go back to their tents. And with the three hundred men, he gave himself to the conflict. Now the camp of Midian was below, in the valley.	8 Sumptis itaque pro numero cibariis et tubis, omnem reliquam multitudinem abire praecepit ad tabernacula sua et ipse trecentos viros tenuit. Castra autem Madian erant subter eum in valle.
9 In the same night, the Lord said to him: “Rise up, and descend into the camp. For I have delivered them into your hand.	9 Eadem nocte dixit Dominus ad eum: “ Surge et descende in castra, quia tradidi ea in manu tua.
10 But if you dread to go alone, let your servant Purah descend with you.	10 Sin autem ire formidas, descendat tecum Phara puer tuus.
11 And when you will hear what they are saying, then your hands will be strengthened, and you will descend more confidently to the camp of the enemy.” Therefore, he descended with his servant Purah into a portion of the camp, where there was a watch of armed men.	11 Et, cum audieris quid loquantur, tunc confortabuntur manus tuae, et securior ad hostium castra descendes ”. Descendit ergo ipse et Phara puer eius in partem castrorum, ubi erant armatorum vigiliae.
12 But Midian, and Amalek, and all the eastern peoples lay spread out in the valley, like a multitude of locusts. Their camels, too, were innumerable, like the sand that lies on the shore of the sea.	12 Madian autem et Amalec et omnes orientales populi fusi iacebant in valle ut locustarum multitudo; cameli quoque innumerabiles erant sicut arena, quae iacet in litoribus maris.
13 And when Gideon had arrived, someone told his neighbor a dream. And he related what he had seen, in this way: “I saw a dream, and it seemed to me as if bread, baked under ashes from rolled barley, descended into the camp of Midian. And whenever it arrived at a tent, it struck it, and overturned it, and utterly leveled it to the ground.”	13 Cumque venisset Gedeon, narrabat aliquis somnium proximo suo et dicebat: “ Ecce vidi somnium, et videbatur mihi quasi subcinericius panis ex hordeo volvi et in Madian castra descendere; cumque pervenisset ad tabernaculum, percussit illud atque subvertit et terrae funditus coaequavit ”.
14 He to whom he spoke, responded: “This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, a man of Israel. For the Lord has delivered Midian into his hands, with their entire camp.”	14 Respondit is, cui loquebatur: “Non est hoc aliud nisi gladius Gedeonis filii Ioas viri Israelitae; tradidit Deus in manu eius Madian et omnia castra eius ”.
15 And when Gideon had heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshipped. And he returned to the camp of Israel, and he said: “Rise up! For the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into our hands.”	15 Cumque audisset Gedeon somnium et interpretationem eius, adoravit et reversus ad castra Israel ait: “ Surgite, tradidit enim Dominus in manus vestras castra Madian ”.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three parts. And he gave trumpets, and empty pitchers, and lamps for the middle of the pitchers, into their hands.	16 Divisitque trecentos viros in tres partes et dedit tubas in manibus eorum lagoenasque vacuas ac lampades in medio lagoenarum
17 And he said to them: “What you will see me do, do the same. I will enter a portion of the camp, and what I do, you shall follow.	17 et dixit ad eos: “ Quod me facere videritis, hoc facite; ingrediar extremam partem castrorum, et, quod fecero, sectamini.
18 When the trumpet in my hand blares out, you also shall sound the trumpets, on every side of the camp, and shout together to the Lord and to Gideon.”	18 Quando personaverit tuba in manu mea et omnium eorum, qui mecum sunt, vos quoque per castrorum circuitum clangite et conclamate: “Domino et Gedeoni!” ”.
19 And Gideon, and the three hundred men who were with him, entered a portion of the camp, at the beginning of the watch in the middle of the night. And when the guards were alerted, they began to sound the trumpets and to clap the pitchers against one another.	19 Ingressusque est Gedeon et trecenti viri, qui erant cum eo, extremam partem castrorum, incipientibus vigiliis noctis mediae, cum eo ipso tempore custodes mutati essent, et coeperunt bucinis clangere et conterere lagoenas.
20 And when they had sounded their trumpets in three places around the camp, and had broken their water pitchers, they held the lamps in their left hands, and sounded the trumpets in their right hands. And they cried out, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!”	20 Cumque in tribus personarent turmis et hydrias confregissent, tenuerunt sinistris manibus lampades et dextris sonantes tubas clamaveruntque: “ Gladius Domino et Gedeoni! ”,
21 And each one was standing in his place throughout the camp of the enemies. And so the entire camp was in confusion; and they fled away, wailing and crying out.	21 stantes singuli in loco suo per circuitum castrorum hostilium. Omnia itaque castra turbata sunt, et vociferantes ululantesque fugerunt.
22 And the three hundred men nevertheless continued sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into the entire camp, and they maimed and cut down one another,	22 Et insistebant trecenti viri bucinis personantes. Immisitque Dominus gladium in omnibus castris, et mutua se caede truncabant fugientes usque Bethsetta, Sareda et crepidinem Abelmehula in Tebbath.
23 fleeing as far as Bethshittah, and the base of Abelmeholah in Tabbath. But the men of Israel pursued Midian, shouting from Naphtali and Asher, and from all of Manasseh.	23 Convocati autem viri Israel de Nephthali et Aser et omni Manasse persequebantur Madian.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all of Mount Ephraim, saying, “Descend to meet Midian, and occupy the waters ahead of them as far as Bethbarah and the Jordan.” And all of Ephraim cried out, and they occupied the waters ahead of them, from the Jordan even to Bethbarah.	24 Misitque Gedeon nuntios in omnem montem Ephraim dicens: “ Descendite in occursum Madian et occupate aquas usque Bethbera atque Iordanem ”. Omnis Ephraim praeoccupavit aquas usque Bethbera atque Iordanem.
25 And having apprehended two men of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, they put Oreb to death at the Rock of Oreb, and truly, Zeeb, at the Winepress of Zeeb. And they pursued Midian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, across the waters of the Jordan.	25 Apprehensosque duos principes Madian Oreb et Zeb interfecit Oreb in Petra Oreb, Zeb vero in Torculari Zeb; et persecuti sunt Madian capita Oreb et Zeb portantes ad Gedeon trans fluenta Iordanis.