Judges 6

NEW JERUSALEM	LXX
1 The Israelites did what is evil in Yahweh's eyes, and for seven years Yahweh handed them over toMidian;	1 και εποιησαν οι υιοι ισραηλ το πονηρον εναντι κυριου και παρεδωκεν αυτους κυριος εν χειρι μαδιαμ ετη επτα
2 and Midian bore down heavily on Israel. To escape from the Midianites the Israelites used the mountainclefts and the caves and shelters.	2 και κατισχυσεν χειρ μαδιαμ επι ισραηλ και εποιησαν εαυτοις οι υιοι ισραηλ απο προσωπου μαδιαμ μανδρας εν τοις ορεσιν και τοις σπηλαιοις και τοις οχυρωμασιν
3 Whenever Israel sowed seed the Midianites would march up with Amalek and the sons of the East.They would march on Israel.	3 και εγενετο οταν εσπειρεν ανηρ ισραηλ και ανεβαινεν μαδιαμ και αμαληκ και οι υιοι ανατολων και ανεβαινον επ' αυτον
4 They would pitch camp on their territory and destroy the produce of the country as far as Gaza. Theyleft Israel nothing to live on, not a sheep or an ox or a donkey,	4 και παρενεβαλλον επ' αυτους και διεφθειραν τα εκφορια της γης εως του ελθειν εις γαζαν και ουχ υπελειποντο υποστασιν ζωης εν ισραηλ και ποιμνιον και μοσχον και ονον
5 for they came up as thick as locusts with their cattle and their tents; they and their camels wereinnumerable, they invaded the country to pil age it.	5 οτι αυτοι και τα κτηνη αυτων ανεβαινον και τας σκηνας αυτων παρεφερον και παρεγινοντο ως ακρις εις πληθος και αυτοις και ταις καμηλοις αυτων ουκ ην αριθμος και παρεγινοντο εν τη γη ισραηλ του διαφθειρειν αυτην
6 Thus, Midian brought Israel to great distress, and the Israelites cried to Yahweh.	6 και επτωχευσεν ισραηλ σφοδρα απο προσωπου μαδιαμ και εκεκραξαν οι υιοι ισραηλ προς κυριον
7 When the Israelites cried to Yahweh because of Midian,	7 και εγενετο επει εκεκραξαν οι υιοι ισραηλ προς κυριον δια μαδιαμ
8 Yahweh sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them, 'This is what Yahweh, God of Israel, says, "Itwas I who brought you out of Egypt, and led you out of the place of slave-labour.	8 και εξαπεστειλεν κυριος ανδρα προφητην προς τους υιους ισραηλ και ειπεν αυτοις ταδε λεγει κυριος ο θεος ισραηλ εγω ειμι ο αναβιβασας υμας εξ αιγυπτου και εξηγαγον υμας εξ οικου δουλειας
9 I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of al who oppressed you. I drovethem out before you and gave their country to you.	9 και εξειλαμην υμας εκ χειρος αιγυπτου και εκ χειρος παντων των θλιβοντων υμας και εξεβαλον αυτους εκ προσωπου υμων και εδωκα υμιν την γην αυτων
10 And I said to you: I am Yahweh your God. You are not to fear the gods of the Amorites in whosecountry you are now living. But you have not listened to my voice." '	10 και ειπα υμιν εγω κυριος ο θεος υμων ου φοβηθησεσθε τους θεους του αμορραιου εν οις υμεις ενοικειτε εν τη γη αυτων και ουκ εισηκουσατε της φωνης μου
11 The Angel of Yahweh came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah which belonged to Joash ofAbiezer. Gideon his son was threshing wheat inside the wine-press, to keep it hidden from Midian,	11 και ηλθεν αγγελος κυριου και εκαθισεν υπο την δρυν την ουσαν εν εφραθα την του ιωας πατρος αβιεζρι και γεδεων ο υιος αυτου ερραβδιζεν πυρους εν ληνω του εκφυγειν εκ προσωπου μαδιαμ
12 and the Angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said, 'Yahweh is with you, valiant warrior!'	12 και ωφθη αυτω αγγελος κυριου και ειπεν προς αυτον κυριος μετα σου δυνατος τη ισχυι
13 Gideon replied, 'Excuse me, my lord, but if Yahweh is with us, why is al this happening to us? Andwhere are al his miracles which our ancestors used to tel us about when they said, "Did not Yahweh bring usout of Egypt?" But now Yahweh has deserted us; he has abandoned us to Midian.'	13 και ειπεν προς αυτον γεδεων εν εμοι κυριε και ει εστιν κυριος μεθ' ημων ινα τι ευρεν ημας παντα τα κακα ταυτα και που εστιν παντα τα θαυμασια αυτου οσα διηγησαντο ημιν οι πατερες ημων λεγοντες ουχι εξ αιγυπτου ανηγαγεν ημας κυριος και νυν απωσατο ημας και παρεδωκεν ημας εν χειρι μαδιαμ
14 At this, Yahweh turned to him and said, 'Go in this strength of yours, and you wil rescue Israel fromthe power of Midian. Am I not sending you myself?'	14 και επεβλεψεν προς αυτον ο αγγελος κυριου και ειπεν αυτω πορευου εν τη ισχυι σου και σωσεις τον ισραηλ και ιδου εξαπεστειλα σε
15 Gideon replied, 'Forgive me, my lord, but how can I deliver Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manassehand I am the least important of my father's family.'	15 και ειπεν προς αυτον γεδεων εν εμοι κυριε εν τινι σωσω τον ισραηλ ιδου η χιλιας μου ταπεινοτερα εν μανασση και εγω ειμι μικρος εν τω οικω του πατρος μου
16 Yahweh replied, 'I shal be with you and you wil crush Midian as though it were one man.'	16 και ειπεν προς αυτον ο αγγελος κυριου κυριος εσται μετα σου και παταξεις την μαδιαμ ωσει ανδρα ενα
17 Gideon said, 'If I have found favour in your sight, give me a sign that you are speaking to me.	17 και ειπεν προς αυτον γεδεων και ει ευρον χαριν εν οφθαλμοις σου και ποιησεις μοι σημειον οτι συ λαλεις μετ' εμου
18 Please do not go away from here until I come back to you, bringing you my offering and laying it beforeyou.' And he replied, 'I shal stay until you come back.'	18 μη κινηθης εντευθεν εως του ελθειν με προς σε και οισω την θυσιαν μου και θησω ενωπιον σου και ειπεν εγω ειμι καθησομαι εως του επιστρεψαι σε
19 Gideon went away, he prepared a young goat and from an ephah of flour he made unleavened cakes.He put the meat into a basket and the broth into a pot, then brought it all to him under the terebinth. As heapproached,	19 και γεδεων εισηλθεν και εποιησεν εριφον αιγων και οιφι αλευρου αζυμα και τα κρεα επεθηκεν επι το κανουν και τον ζωμον ενεχεεν εις χυτραν και εξηνεγκεν προς αυτον υπο την δρυν και προσεκυνησεν
20 the Angel of Yahweh said to him, 'Take the meat and unleavened cakes, put them on this rock andpour the broth over them.' Gideon did so.	20 και ειπεν προς αυτον ο αγγελος κυριου λαβε τα κρεα και τους αρτους τους αζυμους και θες προς την πετραν εκεινην και τον ζωμον εκχεον και εποιησεν ουτως
21 The Angel of Yahweh then stretched out the tip of the staff which he was carrying, and touched themeat and unleavened cakes. Fire sprang from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened cakes, and theAngel of Yahweh vanished before his eyes.	21 και εξετεινεν ο αγγελος κυριου το ακρον της ραβδου της εν τη χειρι αυτου και ηψατο των κρεων και των αζυμων και ανηφθη πυρ εκ της πετρας και κατεφαγεν τα κρεα και τους αζυμους και ο αγγελος κυριου απηλθεν εξ οφθαλμων αυτου
22 Gideon then knew that this was the Angel of Yahweh, and he said, 'Alas, my Lord Yahweh! Now I haveseen the Angel of Yahweh face to face!'	22 και ειδεν γεδεων οτι αγγελος κυριου εστιν και ειπεν γεδεων α α κυριε κυριε οτι ειδον τον αγγελον κυριου προσωπον προς προσωπον
23 Yahweh answered, 'Peace be with you; have no fear; you wil not die.'	23 και ειπεν αυτω κυριος ειρηνη σοι μη φοβου μη αποθανης
24 Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh and called it Yahweh-Peace. This altar stands in our own day atOphrah of Abiezer.	24 και ωκοδομησεν εκει γεδεων θυσιαστηριον τω κυριω και εκαλεσεν αυτο ειρηνη κυριου εως της ημερας ταυτης ετι αυτου οντος εν εφραθα πατρος του εζρι
25 Now that night, Yahweh said to Gideon, 'Take your father's bul , the seven-year-old bul , and pull downthe altar to Baal belonging to your father and cut down the sacred pole beside it.	25 και εγενηθη τη νυκτι εκεινη και ειπεν αυτω κυριος λαβε τον μοσχον τον σιτευτον του πατρος σου μοσχον τον επταετη και καθελεις το θυσιαστηριον του βααλ ο εστιν του πατρος σου και το αλσος το επ' αυτω εκκοψεις
26 Then, on top of this strong-point, build a proper altar to Yahweh your God. Then take the bul and burnit as a burnt offering on the wood of the sacred pole which you have cut down.'	26 και οικοδομησεις θυσιαστηριον κυριω τω θεω σου τω οφθεντι σοι επι της κορυφης του ορους μαωζ τουτου εν τη παραταξει και λημψη τον μοσχον και ανοισεις ολοκαυτωμα εν τοις ξυλοις του αλσους ου εκκοψεις
27 Gideon then took ten of his servants and did as Yahweh had ordered him. But, being too frightened ofhis family and of the townspeople to do it in daylight, he did it at night.	27 και ελαβεν γεδεων τρεις και δεκα ανδρας απο των δουλων αυτου και εποιησεν καθα ελαλησεν προς αυτον κυριος και εγενετο ως εφοβηθη τον οικον του πατρος αυτου και τους ανδρας της πολεως μη ποιησαι ημερας και εποιησεν νυκτος
28 Next morning, when the townspeople got up, they found that the altar to Baal had been destroyed, thesacred pole standing beside it had been cut down and the bull had been sacrificed as a burnt offering on thenewly built altar.	28 και ωρθρισαν οι ανδρες της πολεως το πρωι και ιδου κατεσκαμμενον το θυσιαστηριον του βααλ και το αλσος το επ' αυτω εκκεκομμενον και ο μοσχος ο σιτευτος ανηνεγμενος εις ολοκαυτωμα επι το θυσιαστηριον το ωκοδομημενον
29 'Who has done this?' they asked one another. They searched, made enquiries and declared, 'Gideonson of Joash has done it.'	29 και ειπεν ανηρ προς τον πλησιον αυτου τις εποιησεν το πραγμα τουτο και ανηταζον και εξεζητουν και ειπαν γεδεων ο υιος ιωας εποιησεν το πραγμα τουτο
30 The townspeople then said to Joash, 'Bring out your son; he must die for having destroyed Baal's altarand cut down the sacred pole which stood beside it.'	30 και ειπαν οι ανδρες της πολεως προς ιωας εξαγαγε τον υιον σου και αποθανετω οτι κατεσκαψεν το θυσιαστηριον του βααλ και οτι εκοψεν το αλσος το επ' αυτω
31 To the people al crowding round him, Joash replied, 'Is it your job to plead for Baal? Is it your job tochampion his cause? (Anyone who pleads for Baal must be put to death before dawn.) If he is a god, let himplead for himself, now that Gideon has destroyed his altar.'	31 και ειπεν ιωας προς τους ανδρας τους εσταμενους επ' αυτον μη υμεις νυν δικαζεσθε περι του βααλ η υμεις σωζετε αυτον ος αντεδικησεν αυτον αποθανειται εως πρωι ει εστιν θεος αυτος εκδικησει αυτον οτι κατεσκαψεν το θυσιαστηριον αυτου
32 That day, Gideon was given the name Jerubbaal, because, they said, 'Baal must plead against him,because he has destroyed his altar!'	32 και εκαλεσεν αυτο εν τη ημερα εκεινη δικαστηριον του βααλ οτι κατεσκαψεν το θυσιαστηριον αυτου
33 Al Midian and Amalek and the sons of the East joined forces and, having crossed the Jordan, pitchedcamp in the plain of Jezreel.	33 και πασα μαδιαμ και αμαληκ και υιοι ανατολων συνηχθησαν επι το αυτο και διεβησαν και παρενεβαλον εν τη κοιλαδι ιεζραελ
34 And the spirit of Yahweh clothed Gideon around; he sounded the horn and Abiezer ral ied behind him.	34 και πνευμα θεου ενεδυσεν τον γεδεων και εσαλπισεν εν κερατινη και εβοησεν αβιεζερ οπισω αυτου
35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and Manasseh too rallied behind him; he sentmessengers to Asher, Zebulun and Naphtali, and they marched out to meet him.	35 και αγγελους εξαπεστειλεν εν παντι μανασση και εβοησεν και αυτος οπισω αυτου και εξαπεστειλεν αγγελους εν ασηρ και εν ζαβουλων και εν νεφθαλι και ανεβησαν εις συναντησιν αυτου
36 Gideon said to God, 'If it is real y you delivering Israel by means of me, as you have said,	36 και ειπεν γεδεων προς τον θεον ει σωζεις εν τη χειρι μου τον ισραηλ ον τροπον ελαλησας
37 look, I am going to put a wool en fleece on the threshing-floor; if there is dew only on the fleece and althe ground stays dry, then I shall know that you wil deliver Israel by means of me, as you have said.'	37 ιδου εγω απερειδομαι τον ποκον των εριων εν τω αλωνι και εαν δροσος γενηται επι τον ποκον μονον και επι πασαν την γην ξηρασια και γνωσομαι οτι σωζεις εν τη χειρι μου τον ισραηλ ον τροπον ελαλησας
38 And so it happened. Early next morning, Gideon got up, squeezed the fleece and wrung enough dewout of the fleece to fill a cup.	38 και εγενετο ουτως και ωρθρισεν γεδεων τη επαυριον και απεπιασεν τον ποκον και απερρυη η δροσος εκ του ποκου πληρης λεκανη υδατος
39 Gideon then said to God, 'Do not be angry with me if I speak just once more. Al ow me to make thefleece-test just once more: let the fleece alone be dry and there be dew al over the ground!'	39 και ειπεν γεδεων προς τον θεον μη οργισθητω ο θυμος σου εν εμοι και λαλησω ετι απαξ και πειρασω ετι απαξ εν τω ποκω και γενηθητω ξηρασια επι τον ποκον μονον επι δε πασαν την γην γενηθητω δροσος
40 And God did so that night. The fleece alone stayed dry, and there was dew al over the ground.	40 και εποιησεν ο θεος ουτως εν τη νυκτι εκεινη και εγενετο ξηρασια επι τον ποκον μονον επι δε πασαν την γην εγενετο δροσος