Judges 6

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	GREEK BIBLE
1 Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, who delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years.	1 Και επραξαν οι υιοι Ισραηλ πονηρα ενωπιον του Κυριου? και παρεδωκεν αυτους ο Κυριος εις την χειρα του Μαδιαμ επτα ετη.
2 And they were greatly oppressed by them. And they made for themselves hollows and caves in the mountains, and very fortified places for defense.	2 Και κατισχυσεν χειρ του Μαδιαμ επι τον Ισραηλ? εξ αιτιας των Μαδιανιτων εκαμον εις εαυτους οι υιοι Ισραηλ τας φωλεας εκεινας, τας επι των ορεων, και τα σπηλαια και τα οχυρωματα.
3 And when Israel had planted, Midian and Amalek, and the rest of the eastern nations ascended,	3 Και οτε εσπερνεν ο Ισραηλ, ανεβαινον οι Μαδιανιται και οι Αμαληκιται και οι κατοικοι της ανατολης και ηρχοντο εναντιον αυτου?
4 and pitching their tents among them, they laid waste to all that was planted, as far as the entrance to Gaza. And they left behind nothing at all to sustain life in Israel, neither sheep, nor oxen, nor donkeys.	4 και στρατοπεδευοντες εναντιον αυτων διεφθειρον τα γεννηματα της γης, εως της εισοδου Γαζης, και δεν αφινον ζωοτροφιαν εις τον Ισραηλ, ουτε προβατον ουτε βουν ουτε ονον.
5 For they and all their flocks arrived with their tents, and they filled all places like locusts, an innumerable multitude of men and camels, devastating whatever they touched.	5 Διοτι ανεβαινον αυτοι και τα ποιμνια αυτων και ηρχοντο μετα των σκηνων αυτων, πολυαριθμοι ως ακριδες? αναριθμητοι ησαν και αυτοι και αι καμηλοι αυτων? και εισηρχοντο εις την γην δια να φθειρωσιν αυτην.
6 And Israel was humbled greatly in the sight of Midian.	6 Και επτωχευσε σφοδρα ο Ισραηλ εξ αιτιας των Μαδιανιτων? δια τουτο οι υιοι Ισραηλ εβοησαν προς τον Κυριον.
7 And he cried out to the Lord, requesting assistance against the Midianites.	7 Και οτε εβοησαν προς τον Κυριον οι υιοι Ισραηλ δια τους Μαδιανιτας,
8 And he sent to them a man who was a prophet, and he said: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I caused you to ascend from Egypt, and I led you away from the house of servitude.	8 τοτε απεστειλεν ο Κυριος ανδρα προφητην προς τους υιους Ισραηλ, και ειπε προς αυτους, Ουτω λεγει Κυριος ο Θεος του Ισραηλ? Εγω ανεβιβασα υμας εξ Αιγυπτου και εξηγαγον υμας εξ οικου δουλειας,
9 And I freed you from the hand of the Egyptians and from all of the enemies who were afflicting you. And I cast them out at your arrival, and I delivered their land to you.	9 και ελυτρωσα υμας εκ χειρος των Αιγυπτιων και εκ χειρος παντων των καταθλιβοντων υμας, και εξεδιωξα αυτους απ' εμπροσθεν υμων και εδωκα εις εσας την γην αυτων?
10 And I said: I am the Lord your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live. But you were not willing to listen to my voice.’ ”	10 και ειπα προς εσας, Εγω ειμαι Κυριος ο Θεος σας? δεν θελετε σεβασθη τους θεους των Αμορραιων, εν τη γη των οποιων κατοικειτε? και δεν υπηκουσατε εις την φωνην μου.
11 Then an Angel of the Lord arrived, and he sat under an oak tree, which was at Ophrah, and which belonged to Joash, the father of the family of Ezri. And while his son Gideon was threshing and cleaning the grain at the winepress, so that he might flee from Midian,	11 Και ηλθεν αγγελος Κυριου και εκαθισεν υπο την δρυν την εν Οφρα, την του Ιωας του Αβι-εζεριτου? και Γεδεων ο υιος αυτου εκοπανιζε σιτον εν τω ληνω, δια να κρυψη αυτον απο των Μαδιανιτων.
12 the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “The Lord is with you, most valiant of men.”	12 Και εφανη εις αυτον αγγελος Κυριου και ειπε προς αυτον, Ο Κυριος μετα σου, δυνατε εν ισχυι.
13 And Gideon said to him: “I beg you, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why have these things happened to us? Where are his miracles, which our fathers described when they said, ‘The Lord led us away from Egypt.’ But now the Lord has forsaken us, and he has delivered us into the hand of Midian.”	13 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Γεδεων, Ω κυριε μου, αν ο Κυριος ηναι μεθ' ημων, δια τι λοιπον ευρηκαν ημας παντα ταυτα; και που ειναι παντα τα θαυμασια αυτου, τα οποια διηγηθησαν εις ημας οι πατερες ημων, λεγοντες, Δεν ανεβιβασεν ημας ο Κυριος εξ Αιγυπτου; αλλα τωρα εγκατελιπεν ημας ο Κυριος και παρεδωκεν ημας εις τας χειρας των Μαδιανιτων.
14 And the Lord looked down upon him, and he said: “Go forth with this, your strength, and you shall free Israel from the hand of Midian. Know that I have sent you.”	14 Και εμβλεψας προς αυτον ο Κυριος ειπεν, Υπαγε εν τη δυναμει σου ταυτη, και θελεις σωσει τον Ισραηλ εκ της χειρος του Μαδιαμ? δεν σε απεστειλα εγω;
15 And responding, he said: “I beg you, my lord, with what shall I free Israel? Behold, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in the house of my father.”	15 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτον, Ω κυριε μου, με τι θελω σωσει τον Ισραηλ; ιδου, η οικογενεια μου ειναι η ταπεινοτερα μεταξυ του Μανασση, και εγω ο μικροτερος εν τω οικω του πατρος μου.
16 And the Lord said to him: “I will be with you. And so, you shall cut down Midian as if one man.”	16 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος, Αλλ' εγω θελω εισθαι μετα σου και θελεις παταξει τους Μαδιανιτας ως ανδρα ενα.
17 And he said: “If I have found grace before you, give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.	17 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτον, Εαν λοιπον ευρηκα χαριν εις τους οφθαλμους σου, δειξον μοι σημειον οτι συ εισαι ο λαλων μετ' εμου.
18 And may you not withdraw from here, until I return to you, carrying a sacrifice and offering it to you.” And he responded, “I will wait for your return.”	18 Μη αναχωρησης εντευθεν, δεομαι, εωσου ελθω προς σε και εκφερω την προσφοραν μου και θεσω ενωπιον σου. Ο δε ειπε, Θελω περιμεινει εωσου επιστρεψης.
19 And so Gideon entered, and he boiled a goat, and he made unleavened bread from a measure of flour. And setting the flesh in a basket, and putting the broth of the flesh in a pot, he took it all under the oak tree, and he offered it to him.	19 Και εισηλθεν ο Γεδεων και ητοιμασεν εριφιον εξ αιγων και αζυμα ενος εφα αλευρου? το μεν κρεας εθεσεν εις κανιστρον, τον δε ζωμον εβαλεν εις χυτραν, και εφερεν εξω προς αυτον υπο την δρυν και προσεφερε.
20 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Take the flesh and the unleavened bread, and place them on that rock, and pour out the broth upon it.” And when he had done so,	20 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο αγγελος του Θεου, Λαβε το κρεας και τα αζυμα και θες επι ταυτην την πετραν, και τον ζωμον επιχεε. Και εκαμεν ουτω.
21 the Angel of the Lord extended the end of a staff, which he was holding in his hand, and he touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves. And a fire ascended from the rock, and it consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.	21 Και εξετεινεν ο αγγελος του Κυριου το ακρον της ραβδου, την οποιαν ειχεν εν τη χειρι αυτου, και ηγγισε το κρεας και τα αζυμα? και ανεβη πυρ εκ της πετρας και κατεφαγε το κρεας και τα αζυμα. Τοτε απηλθεν ο αγγελος του Κυριου απο των οφθαλμων αυτου.
22 And Gideon, realizing that it had been the Angel of the Lord, said: “Alas, my Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”	22 Και ιδων ο Γεδεων οτι ητο αγγελος Κυριου, ειπεν ο Γεδεων, Οιμοι, Κυριε Θεε? διοτι ειδον τον αγγελον του Κυριου προσωπον προς προσωπον.
23 And the Lord said to him: “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you shall not die.”	23 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος, Ειρηνη σοι? μη φοβου? δεν θελεις αποθανει.
24 Therefore, Gideon built an altar to the Lord there, and he called it, the Peace of the Lord, even to the present day. And while he was still at Ophrah, which is of the family of Ezri,	24 Και ωκοδομησεν εκει ο Γεδεων θυσιαστηριον εις τον Κυριον και ωνομασεν αυτο Ιεοβα-σαλωμ? εως της ημερας ταυτης ειναι εν Οφρα των Αβι-εζεριτων.
25 that night, the Lord said to him: “Take a bull of your father’s, and another bull of seven years, and you shall destroy the altar of Baal, which is your father’s. And you shall cut down the sacred grove which is around the altar.	25 Και την αυτην νυκτα ειπεν ο Κυριος προς αυτον, Λαβε τον βουν του πατρος σου και τον δευτερον βουν τον επταετη, και κατεδαφισον τον βωμον του Βααλ, τον οποιον εχει ο πατηρ σου, και το αλσος το πλησιον αυτου κατακοψον?
26 And you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, at the summit of this rock, on which you placed the sacrifice before. And you shall take the second bull, and you shall offer a holocaust upon a pile of the wood, which you shall cut down from the grove.”	26 και οικοδομησον θυσιαστηριον εις Κυριον τον Θεον σου επι της κορυφης της πετρας ταυτης, κατα το διατεταγμενον? και λαβε τον δευτερον βουν και προσφερε ολοκαυτωμα με τα ξυλα του αλσους, το οποιον θελεις κατακοψει.
27 Therefore, Gideon, taking ten men from his servants, did just as the Lord had instructed him. But fearing his father’s household, and the men of that city, he was not willing to do it by day. Instead, he completed everything by night.	27 Και ελαβεν ο Γεδεων δεκα ανδρας εκ των δουλων αυτου και εκαμε καθως ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος? και επειδη εφοβηθη τον οικον του πατρος αυτου και τους ανθρωπους της πολεως, να καμη τουτο την ημεραν, εκαμεν αυτο την νυκτα.
28 And when the men of that town had risen up in the morning, they saw the altar of Baal destroyed, and the sacred grove cut down, and the second bull set upon the altar, which then had been built.	28 Και οτε οι ανθρωποι της πολεως εξηγερθησαν το πρωι, ιδου, ητο κρημνισμενος ο βωμος του Βααλ, και το αλσος το πλησιον αυτου κατακεκομμενον, και ο δευτερος βους ωλοκαυτωμενος επι το θυσιαστηριον το ωκοδομημενον.
29 And they said one to another, “Who has done this?” And when they inquired everywhere as to the author of the deed, it was said, “Gideon, the son of Joash, did all these things.”	29 Και ειπεν ο εις προς τον αλλον, Τις εκαμε το πραγμα τουτο; Και εξετασαντες και ανερευνησαντες ειπον, Ο Γεδεων ο υιος του Ιωας εκαμε το πραγμα τουτο.
30 And they said to Joash: “Bring forward your son here, so that he may die. For he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and he has cut down the sacred grove.”	30 Τοτε οι ανθρωποι της πολεως ειπον προς τον Ιωας, Εκβαλε τον υιον σου δια να θανατωθη, επειδη εκρημνισε τον βωμον του Βααλ και επειδη κατεκοψε το αλσος το πλησιον αυτου.
31 But he responded to them: “Could you be the avengers of Baal, so that you fight on his behalf? Whoever is his adversary, let him die before the light arrives tomorrow; if he is a god, let him vindicate himself against him who has overturned his altar.”	31 Και ειπεν ο Ιωας προς παντας τους εξανισταμενους εναντιον αυτου, Μηπως σεις θελετε διεκδικησει υπερ του Βααλ; η σεις θελετε σωσει αυτον; οστις διεκδικηση υπερ αυτου θελει θανατωθη εως πρωιας? εαν ουτος ηναι Θεος, ας διεκδικηση υπερ εαυτου, διοτι εκρημνισαν τον βωμον αυτου.
32 From that day, Gideon was called Jerubbaal, because Joash had said, “Let Baal avenge himself against him who has overturned his altar.”	32 Δια τουτο ωνομασεν αυτον εν τη ημερα εκεινη Ιεροβααλ, λεγων, Ας εκδικηση κατ' αυτου ο Βααλ, διοτι εκρημνισε τον βωμον αυτου.
33 And so, all of Midian, and Amalek, and the eastern peoples were gathered together. And crossing the Jordan, they encamped in the valley of Jezreel.	33 Τοτε συνηχθησαν ομου παντες οι Μαδιανιται και οι Αμαληκιται και οι κατοικοι της ανατολης και διεβησαν και εστρατοπεδευσαν εν τη κοιλαδι Ιεζραελ.
34 But the Spirit of the Lord entered Gideon, who, sounding the trumpet, summoned the house of Abiezer so that he might follow him.	34 Και το Πνευμα του Κυριου περιεχυθη επι τον Γεδεων, και εσαλπισεν εν σαλπιγγι και συνηχθησαν οι Αβι-εζεριται οπισω αυτου.
35 And he sent messengers into all of Manasseh, who also followed him, and other messengers into Asher, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, who went to meet him.	35 Και εξαπεστειλε μηνυτας προς παντα τον Μανασση, και συνηχθη και αυτος οπισω αυτου? εξαπεστειλεν ετι μηνυτας προς τον Ασηρ και προς τον Ζαβουλων και προς τον Νεφθαλι? και ανεβησαν εις συναντησιν αυτων.
36 And Gideon said to God: “If you will save Israel by my hand, just as you have said:	36 Και ειπεν ο Γεδεων προς τον Θεον, Εαν μελλης να σωσης δια χειρος μου τον Ισραηλ, καθως ελαλησας,
37 I will set this wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there will be dew only on the fleece, and all the ground is dry, I will know that by my hand, as you have said, you will free Israel.”	37 ιδου, εγω θελω βαλει τον ποκον του μαλλιου εις το αλωνιον? εαν γεινη δροσος μονον επι τον ποκον, εφ' ολην δε την γην ξηρασια, τοτε θελω γνωρισει οτι θελεις σωσει δια χειρος μου τον Ισραηλ, καθως ελαλησας.
38 And so it was done. And rising in the night, wringing out the fleece, he filled a vessel with the dew.	38 Και εγεινεν ουτω? διοτι σηκωθεις την επαυριον το πρωι, επιεσε τον ποκον και εξεθλιψε δροσον εκ του ποκου, λεκανην πληρη υδατος.
39 And again he said to God: “Let not your fury be enkindled against me, if I test once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that only the fleece may be dry, and all the ground may be wet with dew.”	39 Και ειπεν ο Γεδεων προς τον Θεον, Ας μη εξαφθη ο θυμος σου εναντιον μου, και θελω λαλησει μονον ταυτην την φοραν? ας δοκιμασω, δεομαι, ταυτην μονην την φοραν εν τω ποκω? ας γεινη τωρα ξηρασια μονον επι τον ποκον, εφ' ολην δε την γην ας ηναι δροσος.
40 And that night, God did as he had requested. And it was dry only on the fleece, and there was dew on all the ground.	40 Και εκαμεν ο Θεος ουτω την νυκτα εκεινην? και εγεινε ξηρασια μονον επι τον ποκον, εφ' ολην δε την γην ητο δροσος.