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Lunedi, 29 aprile 2024 - Santa Caterina da Siena ( Letture di oggi)

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1 Madrugó Yerubbaal (o sea Gedeón), así como todo el pueblo que estaba con él, y acampó junto a En Jarod; el campamento de Madián quedaba al norte del suyo, al pie de la colina de Moré, en el valle.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.
2 Yahveh dijo a Gedeón: «Demasiado numeroso es el pueblo que te acompaña para que ponga yo a Madián en sus manos; no se vaya a enorgullecer Israel de ello a mi costa diciendo: “¡Mi propia mano me ha salvado!”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.’
3 Ahora pues, pregona esto a oídos del pueblo: “El que tenga miedo y tiemble, que se vuelva y mire desde el monte Gelboé”. 22.000 hombres de la tropa se volvieron y quedaron 10.000.3 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.
4 Yahveh dijo a Gedeón: «Hay todavía demasiada gente; hazles bajar al agua y allí te los pondré a prueba. Aquel de quien te diga: “Que vaya contigo”, ése irá contigo. Y aquel de quien te diga: “Que no vaya contigo”, no ha de ir».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.”
5 Gedeón hizo bajar la gente al agua y Yahveh le dijo: «A todos los que lamieren el agua con la lengua como lame un perro, los pondrás a un lado y a todos los que se arrodillen para beber, los pondrás al otro».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.”
6 El número de los que lamieron el agua con las manos a la boca resultó ser de trescientos. Todo el resto del pueblo se había arrodillado para beber.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.
7 Entonces Yahveh dijo a Gedeón: «Con los trescientos hombres que han lamido el agua os salvaré, y entregaré a Madián en tus manos. Que todos los demás vuelvan cada uno a su casa».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.”
8 Tomaron en sus manos las provisiones del pueblo y sus cuernos, y mandó a todos los israelitas cada uno a su tienda, quedándose sólo con los trescientos hombres. El campamento de Madián estaba debajo del suyo en el valle.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.
9 Aquella noche le dijo Yahveh: «Levántate y baja al campamento, porque lo he puesto en tus manos.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.
10 No obstante, si temes bajar, baja al campamento con tu criado Purá,10 But if you dread to go alone, let your servant Purah descend with you.
11 y escucha lo que dicen. Se fortalecerá tu mano con ello y luego bajarás a atacar al campamento. Bajó, pues, con su criado Purá hasta la extremidad de las avanzadillas del campamento.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.
12 Madián, Amalec y todos los hijos de Oriente habían caído sobre el valle, numerosos como langostas, y sus camellos eran innumerables como la arema de la orilla del mar.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.
13 Se acercó Gedeón y he aquí que un hombre contaba un sueño a su vecino; decía: «He tenido un sueño: una hogaza de pan de cebada rodaba por el campamento de Madián, llegó hasta la tienda, chocó contra ella y la volcó lo de arriba abajo».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.”
14 Su vecino le respondió: «Esto no puede significar más que la espada de Gedeón, hijo de Joás, el israelita. Dios ha entregado en sus manos a Madián y a todo el campamento».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.”
15 Cuando Gedeón oyó la narración del sueño y su explicación, se postró, volvió al campamento de Israel y dijo: «¡Levantaos! porque Yahveh ha puesto en vuestras manos el campamento de Madián».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.”
16 Gedeón dividió a los trescientos hombres en tres cuerpos. Les dio a todos cuernos y cántaros vacíos, con antorchas dentro de los cántaros.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.
17 Les dijo: «Miradme a mí y haced lo mismo. Cuando llegue yo al extremo del campamento, lo que yo haga lo haréis vosotros.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.
18 Yo y todos mis compañeros tocaremos los cuernos; vosotros también tocaréis los cuernos alrededor del campamento y gritaréis: ¡Por Yahveh y por Gedeón!»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.”
19 Gedeón y los cien hombres que le acompañaban llegaron al extremo del campamento al comienzo de la guardia de la medianoche, cuando acababan de hacer el relevo de los centinelas; tocaron los cuernos y rompieron los cántaros que llevaban en la mano.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.
20 Entonces los tres cuerpos del ejército tocaron los cuernos, y rompieron los cántaros; en la izquierda tenían las antorchas y en la derecha los cuernos para tocarlos; gritaban: «Espada por Yahveh y por Gedeón!»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!”
21 Y se quedaron quietos cada uno en su lugar alrededor del campamento. Todo el campamento se despertó y, lanzando alaridos, se dieron a la fuga.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.
22 Mientras los trescientos tocaban los cuernos, Yahveh volvió la espada de cada uno contra su compañero por todo el campamento. La tropa huyó hasta Bet Hassittá, hacia Sartán, hasta la orilla de Abel Mejolá frente a Tabbat.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,
23 Los hombres de Israel se reunieron, de Neftalí, de Aser y de todo Manasés, y persiguieron a Madián.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.
24 Gedeón envió mensajeros por toda la montaña de Efraím diciendo: «Bajad al encuentro de Madián y cortadles los vados hasta Bet Bará y el Jordán». Se reunieron todos los hombres de Efraím y ocuparon los vados hasta Bet Bará y el Jordán.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.
25 Hicieron prisioneros a los dos jefes de Madián, Oreb y Zeeb; mataron a Oreb en la Peña de Oreb y a Zeeb en el Lagar de Zeeb. Persiguieron a Madián y llevaron a Gedeón, al otro lado del Jordán, las cabezas de Oreb y Zeeb.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.