Iudicum 8

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Dixeruntque ad eum viri Ephraim: “ Quid est hoc quod nobis facere voluisti, ut non nos vocares, cum ad pugnam pergeres contra Madian? ”, iurgantes fortiter et prope vim inferentes.	1 And the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Midian?" And they upbraided him violently.
2 Quibus ille respondit: “ Quid enim tale facere potui, quale vos fecistis? Nonne melior est racemus Ephraim vindemiis Abiezer?	2 And he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
3 In manus vestras Deus tradidit principes Madian Oreb et Zeb. Quid tale facere potui, quale vos fecistis? ”. Quod cum locutus esset, requievit spiritus eorum, quo tumebant contra eum.	3 God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.
4 Cumque venisset Gedeon ad Iordanem, transivit eum cum trecentis viris, qui secum erant et prae lassitudine fugientes persequi vix poterant.	4 And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.
5 Dixitque ad viros Succoth: “Date, obsecro, panes populo, qui mecum est, quia valde defecerunt, et ego persequor Zebee et Salmana reges Madian ”.	5 So he said to the men of Succoth, "Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian."
6 Responderunt principes Succoth: “ Forsitan palmae manuum Zebee et Salmana in manu tua sunt, ut demus exercitui tuo panes? ”.	6 And the officials of Succoth said, "Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"
7 Quibus ille ait: “ Cum ergo tradiderit Dominus Zebee et Salmana in manus meas, triturabo carnes vestras cum spinis deserti et tribulis ”.	7 And Gideon said, "Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."
8 Et inde conscendens venit in Phanuel locutusque est ad viros eius loci similia. Cui et illi responderunt, sicut responderant viri Succoth.	8 And from there he went up to Penuel, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 Dixit itaque et eis: “Cum reversus fuero in pace, destruam turrim hanc”.	9 And he said to the men of Penuel, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."
10 Zebee autem et Salmana requiescebant in Carcar cum omni exercitu suo, quasi quindecim milia viri, qui remanserant ex omnibus turmis orientalium populorum, caesis centum viginti milibus bellatorum educentium gladium.	10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.
11 Ascendensque Gedeon per viam eorum, qui in tabernaculis morabantur ad orientalem partem Nobe et Iegbaa, percussit castra hostium, qui securi erant et nihil adversi suspicabantur.	11 And Gideon went up by the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the army; for the army was off its guard.
12 Fugeruntque Zebee et Salmana. Persequens Gedeon comprehendit duos reges Madian Zebee et Salmana, turbato omni exercitu eorum.	12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued them and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw all the army into a panic.
13 Revertensque Gedeon filius Ioas de bello per ascensum Hares,	13 Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres.
14 apprehendit puerum de viris Succoth interrogavitque eum nomina principum et seniorum Succoth, qui scripsit ei septuaginta septem viros.	14 And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.
15 Venitque ad viros Succoth et dixit eis: “En Zebee et Salmana, super quibus exprobrastis mihi dicentes: “Forsitan manus Zebee et Salmana in manibus tuis sunt, ut demus viris tuis, qui lassi sunt, panes?” ”.	15 And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint?"
16 Tulit ergo seniores civitatis et spinas deserti ac tribulos; et trituravit cum eis viros Succoth.	16 And he took the elders of the city and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth.
17 Turrim quoque Phanuel subvertit, occisis habitatoribus civitatis.	17 And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
18 Dixitque ad Zebee et Salmana: “ Quales fuerunt viri, quos occidistis in Thabor? ”. Qui responderunt: “ Similes tui, et unusquisque ex eis quasi filius regis ”.	18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Where are the men whom you slew at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king."
19 Quibus ille ait: “ Fratres mei fuerunt, filii matris meae. Vivit Dominus, si servassetis eos, non vos occiderem! ”.	19 And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother; as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you."
20 Dixitque Iether primogenito suo: “ Surge et interfice eos! ”. Qui non eduxit gladium; timebat enim, quia adhuc puer erat.	20 And he said to Jether his first-born, "Rise, and slay them." But the youth did not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.
21 Dixeruntque Zebee et Salmana: “ Tu surge et irrue in nos, quia iuxta aetatem robur est hominis ”. Surrexit Gedeon et interfecit Zebee et Salmana et tulit lunulas, quibus colla camelorum eorum decorata erant.	21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
22 Dixeruntque viri Israel ad Gedeon: “ Dominare nostri, tu et filius tuus et filius filii tui, quia liberasti nos de manu Madian ”.	22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian."
23 Quibus ille ait: “ Non dominabor vestri, nec dominabitur in vos filius meus, sed dominabitur Dominus ”.	23 Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."
24 Dixitque ad eos: “ Unam petitionem postulo a vobis: date mihi unusquisque anulum ex praeda sua ”. Anulos enim aureos Ismaelitae habere consuerant.	24 And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
25 Qui responderunt: “ Libentissime dabimus ”. Expandentesque super terram pallium proiecerunt in eo unusquisque anulum de praeda sua.	25 And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a garment, and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil.
26 Et fuit pondus postulatorum anulorum mille septingenti auri sicli absque lunulis et inauribus et vestibus purpureis, quibus Madian reges uti soliti erant, et praeter torques camelorum.	26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels.
27 Fecitque ex eo Gedeon ephod et posuit illud in civitate sua Ephra. Fornicatusque est omnis Israel in eo, et factum est Gedeoni et omni domui eius in ruinam.	27 And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.
28 Humiliatus est autem Madian coram filiis Israel, nec potuerunt ultra elevare cervices, sed quievit terra per quadraginta annos, quibus Gedeon vivebat.	28 So Midian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
29 Abiit itaque Ierobbaal filius Ioas et habitavit in domo sua;	29 Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
30 habuitque Gedeon septuaginta filios, qui egressi sunt de femore eius, eo quod multas haberet uxores.	30 Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.
31 Concubina quoque illius, quam habebat in Sichem, genuit ei filium, cui ipse nomen imposuit Abimelech.	31 And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
32 Mortuusque est Gedeon filius Ioas in senectute bona et sepultus est in sepulcro Ioas patris sui in Ephra filiorum Abiezer.	32 And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Postquam autem mortuus est Gedeon, aversi sunt filii Israel et fornicati cum Baalim posuerunt sibi Baalberith in deum.	33 As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and played the harlot after the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god.
34 Nec recordati sunt Domini Dei sui, qui eruit eos de manu omnium inimicorum suorum per circuitum,	34 And the people of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side;
35 nec fecerunt misericordiam cum domo Ierobbaal Gedeon iuxta omnia bona, quae fecerat Israeli.	35 and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.