न्यायियों 7
1 तब गिदोन जो यरूब्बाल भी कहलाता है और सब लोग जो उसके संग थे सवेरे उठे, और हरोद नाम सोते के पास अपने डेरे खड़े किए; और मिद्यानियों की छावनी उनकी उत्तरी ओर मोरे नाम पहाड़ी के पास तराई में पड़ी थी॥
2 तब यहोवा ने गिदोन से कहा, जो लोग तेरे संग हैं वे इतने हैं कि मैं मिद्यानियों को उनके हाथ नहीं कर सकता, नहीं तो इस्राएल यह कहकर मेरे विरुद्ध अपनी बड़ाई मारने लगे, कि हम अपने ही भुजबल के द्वारा बचे हैं।
3 इसलिये तू जा कर लोगों में यह प्रचार करके सुना दे, कि जो कोई डर के मारे थरथराता हो, वह गिलाद पहाड़ से लौटकर चला जाए। तब बाईस हजार लोग लौट गए, और केवल दस हजार रह गए।
4 फिर यहोवा ने गिदोन से कहा, अब भी लोग अधिक हैं; उन्हें सोते के पास नीचे ले चल, वहां मैं उन्हें तेरे लिये परखूंगा; और जिस जिसके विषय में मैं तुझ से कहूं, कि यह तेरे संग चले, वह तो तेरे संग चले; और जिस जिसके विषय मे मैं कहूं, कि यह तेरे संग न जाए, वह न जाए।
5 तब वह उन को सोते के पास नीचे ले गया; वहां यहोवा ने गिदोन से कहा, जितने कुत्ते की नाईं जीभ से पानी चपड़ चपड़ करके पीएं उन को अलग रख; और वैसा ही उन्हें भी जो घुटने टेककर पीएं।
6 जिन्होंने मुंह में हाथ लगा चपड़ चपड़ करके पानी पिया उनकी तो गिनती तीन सौ ठहरी; और बाकी सब लोगों ने घुटने टेककर पानी पिया।
7 तब यहोवा ने गिदोन से कहा, इन तीन सौ चपड़ चपड़ करके पीने वालों के द्वारा मैं तुम को छुड़ाऊंगा, और मिद्यानियों को तेरे हाथ में कर दूंगा; और सब लोग अपने अपने स्थान को लौट जाए।
8 तब उन लोगों ने हाथ में सीधा और अपने अपने नरसिंगे लिए; और उसने इस्राएल के सब पुरूषों को अपने अपने डेरे की ओर भेज दिया, परन्तु उन तीन सौ पुरूषों को अपने पास रख छोड़ा; और मिद्यान की छावनी उसके नीचे तराई में पड़ी थी॥
9 उसी रात को यहोवा ने उस से कहा, उठ, छावनी पर चढ़ाई कर; क्योंकि मैं उसे तेरे हाथ कर देता हूं।
10 परन्तु यदि तू चढ़ाई करते डरता हो, तो अपने सेवक फूरा को संग ले कर छावनी के पास जा कर सुन,
11 कि वे क्या कह रहे है; उसके बाद तुझे उस छावनी पर चढ़ाई करने का हियाव होगा। तब वह अपने सेवक फूरा को संग ले उन हथियार-बन्दों के पास जो छावनी की छोर पर थे उतर गया।
12 मिद्यानी और अमालेकी और सब पूर्वी लोग तो टिड्डियों के समान बहुत से तराई में फैले पड़े थे; और उनके ऊंट समुद्रतीर के बालू के किनकों के समान गिनती से बाहर थे।
13 जब गिदोन वहां आया, तब एक जन अपने किसी संगी से अपना स्वप्न यों कह रहा था, कि सुन, मैं ने स्वप्न में क्या देखा है कि जौ की एक रोटी लुढ़कते लुढ़कते मिद्यान की छावनी में आई, और डेरे को ऐसा टक्कर मारा कि वह गिर गया, और उसको ऐसा उलट दिया, कि डेरा गिरा पड़ा रहा।
14 उसके संगी ने उत्तर दिया, यह योआश के पुत्र गिदोन नाम एक इस्राएली पुरूष की तलवार को छोड़ कुछ नहीं है; उसी के हाथ में परमेश्वर ने मिद्यान को सारी छावनी समेत कर दिया है॥
15 उस स्वप्न का वर्णन और फल सुनकर गिदोन ने दण्डवत की; और इस्राएल की छावनी में लौटकर कहा, उठो, यहोवा ने मिद्यानी सेना को तुम्हारे वश में कर दिया है।
16 तब उसने उन तीन सौ पुरूषों के तीन झुण्ड किए, और एक एक पुरूष के हाथ में एक नरसिंगा और खाली घड़ा दिया, और घड़ों के भीतर एक मशाल थी।
17 फिर उसने उन से कहा, मुझे देखो, और वैसा ही करो; सुनो, जब मैं उस छावनी की छोर पर पहुंचूं, तब जैसा मैं करूं वैसा ही तुम भी करना।
18 अर्थात जब मैं और मेरे सब संगी नरसिंगा फूंकें तब तुम भी छावनी की चारों ओर नरसिंगे फूंकना, और ललकारना, कि यहोवा की और गिदोन की तलवार॥
19 बीच वाले पहर के आदि में ज्योंही पहरूओं की बदली हो गई थी त्योहीं गिदोन अपने संग के सौ पुरूषों समेत छावनी की छोर पर गया; और नरसिंगे को फूंक दिया और अपने हाथ के घड़ों को तोड़ डाला।
20 तब तीनों झुण्डों ने नरसिंगों को फूंका और घड़ों को तोड़ डाला; और अपने अपने बाएं हाथ में मशाल और दाहिने हाथ में फूंकने को नरसिंगा लिए हुए चिल्ला उठे, यहोवा की तलवार और गिदोन की तलवार।
21 तब वे छावनी के चारों ओर अपने अपने स्थान पर खड़े रहे, और सब सेना के लोग दौड़ने लगे; और उन्होंने चिल्ला चिल्लाकर उन्हें भगा दिया।
22 और उन्होंने तीन सौ नरसिंगों को फूंका, और यहोवा ने एक एक पुरूष की तलवार उसके संगी पर और सब सेना पर चलवाई; तो सेना के लोग सरेरा की ओर बेतशित्ता तब और तब्बात के पास के आबेलमहोला तक भाग गए।
23 तब इस्राएली पुरूष नप्ताली और आशेर और मनश्शे के सारे देश से इकट्ठे हो कर मिद्यानियों के पीछे पड़े।
24 और गिदोन ने एप्रैम के सब पहाड़ी देश में यह कहने को दूत भेज दिए, कि मिद्यानियों से मुठभेड़ करने को चले आओ, और यरदन नदी के घाटों को बेतबारा तक उन से पहिले अपने वश में कर लो। तब सब एप्रैमी पुरूषों ने इकट्ठे हो कर यरदन नदी को बेतबारा तक अपने वश में कर लिया।
25 और उन्होंने ओरेब और जेब नाम मिद्यान के दो हाकिमों को पकड़ा; और ओरेब को ओरेब नाम चट्टान पर, और जेब को जेब नाम दाखरस के कुण्ड पर घात किया; और वे मिद्यानियों के पीछे पड़े; और ओरेब और जेब के सिर यरदन के पार गिदोन के पास ले गए॥
1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.