Hakimler 8

¹Efrayim adamları Gedeon'a, "Madyan'la savaşmak üzere gittiğinde bizi çağırmamakla bize yaptığın bu eylem nedir?" dediler ve onunla şiddetle tartıştılar.

²Gedeon onlara, "Ben şimdi sizin yaptığınızın yanında ne yaptım ki? Efrayim'in bağ bozumu artığı, Abiezer'in bağ bozumundan daha iyi değil midir?" dedi.

³"Rab, Madyan'ın önderleri Oreb'i ve Zeb'i sizin elinize teslim etti; ben sizin yaptığınızın yanında ne yapabildim ki?" O bu sözü söyleyince, ona karşı öfkeleri yatıştı.

⁴Gedeon Şeria Irmağı'na geldi; kendisi ve yanındaki üç yüz kişi, aç olmalarına rağmen düşmanı kovalayarak karşıya geçtiler.

⁵Sukkot adamlarına, "Lütfen peşimden gelen bu halka yiyecek ekmek verin, çünkü bitkin düştüler; ben ise Madyan kralları Zebee ve Selmana'nın peşindeyim" dedi.

⁶Sukkot önderleri, "Zebee ve Selmana'nın elleri şimdi senin elinde mi ki orduna ekmek verelim?" dediler.

⁷Gedeon, "Bu yüzden," dedi, "Rab Zebee ve Selmana'yı elime teslim ettiğinde, bedenlerinizi çölün dikenleriyle ve Barkenim'le harman döver gibi döveceğim."

⁸Oradan Fanuel'e çıktı ve onlarla da aynı şekilde konuştu; Fanuel adamları da ona Sukkot adamlarının verdiği yanıtın aynısını verdiler.

⁹Gedeon Fanuel adamlarına da, "Esenlikle döndüğümde bu kuleyi yerle bir edeceğim" dedi.

¹⁰Zebee ve Selmana Karkar'daydı; yabancıların bütün ordusundan geri kalan yaklaşık on beş bin kişilik orduları da yanlarındaydı; ölenler ise kılıç kuşanan yüz yirmi bin kişiydi.

¹¹Gedeon, Nabay ve Yegebal'ın doğusunda, çadırlarda yaşayanların yolundan yukarı çıktı ve kendini güvende hisseden orduyu bozguna uğrattı.

¹²Zebee ve Selmana kaçtılar; Gedeon onların peşine düştü, Madyan'ın iki kralı Zebee ve Selmana'yı ele geçirdi ve bütün orduyu dehşete düşürdü.

¹³Yoaş oğlu Gedeon, Ares yokuşunun yukarısındaki savaştan döndü.

¹⁴Sukkot adamlarından genç bir oğlanı yakalayıp sorguya çekti; genç, Sukkot önderlerinin ve ileri gelenlerinin adlarını yazıp ona verdi, toplam yetmiş yedi kişiydiler.

¹⁵Gedeon Sukkot önderlerinin yanına gelip şöyle dedi: "İşte, 'Bitkin düşen adamlarına ekmek vermemiz için Zebee ve Selmana'nın elleri şimdi senin elinde mi?' diyerek beni aşağıladığınız Zebee ve Selmana!"

¹⁶Kentin ileri gelenlerini yakaladı; çölün dikenlerini ve Barkenim'i alarak bunlarla kentin adamlarını harman döver gibi dövdü.

¹⁷Fanuel kulesini de yerle bir etti ve kentin adamlarını öldürdü.

¹⁸Sonra Zebee ve Selmana'ya, "Tabor'da öldürdüğünüz o adamlar neredeler?" diye sordu; onlar, "Onlar da tıpkı senin gibiydi, her biri bir kral oğlu görünümündeydi" dediler.

¹⁹Gedeon, "Onlar benim kardeşlerim, annemin oğullarıydı" dedi, "Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için söylüyorum, eğer onları sağ bıraksaydınız, sizi öldürmezdim."

²⁰İlk oğlu Yeter'e, "Kalk, onları öldür!" dedi; ama çocuk kılıcını çekmedi, çünkü korkuyordu, henüz çok gençti.

²¹Zebee ve Selmana, "Kalk, sen bize saldır!" dediler, "Çünkü bir adamın gücü neyse kendisi de odur." Bunun üzerine Gedeon kalkıp Zebee ve Selmana'yı öldürdü; develerinin boyunlarındaki hilal şeklindeki süsleri aldı.

²²İsrail adamları Gedeon'a, "Efendimiz, bize sen hükmet; hem sen, hem oğlun, hem de torunun; çünkü bizi Madyan'ın elinden sen kurtardın" dediler.

²³Gedeon onlara, "Ben size hükmetmeyeceğim, oğlum da size hükmetmeyecek; size Rab hükmedecek" dedi.

²⁴Gedeon onlara, "Sizden bir dileğim var," dedi, "Her biriniz yağmaladığı ganimetten bana birer küpe versin." Çünkü onlar İsmailli oldukları için altın küpeleri vardı.

²⁵Onlar, "Seve seve veririz" dediler; Gedeon giysisini yere serdi, herkes yağmaladığı ganimetten birer küpeyi onun üzerine attı.

²⁶Gedeon'un istediği altın küpelerin ağırlığı bin yedi yüz altın tuttu; Madyan krallarının üzerindeki hilal şeklindeki süsler, gerdanlıklar, giysiler, mor pelerinler ve develerinin boyunlarındaki zincirler buna dahil değildi.

²⁷Gedeon bu altından bir efod yaptı ve onu kendi kenti olan Efrata'ya koydu; bütün İsrail orada efoda tapınarak yoldan saptı ve bu durum Gedeon ve ailesi için bir tuzak oldu.

²⁸Madyan, İsrailoğullarının önünde boyun eğdi ve bir daha başını kaldıramadı; Gedeon'un yaşadığı günlerde ülke kırk yıl barış içinde yaşadı.

²⁹Yoaş oğlu Yerobaal gidip kendi evinde yaşadı.

³⁰Gedeon'un kendi soyundan gelme yetmiş oğlu vardı, çünkü çok karısı vardı.

³¹Şekem'deki cariyesi de ona bir oğul doğurdu; Gedeon ona Abimelek adını verdi.

³²Yoaş oğlu Gedeon, kendi kentinde öldü ve babası Yoaş'ın Efrata'daki, Abiezerlilerin mezarına gömüldü.

³³Gedeon ölür ölmez, İsrailoğulları yine Baallere tapınarak yoldan saptılar ve Baal'i kendilerine tanrı edinmek üzere onunla antlaşma yaptılar.

³⁴İsrailoğulları, kendilerini çevrelerindeki bütün düşmanlarının elinden kurtaran Tanrıları Rab'bi anımsamadılar.

³⁵Yerobaal'ın (yani Gedeon'un) İsrail'e yaptığı bunca iyiliğe karşılık onun ailesine de vefa göstermediler.

¹ΚΑΙ εἶπαν πρὸς Γεδεὼν ἀνὴρ ᾿Εφραίμ· τί τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν τοῦ μὴ καλέσαι ἡμᾶς, ὅτε ἐπορεύθης παρατάξασθαι ἐν Μαδιάμ; καὶ διελέξαντο πρὸς αὐτὸν ἰσχυρῶς.

²καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· τί ἐποίησα νῦν καθὼς ὑμεῖς; ἢ οὐχὶ κρεῖσσον ἐπιφυλλὶς ᾿Εφραὶμ ἢ τρυγητὸς ᾿Αβιέζερ;

³ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν παρέδωκε Κύριος τοὺς ἄρχοντας Μαδιάμ, τὸν ᾿Ωρὴβ καὶ τὸν Ζήβ· καὶ τί ἠδυνήθην ποιῆσαι ὡς ὑμεῖς; τότε ἀνέθη τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῶν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ λαλῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν λόγον τοῦτον.

⁴καὶ ἦλθε Γεδεὼν ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην, καὶ διέβη αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ τριακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πεινῶντες καὶ διώκοντες.

⁵καὶ εἶπε τοῖς ἀνδράσι Σοκχώθ· δότε δὴ ἄρτους εἰς τροφὴν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ τῷ ἐν ποσί μου, ὅτι ἐκλείπουσι, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι διώκων ὀπίσω τοῦ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανὰ βασιλέων Μαδιάμ.

⁶καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες Σοκχώθ· μὴ χεὶρ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανὰ νῦν ἐν χειρί σου; οὐ δώσομεν τῇ δυνάμει σου ἄρτους;

⁷καὶ εἶπε Γεδεών· διὰ τοῦτο ἐν τῷ δοῦναι Κύριον τὸν Ζεβεὲ καὶ τὸν Σελμανὰ ἐν χειρί μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀλοήσω τὰς σάρκας ὑμῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀκάνθαις τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ἐν ταῖς Βαρκηνίμ.

⁸καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Φανουὴλ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὡσαύτως, καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες Φανουὴλ ὃν τρόπον ἀπεκρίθησαν ἄνδρες Σοκχώθ.

⁹καὶ εἶπε Γεδεὼν πρὸς ἄνδρας Φανουήλ· ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ μου μετ᾿ εἰρήνης κατασκάψω τὸν πύργον τοῦτον.

¹⁰καὶ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανὰ ἐν Καρκάρ, καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτῶν μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ δεκαπέντε χιλιάδες, πάντες οἱ καταλελειμμένοι ἀπὸ πάσης παρεμβολῆς ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ οἱ πεπτωκότες ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι χιλιάδες ἀνδρῶν σπωμένων ρομφαίαν.

¹¹καὶ ἀνέβη Γεδεὼν ὁδὸν τῶν σκηνούντων ἐν σκηναῖς ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν τῆς Ναβαὶ καὶ ᾿Ιεγεβάλ· καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν παρεμβολήν, καὶ ἡ παρεμβολὴ ἦν πεποιθυῖα.

¹²καὶ ἔφυγον Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανά, καὶ ἐδίωξαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκράτησε τοὺς δύο βασιλεῖς Μαδιάμ, τὸν Ζεβεὲ καὶ τὸν Σελμανά, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν ἐξέστησε.

¹³καὶ ἐπέστρεψε Γεδεὼν υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς ἀπὸ τῆς παρατάξεως ἀπὸ ἐπάνωθεν τῆς παρατάξεως ᾿Αρές.

¹⁴καὶ συνέλαβε παιδάριον ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν Σοκχὼθ καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἔγραψε πρὸς αὐτὸν ὀνόματα τῶν ἀρχόντων Σοκχὼθ καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων αὐτῶν, ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρας.

¹⁵καὶ παρεγένετο Γεδεὼν πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Σοκχὼθ καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανά, ἐν οἷς ὠνειδίσατέ με λέγοντες· μὴ χεὶρ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανὰ νῦν ἐν χειρί σου, ὅτι δώσομεν τοῖς ἀνδράσι σου τοῖς ἐκλείπουσιν ἄρτους;

¹⁶καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους τῆς πόλεως ἐν ταῖς ἀκάνθαις τῆς ἐρήμου καὶ ταῖς Βαρκηνὶμ καὶ ἠλόησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς πόλεως.

¹⁷καὶ τὸν πύργον Φανουὴλ κατέσκαψε καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς πόλεως.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανά· ποῦ οἱ ἄνδρες, οὓς ἀπεκτείνατε ἐν Θαβώρ; καὶ εἶπαν· ὡς σύ, ὡς αὐτοὶ εἰς ὁμοίωμα υἱοῦ βασιλέως.

¹⁹καὶ εἶπε Γεδεών· ἀδελφοί μου καὶ υἱοὶ τῆς μητρός μου ἦσαν· ζῇ Κύριος, εἰ ἐζωογονήκειτε αὐτούς, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέκτεινα ὑμᾶς.

²⁰καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιεθὲρ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ· ἀναστὰς ἀπόκτεινον αὐτούς· καὶ οὐκ ἔσπασε τὸ παιδάριον τὴν ρομφαίαν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐφοβήθη, ὅτι ἔτι νεώτερος ἦν.

²¹καὶ εἶπε Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σελμανά· ἀνάστα σὺ καὶ συνάντησον ἡμῖν, ὅτι ὡς ἀνδρὸς ἡ δύναμίς σου. καὶ ἀνέστη Γεδεὼν καὶ ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Ζεβεὲ καὶ τὸν Σελμανὰ καὶ ἔλαβε τοὺς μηνίσκους τοὺς ἐν τοῖς τραχήλοις τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν.

²²Καὶ εἶπον ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ πρὸς Γεδεών· κύριε, ἄρξον ἡμῶν καὶ σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱός σου καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ υἱοῦ σου, ὅτι σὺ ἔσωσας ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς Μαδιάμ.

²³καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Γεδεών· οὐκ ἄρξω ἐγώ, καὶ οὐκ ἄρξει ὁ υἱός μου ἐν ὑμῖν· Κύριος ἄρξει ὑμῶν.

²⁴καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Γεδεών· αἰτήσομαι παρ᾿ ὑμῶν αἴτημα καὶ δότε μοι ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον ἐκ σκύλων αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἐνώτια χρυσᾶ αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἦσαν ᾿Ισμαηλῖται.

²⁵καὶ εἶπαν· διδόντες δώσομεν· καὶ ἀνέπτυξε τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔβαλεν ἐκεῖ ἀνὴρ ἐνώτιον σκύλων αὐτοῦ.

²⁶καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ σταθμὸς τῶν ἐνωτίων τῶν χρυσῶν, ὧν ᾔτησε, χίλιοι καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι χρυσοῖ, πάρεξ τῶν μηνίσκων καὶ τῶν στραγγαλίδων καὶ τῶν ἱματίων καὶ πορφυρίδων τῶν ἐπὶ βασιλεῦσι Μαδιὰμ καὶ ἐκτὸς τῶν περιθεμάτων, ἃ ἦν ἐν τοῖς τραχήλοις τῶν καμήλων αὐτῶν.

²⁷καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὸ Γεδεὼν εἰς ᾿Εφὼδ καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸ ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ ᾿Εφραθά· καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσε πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ Γεδεὼν καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ εἰς σκῶλον.

²⁸καὶ συνεστάλη Μαδιὰμ ἐνώπιον υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οὐ προσέθηκαν ἆραι κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν. καὶ ἡσύχασεν ἡ γῆ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη ἐν ἡμέραις Γεδεών.

²⁹καὶ ἐπορεύθη ῾Ιεροβάαλ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.

³⁰καὶ τῷ Γεδεὼν ἦσαν υἱοὶ ἑβδομήκοντα ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκ μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι γυναῖκες πολλαὶ ἦσαν αὐτῷ.

³¹καὶ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐν Συχέμ· καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ καί γε αὐτὴ υἱόν, καὶ ἔθηκε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Αβιμέλεχ.

³²καὶ ἀπέθανε Γεδεὼν υἱὸς ᾿Ιωὰς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ τάφῳ ᾿Ιωὰς τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾿Εφραθὰ ᾿Αβιεσδρί.

³³Καὶ ἐγενήθη ὡς ἀπέθανε Γεδεών, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ὀπίσω τῶν Βααλὶμ καὶ ἔθηκαν ἑαυτοῖς τῷ Βάαλ διαθήκην τοῦ εἶναι αὐτοῖς αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν.

³⁴καὶ οὐκ ἐμνήσθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ρυσαμένου αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς πάντων τῶν θλιβόντων αὐτοὺς κυκλόθεν.

³⁵καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν ἔλεος μετὰ τοῦ οἴκου ῾Ιεροβάαλ (αὐτός ἐστι Γεδεών) κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἀγαθά, ἃ ἐποίησε μετὰ ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.

²And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

³The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.

⁴And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.

⁵And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.

⁶And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host?

⁷And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.

⁸And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him.

⁹And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.

¹⁰And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.

¹¹And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.

¹²And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.

¹³And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.

¹⁴And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.

¹⁵And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom ye reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?

¹⁶And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.

¹⁷And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.

¹⁸And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom ye slew in Thabor? and they said, As thou, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.

¹⁹And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if ye had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.

²⁰And he said to Jether his first-born, Rise and slay them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.

²¹And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise thou and fall upon us, for thy power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

²²And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Madiam.

²³And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.

²⁴And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do ye give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.

²⁵And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.

²⁶And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.

²⁷And Gedeon made an ephod of it, and set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon and his house.

²⁸And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.

²⁹And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.

³⁰And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.

³¹And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.

³²And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.

³³And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.

³⁴And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.

³⁵And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.