7 — Judges

1Then Jerobaal, who is the same as Gedeon, rising up early, and all the people with him, came to the fountain that is called Harad. Now the camp of Madian was in the valley, on the north side of the high hill.Quindi Jerobaal, o sia Gedeone, levatosi di notte tempo, se n'andò insieme con tutto il popolo alla fontana detta Harad: e il campo de' Madianiti era nella valle verso la parte settentrionale d'un alto colle.THERFORE, Ierobaal, which is also Gedeon, rysing in the night, and al the people with him, came to the fountaine that is called Harad and the campe of Madian was in the valley on the North side of the high hil.Igitur Jerobaal qui et Gedeon, de nocte consurgens, et omnis populus cum eo, venit ad fontem qui vocatur Harad. Erant autem castra Madian in valle ad septentrionalem plagam collis excelsi. 2And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many, and Madian shall not be delivered into their hands: lest Israel should glory against me, and say: I was delivered by my own strength.E il Signore disse a Gedeone: Una gran turba di gente è con te, e Madian non sarà dato nelle mani di lei, affinchè Israele non si glorifichi contro di me, e dica: Colle mie forze mi son liberato.And our Lord said to Gedeon: There is much people with thee, neither shal Madian be deliuered into their hand: lest Israel glorie against me, and say: By myne owne force I am deliuered.Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: Multus tecum est populus, nec tradetur Madian in manus ejus: ne glorietur contra me Israël, et dicat: Meis viribus liberatus sum. 3Speak to the people, and proclaim in the hearing of all: Whosoever is fearful and timorous, let him return. So two and twenty thousand men went away from Mount Galaad and returned home, and only ten thousand remained.Parla al popolo, e a sentita di tutti intima: Chi è pauroso, e timido, se ne vada. E si ritiraron dal monte di Galaad, e tornarono a casa ventidue mila uomini dal popolo, e rimaser solo dieci mila.Speake to the people, and proclame in al their hearing: He that is fearful and timorous, let him returne. And they departed from mount Galaad, and there returned two and twentie thousand men, and onlie ten thousand remained.Loquere ad populum, et cunctis audientibus prædica: Qui formidolosus et timidus est, revertatur. Recesseruntque de monte Galaad, et reversi sunt de populo viginti duo millia virorum, et tantum decem millia remanserunt. 4And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people are still too many, bring them to the waters, and there I will try them: and of whom I shall say to thee, This shall go with thee, let him go: whom I shall forbid to go, let him return.E il Signore disse a Gedeone: Troppa gente hai ancora con te: conducigli all'acqua, e ivi io farò saggio di loro: e chi io ti dirò che venga teco, venga: e quegli, a cui vieterò d'andare, se ne vada,And our Lord said to Gedeon: Yet there is a great multitude, leade them to the waters, and there I wil proue them: and of whom I shal tel thee that he goe with thee, let him goe: whom I shal forbid to goe, let him returne.Dixitque Dominus ad Gedeon: Adhuc populus multus est: duc eos ad aquas et ibi probabo illos: et de quo dixero tibi ut tecum vadat, ipse pergat; quem ire prohibuero, revertatur.

5And when the people were come down to the waters, the Lord said to Gedeon: They that shall lap the water with their tongues, as dogs are wont to lap, thou shalt set apart by themselves: but they that shall drink bowing down their knees, shall be on the other side.E giunto che fu il popolo alle acque, disse il Signore a Gedeone: Quelli che avran leccate le acque colla lingua, come soglion leccarle i cani, li metterai in disparte: quelli che avran piegate le ginocchia per bere, staranno da un altro lato.And when the people were come downe to the waters, our Lord said to Gedeon: They that shal lappe the water with their tongues, as dogges are wont to lappe, thou shalt separate them apart: but they that shal drinke bowing downe their knees, shal be on the other part.Cumque descendisset populus ad aquas, dixit Dominus ad Gedeon: Qui lingua lambuerint aquas, sicut solent canes lambere, separabis eos seorsum: qui autem curvatis genibus biberint, in altera parte erunt. 6And the number of them that had lapped water; casting it with the hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: and all the rest of the multitude had drunk kneeling.Il numero adunque di coloro, i quali avean leccata l'acqua, portandola colla mano alla bocca, fu di trecento uomini: e tutto il resto della moltitudine avea piegato il ginocchio per bere.The number therfore of them that had lapped watter, their hand casting it to their mouth, was three hundred men: and al the rest of the multitude had drunck kneeling.Fuit itaque numerus eorum qui manu ad os projiciente lambuerunt aquas, trecenti viri: omnis autem reliqua multitudo flexo poplite biberat. 7And the Lord said to Gedeon: By the three hundred men, that lapped water, I will save you, and deliver Madian into thy hand: but let all the rest of the people return to their place.E il Signore disse a Gedeone: Questi trecento uomini, i quali hanno leccata l'acqua, son quelli, per mezzo de' quali io vi libererò, e darò in tuo potere i Madianiti: tutto il resto della moltitudine se ne ritorni indietro.And our Lord said to Gedeon: In the three hundred men, that lapped water, I wil deliuer you, and geue Madian in thy hand: but let al the rest of the multitude returne into their place.Et ait Dominus ad Gedeon: In trecentis viris qui lambuerunt aquas, liberabo vos, et tradam in manu tua Madian: omnis autem reliqua multitudo revertatur in locum suum. 8So taking victuals and trumpets according to their number, he ordered all the rest of the multitude to depart to their tents: and he with the three hundred gave himself to the battle. Now the camp of Madia was beneath him in the valley.Presi adunque de' viveri a proporzione del numero delle trombe, ordinò (Gedeone), che tutto il resto della moltitudine se n'andasse alle sue tende, ed egli co' trecento uomini si dispose a combattere. Ora gli alloggiamenti di Madian erano giù nella valle.Taking therfore victuals and trumpettes according to the number, al the rest of the multitude he commanded to depart to their tabernacles: and him selfe with the three hundred gaue him selfe to the battel. And the campe of Madian was beneath in the valley.Sumptis itaque pro numero cibariis et tubis, omnem reliquam multitudinem abire præcepit ad tabernacula sua: et ipse cum trecentis viris se certamini dedit. Castra autem Madian erant subter in valle.

9The same night the Lord said to him: Arise, and go down into the camp: because I have delivered them into thy hand.La stessa notte disse a lui il Signore: Alzati, e scendi agli alloggiamenti: perocché io ho dati coloro in tuo potere:The same night our Lord said to him: Arise, and goe downe into the campe: because I haue deliuered them into thy hand.Eadem nocte dixit Dominus ad eum: Surge, et descende in castra: quia tradidi eos in manu tua. 10But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara, thy servant, go down with thee.Ma se hai paura di andar solo, venga teco Phara tuo servo.But if thou be afraid to goe alone, let Phara thy seruant goe downe with thee.Sin autem solus ire formidas, descendat tecum Phara puer tuus. 11And when thou shalt hear what they are saying, then shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou shalt go down more secure to the enemies’ camp. And he went down with Phara his servant, into part of the camp, where was the watch of men in arms.E quando avrai sentito i loro discorsi, allora si rinvigoriran le tue braccia, e andrai con maggior fidanza agli alloggiamenti. Andò adunque egli, e Phara suo servo da quella parte degli alloggiamenti, dove erano sentinelle armate.And when thou shalt heare what they speake, then shal thy handes be strengthned, and thou shalt goe downe more secure to the enemies campe. He therfore went downe and Phara his seruant into part of the campe, where the watch was of men in armes.Et cum audieris quid loquantur, tunc confortabuntur manus tuæ, et securior ad hostium castra descendes. Descendit ergo ipse et Phara puer ejus in partem castrorum, ubi erant armatorum vigiliæ. 12But Madian and Amalec, and all the eastern people, lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locusts: their camels also were innumerable, as the sand that lieth on the sea shore.Ora i Madianiti, e gli Amaleciti, e tutti i popoli di oriente s'erano sdraiati nella valle come una turba di locuste: i cammelli ancora erano innumerabili come la rena dei lido del mare.But Madian and Amalec, and al the East peoples lay scattered in the valley, as a multitude of locustes their camels also were innumerable, as the sand that lieth in the sea shore.Madian autem et Amalec, et omnes orientales populi, fusi jacebant in valle, ut locustarum multitudo: cameli quoque innumerabiles erant, sicut arena quæ jacet in littore maris. 13And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dream: and in this manner related what he had seen: I dreamt a dream, and it seemed to me as if a hearth cake of barley bread rolled and came down into the camp of Madian: and when it was come to a tent, it struck it, and beat it down flat to the ground.E nell'accostarsi che fece Gedeone, uno di quelli raccontava un sogno al suo vicino, e spiegava in tal guisa quello che avea veduto: Ho veduto tal sogno, in cui mi parea come un pane d'orzo cotto sotto la cenere che rotolasse, e cadesse negli alloggiamenti di Madian; e arrivato che fu al padiglione, lo percosse, e lo rovesciò, e atterrollo da capo a piè.And when Gedeon was come, one told his neighbour a dreame: & in this manner he reported that which he had seene: I •aw a dreame, & there semed to me as it were a harth loafe of barlie to roll, & to come into the campe of Madian: and when it was come to the tabernacle, it stroke it, and ouerthrew it, and beate it al flatte with the earth.Cumque venisset Gedeon, narrabat aliquis somnium proximo suo: et in hunc modum referebat quod viderat: Vidi somnium, et videbatur mihi quasi subcinericius panis ex hordeo volvi, et in castra Madian descendere: cumque pervenisset ad tabernaculum, percussit illud, atque subvertit, et terræ funditus coæquavit.

14He to whom he spoke, answered: This is nothing else but the sword of Gedeon, the son of Joas, a man of Israel. For the Lord hath delivered Madian, and all their camp into his hand.Risposegli l'altro, col quale egli parlava: Questo non altro significa se non la spada di Gedeone figliuolo di Gioas Israelita: perocché il Signore ha dato Madian, e tutto il campo in potere di lui.He to whom he spake, answered: This is no other thing, but the sword of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas the man of Israel. For the Lord hath deliuered Madian into his handes, and al their campe.Respondit is, cui loquebatur: Non est hoc aliud, nisi gladius Gedeonis filii Joas viri Israëlitæ: tradidit enim Dominus in manus ejus Madian, et omnia castra ejus. 15And when Gedeon had heard the dream, and the interpretation thereof, he adored: and returned to the camp of Israel, and said: Arise, for the Lord hath delivered the camp of Madian into our hands.Udito che ebbe Gedeone il sogno, e la interpretazione, adorò (il Signore), e tornò agli alloggiamenti d'Israele, e disse: Alzatevi, perchè il Signore ha dato in nostro potere il campo de' Madianiti.And when Gedeon had heard the dreame, and the interpretation therof, he adored: and turned to the campe of Israel, and said: Arise ye, for our Lord hath deliuered the campe of Madian into our handes.Cumque audisset Gedeon somnium, et interpretationem ejus, adoravit: et reversus est ad castra Israël, et ait: Surgite, tradidit enim Dominus in manus nostras castra Madian. 16And he divided the three hundred men into three parts, and gave them trumpets in their hands, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.E divise i trecento uomini in tre schiere, e mise a ciascuno in mano una tromba, e una pentola vota, e nel mezzo della pentola un lume:And he diuided the three hundred men into three partes, and gaue them trumpettes in their handes, and emptie pitchers, and lampes in the middes of their pitchers.Divisitque trecentos viros in tres partes, et dedit tubas in manibus eorum, lagenasque vacuas, ac lampades in medio lagenarum. 17And he said to them: What you shall see me do, do you the same: I will go into one part of the camp, and do you as I shall do.E disse loro: Quel che vedrete fare a me, fatelo voi: io entrerò da un lato degli alloggiamenti, e imitatemi in quel ch'io farò.And he said to them: What you shal see me doe, that doe ye: I wil enter into part of the campe, and that which I shal doe folow you.Et dixit ad eos: Quod me facere videritis, hoc facite: ingrediar partem castrorum, et quod fecero, sectamini. 18When the trumpet shall sound in my hand, do you also blow the trumpets on every side of the camp, and shout together to the Lord and to Gedeon.Quand'io sonerò la tromba che ho in mano, voi pure intorno al campo sonate la vostra e gridate ad una voce: Al Signore, e a Gedeone.When the trumpet shal sound in my hand, doe you also sound and crie together round about the campe: To our Lord and to Gedeon.Quando personuerit tuba in manu mea, vos quoque per castrorum circuitum clangite, et conclamate: Domino et Gedeoni.

19And Gedeon, and the three hundred men that were with him, went into part of the camp, at the beginning of the midnight watch, and the watchmen being alarmed, they began to sound their trumpets, and to clap the pitchers one against another.Ed entrò Gedeone, e i trecento uomini che eran con lui da una parte degli alloggiamenti al principiare della vigilia di mezza notte; ed essendosi svegliate le sentinelle, cominciaron quegli a sonar le trombe e a battere tra di loro le pentole.And Gedeon went in, and the three hundred that were with him, into part of the campe, the watch of midnight beginning, and raysing vp the watch men they began to sound with their trumpettes, and to clappe the pitchers one against an other.Ingressusque est Gedeon, et trecenti viri qui erant cum eo, in partem castrorum, incipientibus vigiliis noctis mediæ: et custodibus suscitatis, cœperunt buccinis clangere, et complodere inter se lagenas. 20And when they sounded their trumpets in three places round about the camp, and had broken their pitchers, they held their lamps in their left hands, and with their right hands the trumpets which they blew, and they cried out: The sword of the Lord and of Gedeon:Ed essendo divisi intorno agli alloggiamenti, e facendosi udire il suono da tre parti, rotte che ebbero le pentole, preser colla sinistra i lumi, e tenendo nella destra le trombe, e sonandole gridavano: La spada del Signore, e di Gedeone,And when they sounded in three places round about the campe, and had broken the pitchers, they held the lampes in the left handes, and with the right they sounded the trumpettes, and cried: The sword of our Lord and of Gedeon:Cumque per gyrum castrorum in tribus personarent locis, et hydrias confregissent, tenuerunt sinistris manibus lampades, et dextris sonantes tubas, clamaveruntque: Gladius Domini et Gedeonis: 21Standing every man in his place round about the enemies’ camp. So all the camp was troubled, and crying out and howling, they fled away:Stando ciascuno al suo posto intorno al campo nemico. Per le quali cose tutto il campo fu posto in confusione e stridendo e urlando si diedero alla fuga:standing euerie one in his place round about the enemies campe. Therfore the whole campe was trubled, and crying out and howling they fled:stantes singuli in loco suo per circuitum castrorum hostilium. Omnia itaque castra turbata sunt, et vociferantes ululantesque fugerunt: 22And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,E contuttociò i trecento continuavano a sonare le trombe. E il Signore fece si, che per tutto il campo si sguainaron le spade, e si uccidevano gli uni gli altri:and the three hundred men neuertheles persisted sounding with the trumpettes. And our Lord sent in the sword in al the campe, and they murdered one an other,et nihilominus insistebant trecenti viri buccinis personantes. Immisitque Dominus gladium omnibus castris, et mutua se cæde truncabant, 23Fleeing as far as Bethsetta, and the border of Abelmahula, in Tebbath. But the men of Israel, shouting from Nephthali, and Aser, and from all Manasses, pursued after Madian.E fuggirono sino a Beth-setta, e sino a' confini di Abelmehula in Tebbath. Ma gli uomini d'Israele della tribù di Nephthali, e di Aser, e di tutto Manasse, alzate le grida inseguirono i Madianiti.fleeing as farre as Bethsetta, and the brinke of Abelmehula in Tebbath. But the men of Israel of Nephthali, and Aser shoutting together, and al Manasses pursewed Madian.fugientes usque ad Bethsetta, et crepidinem Abelmehula in Tebbath. Conclamantes autem viri Israël de Nephthali, et Aser, et omni Manasse, persequebantur Madian.

24And Gedeon sent messengers into all Mount Ephraim, saying: Come down to meet Madian, and take the waters before them to Bethbera and the Jordan. And all Ephraim shouted, and took the waters before them and the Jordan as far as Bethbera.E Gedeone spedì messi per tutta la montagna di Ephraim che dicessero: Andate incontro a' Madianiti, e occupate le acque fino a Beth-bera, e lungo tutto il Giordano. E tutto Ephraim alzò le grida, e occupò le acque e il Giordano fino a Beth-bera.And Gedeon sent messengers into al mount Ephraim, saying: Come downe to meete Madian, and take the waters before them to Bethbera and Iordan. And al Ephraim shouted, and tooke the waters before them and Iordan vnto Bethbera.Misitque Gedeon nuntios in omnem montem Ephraim, dicens: Descendite in occursum Madian, et occupate aquas usque Bethbera atque Jordanem. Clamavitque omnis Ephraim, et præoccupavit aquas atque Jordanem usque Bethbera. 25And having taken two men of Madian, Oreb and Zeb: Oreb they slew in the rock of Oreb, and Zeb in the winepress of Zeb. And they pursued Madian, carrying the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon, beyond the waters of the Jordan.E avendo presi due Madianiti, Oreb e Zeb, uccisero Oreb al masso di Oreb, e Zeb allo strettoio di Zeb. E inseguirono i Madianiti, e portaron le teste di Oreb e di Zeb a Gedeone di là dal Giordano.And two men that were apprehended of Madian, Oreb, and Zeb: Oreb he slew in the Rocke of Oreb, Zeb •n the Presse of Zeb. And they pursewed Madian, carying the heades of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon beyond the streames of Iordan.Apprehensosque duos viros Madian, Oreb et Zeb, interfecit Oreb in petra Oreb, Zeb vero in torculari Zeb. Et persecuti sunt Madian, capita Oreb et Zeb portantes ad Gedeon trans fluenta Jordanis.