当那夜,耶和华吩咐基甸说,起来,下到米甸营里去,因我已将他们交在你手中。
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.
你必听见他们所说的,然后你就有胆量下去攻营。于是基甸带着仆人普拉下到营旁。
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.
那同伴说,这不是别的,乃是以色列人约阿施的儿子基甸的刀。神已将米甸和全军都交在他的手中。
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.
基甸听见这梦和梦的讲解,就敬拜神,回到以色列营中,说,起来吧。耶和华已将米甸的军队交在你们手中了。
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.
吩咐他们说,你们要看我行事,我到了营的旁边怎样行,你们也要怎样行。
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.
三队的人就都吹角,打破瓶子,左手拿着火把,右手拿着角,喊叫说,耶和华和基甸的刀。
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.
三百人就吹角,耶和华使全营的人用刀互相击杀,逃到西利拉的伯哈示他,直逃到靠近他巴的亚伯米何拉。
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 Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
以色列人就从拿弗他利,亚设,和玛拿西全地聚集来追赶米甸人。
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.
基甸打发人走遍以法莲山地,说,你们下来攻击米甸人,争先把守约旦河的渡口,直到伯巴拉。于是以法莲的众人聚集,把守约旦河的渡口,直到伯巴拉,
And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
捉住了米甸人的两个首领,一名俄立,一名西伊伯。将俄立杀在俄立磐石上,将西伊伯杀在西伊伯酒榨那里。又追赶米甸人,将俄立和西伊伯的首级带过约旦河,到基甸那里。
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.