Chapter 6

1Then the Israelites did what was offensive to Hashem, and Hashem delivered them into the hands of the Midianites for seven years.

va-ya-a-SU v'-nay yis-ra-AYL ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI va-yi-t'-NAYM a-do-NAI b'-yad mid-YAN SHE-va sha-NEEM

אוַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מִדְיָ֖ן שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃

2The hand of the Midianites prevailed over Yisrael; and because of Midian, the Israelites provided themselves with refuges in the caves and strongholds of the mountains.

va-TA-az yad mid-YAN al yis-ra-AYL mi-p'-NAY mid-YAN a-SU la-HEM b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL et ha-min-ha-ROT a-SHER be-ha-REEM v'-et ha-m'-a-ROT v'-et ha-mitz-DOT

בוַתָּ֥עׇז יַד־מִדְיָ֖ן עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִפְּנֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֣ם ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶת־הַמִּנְהָרוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֶּהָרִ֔ים וְאֶת־הַמְּעָר֖וֹת וְאֶת־הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃

3After the Israelites had done their sowing, Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up and raid them;

v'-ha-YAH im za-RA yis-ra-AYL v'-a-LAH mid-YAN va-a-ma-LAYK uv'-nay KE-dem v'-a-LU a-LAV

גוְהָיָ֖ה אִם־זָרַ֣ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעָלָ֨ה מִדְיָ֧ן וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק וּבְנֵי־קֶ֖דֶם וְעָל֥וּ עָלָֽיו׃

4they would attack them, destroy the produce of the land all the way to Azza, and leave no means of sustenance in Yisrael, not a sheep or an ox or an ass.

va-ya-kha-NU a-lay-HEM va-yash-KHEE-tu et y'-VUL ha-A-retz ad bo-a-KHA a-ZAH v'-LO yash-EE-ru mikh-YAH b'-yis-ra-AYL v'-SEH va-SHOR va-kha-MOR

דוַיַּֽחֲנ֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙ אֶת־יְב֣וּל הָאָ֔רֶץ עַד־בּוֹאֲךָ֖ עַזָּ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ מִֽחְיָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֶׂ֥ה וָשׁ֖וֹר וַחֲמֽוֹר׃

5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, swarming as thick as locusts; they and their camels were innumerable. Thus they would invade the land and ravage it.

KEE HAYM u-mik-nay-HEM ya-a-LU v'-o-ha-lay-HEM u-VA-u kh'-day ar-BEH la-ROV v'-la-HEM v'-lig-ma-lay-HEM AYN mis-PAR va-ya-VO-u va-A-retz l'-sha-kha-TAH

הכִּ֡י הֵם֩ וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם יַֽעֲל֜וּ וְאׇהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם (יבאו) [וּבָ֤אוּ] כְדֵֽי־אַרְבֶּה֙ לָרֹ֔ב וְלָהֶ֥ם וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ בָאָ֖רֶץ לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃

6Yisrael was reduced to utter misery by the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to Hashem.

va-yi-DAL yis-ra-AYL m'-OD mi-p'-NAY mid-YAN va-yiz-a-KU v'-NAY yis-ra-AYL el a-do-NAI

ווַיִּדַּ֧ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מְאֹ֖ד מִפְּנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֑ן וַיִּזְעֲק֥וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃

7When the Israelites cried to Hashem on account of Midian,

vai-HEE kee za-a-KU v'-NAY yis-ra-AYL el a-do-NAI AL o-DOT mid-YAN

זוַיְהִ֕י כִּֽי־זָעֲק֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה עַ֖ל אֹד֥וֹת מִדְיָֽן׃

8Hashem sent a Navi to the Israelites who said to them, “Thus said Hashem, the God of Yisrael: I brought you up out of Egypt and freed you from the house of bondage.

va-yish-LAKH a-do-NAI EESH na-VEE el b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL va-YO-mer la-HEM koh AMAR a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL a-no-KHEE he-e-LAY-tee et-KHEM mi-mitz-RA-yim va-o-TZEE et-KHEM mi-BAYT a-va-DEEM

חוַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח יְהֹוָ֛ה אִ֥ישׁ נָבִ֖יא אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָנֹכִ֞י הֶעֱלֵ֤יתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וָאֹצִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃

9I rescued you from the Egyptians and from all your oppressors; I drove them out before you, and gave you their land.

va-a-TZIL et-KHEM mi-YAD mitz-RA-yim u-mi-YAD kol lo-kha-tzay-KHEM va-a-ga-RAYSH o-TAM mi-p'-nay-KHEM va-e-t'-NAH la-KHEM et ar-TZAM

טוָאַצִּ֤ל אֶתְכֶם֙ מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרַ֔יִם וּמִיַּ֖ד כׇּל־לֹחֲצֵיכֶ֑ם וָאֲגָרֵ֤שׁ אוֹתָם֙ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם וָאֶתְּנָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־אַרְצָֽם׃

10And I said to you, ‘I Hashem am your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.' But you did not obey Me.”

va-o-m'-RAH la-KHEM a-NEE a-do-NAI e-lo-hay-KHEM LO teer-U et e-lo-HAY ha-e-mo-REE a-sher a-TEM yo-sh'-VEEM b'-ar-TZAM v'-LO sh'-ma-TEM b'-KO-lee

יוָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָכֶ֗ם אֲנִי֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֤א תִֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֖ם יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים בְּאַרְצָ֑ם וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

11An angel of Hashem came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Yoash the Abiezrite. His son Gidon was then beating out wheat inside a winepress in order to keep it safe from the Midianites.

va-ya-VO mal-AKH a-do-NAI, va-YAY-shev TA-khat ha-ay-LAH a-SHER b'-of-RAH a-SHER l'-yo-ASH a-vee ha-ez-REE v'-gid-ON b'-NO cho-VAYT khi-TEEM ba-GAT l'-ha-NEES mi-p'-NAY mid-YAN

יאוַיָּבֹ֞א מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֗ה וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ תַּ֤חַת הָֽאֵלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעׇפְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְיוֹאָ֖שׁ אֲבִ֣י הָעֶזְרִ֑י וְגִדְע֣וֹן בְּנ֗וֹ חֹבֵ֤ט חִטִּים֙ בַּגַּ֔ת לְהָנִ֖יס מִפְּנֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן׃

12The angel of Hashem appeared to him and said to him, “Hashem is with you, valiant warrior!”

va-yay-RA ay-LAV mal-AKH a-do-NAI va-YO-mer ay-LAV a-do-NAI i-m'-KHA gi-BOR he-KHA-yil

יבוַיֵּרָ֥א אֵלָ֖יו מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו יְהֹוָ֥ה עִמְּךָ֖ גִּבּ֥וֹר הֶחָֽיִל׃

13Gidon said to him, “Please, my lord, if Hashem is with us, why has all this befallen us? Where are all His wondrous deeds about which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Truly Hashem brought us up from Egypt'? Now Hashem has abandoned us and delivered us into the hands of Midian!”

va-YO-mer ay-LAV gid-ON BEE a-do-NEE v'-YAYSH a-do-NAI i-MA-nu v'-LA-mah m'-tza-AT-nu kol ZOT v'-a-YAY khol nif-l'-o-TAV a-SHER si-p'-RU LA-nu a-vo-TAY-nu lay-MOR ha-LO mi-mitz-RA-yim he-e-LA-nu a-do-NAI v'-a-TAH n'-ta-SHA-nu a-do-NAI va-yi-t'-NAY-nu b'-KHAF mid-YAN

יגוַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֤יו גִּדְעוֹן֙ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י וְיֵ֤שׁ יְהֹוָה֙ עִמָּ֔נוּ וְלָ֥מָּה מְצָאַ֖תְנוּ כׇּל־זֹ֑את וְאַיֵּ֣ה כׇֽל־נִפְלְאֹתָ֡יו אֲשֶׁר֩ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֨נוּ אֲבוֹתֵ֜ינוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲלֹ֤א מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ הֶעֱלָ֣נוּ יְהֹוָ֔ה וְעַתָּה֙ נְטָשָׁ֣נוּ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖נוּ בְּכַף־מִדְיָֽן׃

14Hashem turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and deliver Yisrael from the Midianites. I herewith make you My messenger.”

va-YI-fen ay-LAV a-do-NAI va-YO-mer LAYKH b'-kho-kha-KHA ZEH v'-ho-sha-TAH et-yis-ra-AYL mi-KAF mid-YAN ha-LO sh'-lakh-TEE-kha

ידוַיִּ֤פֶן אֵלָיו֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֚ךְ בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ זֶ֔ה וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֥ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִכַּ֣ף מִדְיָ֑ן הֲלֹ֖א שְׁלַחְתִּֽיךָ׃

15He said to Him, “Please, my lord, how can I deliver Yisrael? Why, my clan is the humblest in Menashe, and I am the youngest in my father's household.”

va-YO-mer ay-LAV BEE a-do-NAI ba-MAH o-SHEE-a et yis-ra-AYL hi-NAY al-FAY ha-DAL bim-na-SHEH v'-a-no-KHEE ha-tza-EER b'-vayt a-vee

טווַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔י בַּמָּ֥ה אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנֵּ֤ה אַלְפִּי֙ הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֥י הַצָּעִ֖יר בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִֽי׃

16Hashem replied, “I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian to a man.”

va-YO-mer ay-LAV a-do-NAI kee eh-YEH i-MAKH v'-hi-kee-TAH et mid-YAN k'-eesh e-KHAD

טזוַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֶהְיֶ֖ה עִמָּ֑ךְ וְהִכִּיתָ֥ אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד׃

17And he said to Him, “If I have gained Your favor, give me a sign that it is You who are speaking to me:

va-YO-mer ay-LAV im NA ma-TZA-tee KHAYN b'-ay-NE-kha v'-a-SEE-ta LEE OT sha-a-TAH m'-da-BAYR i-MEE

יזוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לִּי֙ א֔וֹת שָׁאַתָּ֖ה מְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי׃

18do not leave this place until I come back to You and bring out my offering and place it before You.” And He answered, “I will stay until you return.”

al NA ta-MUSH mi-ZEH ad bo-EE ay-LE-kha v'-ho-tzay-TEE et min-KHA-tee v'-hi-nakh-TEE l'-fa-NE-kha va-yo-MAR a-no-KHEE ay-SHAYV AD shu-VE-kha

יחאַל־נָ֨א תָמֻ֤שׁ מִזֶּה֙ עַד־בֹּאִ֣י אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהֹֽצֵאתִי֙ אֶת־מִנְחָתִ֔י וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אָנֹכִ֥י אֵשֵׁ֖ב עַ֥ד שׁוּבֶֽךָ׃

19So Gidon went in and prepared a kid, and [baked] unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and poured the broth into a pot, and he brought them out to Him under the terebinth. As he presented them,

va-gid-ON BA va-YA-as g'-DEE i-ZEEM v'-ay-fat KE-makh ma-TZOT ha-ba-SAR SAM ba-SAL v'-ha-ma-RAK SAM ba-pa-RUR; va-yo-TZAY ay-LAV el TA-khat ha-ay-LAH va-ya-GASH

יטוְגִדְע֣וֹן בָּ֗א וַיַּ֤עַשׂ גְּדִֽי־עִזִּים֙ וְאֵיפַת־קֶ֣מַח מַצּ֔וֹת הַבָּשָׂר֙ שָׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֔ל וְהַמָּרַ֖ק שָׂ֣ם בַּפָּר֑וּר וַיּוֹצֵ֥א אֵלָ֛יו אֶל־תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃

20the angel of Hashem said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, put them on yonder rock, and spill out the broth.” He did so.

va-YO-mer ay-LAV mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HEEM KAKH et ha-ba-SAR v'-ET ha-ma-TZOT v'-ha-NAKH el ha-SE-la ha-LAZ v'-et ha-ma-RAK sh'-FOKH va-YA-as KAYN

כוַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים קַ֣ח אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֤ר וְאֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת֙ וְהַנַּח֙ אֶל־הַסֶּ֣לַע הַלָּ֔ז וְאֶת־הַמָּרַ֖ק שְׁפ֑וֹךְ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃

21The angel of Hashem held out the staff that he carried, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread with its tip. A fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the angel of Hashem vanished from his sight.

va-yish-LAKH mal-AKH a-do-NAI et k'-TZAY ha-mish-E-net a-SHER b'-ya-DO va-yi-GA ba-ba-SAR u-va-ma-TZOT va-TA-al ha-AYSH min ha-TZUR va-TO-khal et ha-ba-SAR v'-et ha-ma-TZOT u-mal-AKH a-do-NAI ha-LAKH may-ay-NAV

כאוַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֗ה אֶת־קְצֵ֤ה הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֥ע בַּבָּשָׂ֖ר וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת וַתַּ֨עַל הָאֵ֜שׁ מִן־הַצּ֗וּר וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר֙ וְאֶת־הַמַּצּ֔וֹת וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה הָלַ֖ךְ מֵעֵינָֽיו׃

22Then Gidon realized that it was an angel of Hashem; and Gidon said, “Alas, O Hashem! For I have seen an angel of Hashem face to face.”

va-YAR gid-ON kee mal-AKH a-do-NAI HU va-YO-mer gid-ON a-HAH a-do-NAI e-lo-HEEM kee al KAYN ra-EE-tee mal-AKH a-do-NAI pa-NEEM el pa-NEEM

כבוַיַּ֣רְא גִּדְע֔וֹן כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֑וּא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גִּדְע֗וֹן אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן רָאִ֙יתִי֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃

23But Hashem said to him, “All is well; have no fear, you shall not die.”

va-YO-mer LO a-do-NAI sha-LOM l'-KHA al tee-RA LO ta-MUT

כגוַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֧וֹ יְהֹוָ֛ה שָׁל֥וֹם לְךָ֖ אַל־תִּירָ֑א לֹ֖א תָּמֽוּת׃

24So Gidon built there a mizbayach to Hashem and called it Adonaishalom. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

va-YI-ven SHAM gid-ON miz-BAY-akh la-do-NAI va-yik-ra LO a-do-NAI sha-LOM AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH o-DE-nu b'-of-RAT a-VEE ha-ez-REE

כדוַיִּ֩בֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם גִּדְע֤וֹן מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהֹוָ֔ה וַיִּקְרָא־ל֥וֹ יְהֹוָ֖ה שָׁל֑וֹם עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה עוֹדֶ֕נּוּ בְּעׇפְרָ֖ת אֲבִ֥י הָעֶזְרִֽי׃

25That night Hashem said to him: “Take the young bull belonging to your father and another bull seven years old; pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the sacred post which is beside it.

vai-HEE ba-LAI-lah ha-HU va-YO-mer LO a-do-NAI KAKH et par ha-SHOR a-SHER l'-a-VEE-kha u-FAR ha-shay-NEE SHE-va sha-NEEM v'-ha-ras-TA et miz-BAKH ha-BA-al a-SHER l'-a-VEE-kha v'-et ha-a-shay-RAH a-sher a-LAV tikh-ROT

כהוַיְהִי֮ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַהוּא֒ וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ יְהֹוָ֗ה קַ֤ח אֶת־פַּר־הַשּׁוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔יךָ וּפַ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֤ח הַבַּ֙עַל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔יךָ וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֖יו תִּכְרֹֽת׃

26Then build a mizbayach to Hashem your God, on the level ground on top of this stronghold. Take the other bull and offer it as a burnt offering, using the wood of the sacred post that you have cut down.”

u-va-NEE-ta miz-BAY-akh la-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha al ROSH ha-ma-OZ ha-ZEH ba-ma-a-ra-KHAH v'-la-kakh-TA et ha-PAR ha-shay-NEE v'-ha-a-LEE-ta o-LAH ba-a-TZAY ha-a-shay-RAH a-SHER tikh-ROT

כווּבָנִ֨יתָ מִזְבֵּ֜חַ לַיהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ עַ֣ל רֹ֧אשׁ הַמָּע֛וֹז הַזֶּ֖ה בַּמַּעֲרָכָ֑ה וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־הַפָּ֣ר הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וְהַעֲלִ֣יתָ עוֹלָ֔ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י הָאֲשֵׁרָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּכְרֹֽת׃

27So Gidon took ten of his servants and did as Hashem had told him; but as he was afraid to do it by day, on account of his father's household and the townspeople, he did it by night.

va-yi-KAKH gid-ON a-sa-RAH a-na-SHEEM may-a-va-DAV va-YA-as ka-a-SHER di-BER ay-LAV a-do-NAI vai-HEE ka-a-SHER ya-RAY et BAYT a-VEEV v'-et an-SHAY ha-EER may-a-SOT yo-MAM va-YA-as LAI-lah

כזוַיִּקַּ֨ח גִּדְע֜וֹן עֲשָׂרָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ מֵעֲבָדָ֔יו וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר יָרֵא֩ אֶת־בֵּ֨ית אָבִ֜יו וְאֶת־אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעִ֛יר מֵעֲשׂ֥וֹת יוֹמָ֖ם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ לָֽיְלָה׃

28Early the next morning, the townspeople found that the altar of Baal had been torn down and the sacred post beside it had been cut down, and that the second bull had been offered on the newly built mizbayach.

va-yash-KEE-mu an-SHAY ha-EER ba-BO-ker v'-hi-NAY nu-TATZ miz-BAKH ha-BA-al v'-ha-a-shay-RAH a-sher a-LAV ko-RA-tah v'-AYT ha-PAR ha-shay-NEE ho-a-LAH al ha-miz-BAY-akh ha-ba-NUY

כחוַיַּשְׁכִּ֜ימוּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֤ה נֻתַּץ֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֖יו כֹּרָ֑תָה וְאֵת֙ הַפָּ֣ר הַשֵּׁנִ֔י הֹֽעֲלָ֔ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ הַבָּנֽוּי׃

29They said to one another, “Who did this thing?” Upon inquiry and investigation, they were told, “Gidon son of Yoash did this thing!”

va-yo-m'-RU EESH el ray-AY-hu MEE a-SAH ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH va-yid-r'-SHU vai-vak-SHU va-yo-m'-RU gid-ON ben yo-ASH a-SAH ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

כטוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֔הוּ מִ֥י עָשָׂ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַֽיִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ גִּדְעוֹן֙ בֶּן־יוֹאָ֔שׁ עָשָׂ֖ה הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

30The townspeople said to Yoash, “Bring out your son, for he must die: he has torn down the altar of Baal and cut down the sacred post beside it!”

va-YO-m'-RU an-SHAY ha-EER el yo-ASH ho-TZAY et bin-KHA v'-ya-MOT KEE na-TATZ et miz-BAKH ha-BA-al v'-KHEE kha-RAT ha-a-shay-RAH a-sher a-LAV

לוַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔שׁ הוֹצֵ֥א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ וְיָמֹ֑ת כִּ֤י נָתַץ֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְכִ֥י כָרַ֖ת הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָֽיו׃

31But Yoash said to all who had risen against him, “Do you have to contend for Baal? Do you have to vindicate him? Whoever fights his battles shall be dead by morning! If he is a god, let him fight his own battles, since it is his altar that has been torn down!”

va-YO-mer yo-ASH l'-KHOL a-sher a-m'-DU a-LAV ha-a-TEM t'-ree-VUN la-BA-al im a-TEM to-shee-UN o-TO a-SHER ya-REEV LO yu-MAT ad ha-BO-ker im e-lo-HEEM HU YA-rev LO KEE na-TATZ et miz-b'-KHO

לאוַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֡שׁ לְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָמְד֨וּ עָלָ֜יו הַאַתֶּ֣ם ׀ תְּרִיב֣וּן לַבַּ֗עַל אִם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוֹשִׁיע֣וּן אוֹת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥יב ל֛וֹ יוּמַ֖ת עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר אִם־אֱלֹהִ֥ים הוּא֙ יָ֣רֶב ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י נָתַ֖ץ אֶֽת־מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃

32That day they named him Yerubaal, meaning “Let Baal contend with him, since he tore down his altar.”

va-yik-RA LO va-YOM ha-HU y'-ru-BA-al lay-MOR YA-rev BO ha-BA-al KEE na-TATZ et miz-b'-KHO

לבוַיִּקְרָא־ל֥וֹ בַיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא יְרֻבַּ֣עַל לֵאמֹ֑ר יָ֤רֶב בּוֹ֙ הַבַּ֔עַל כִּ֥י נָתַ֖ץ אֶֽת־מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃

33All Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites joined forces; they crossed over and encamped in the Valley of Yizrael.

v'-khol mid-YAN va-a-ma-LAYK uv-nay KE-dem ne-es-FU yakh-DAV va-ya-av-RU va-ya-kha-NU b'-AY-mek yiz-r'-EL

לגוְכׇל־מִדְיָ֧ן וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק וּבְנֵי־קֶ֖דֶם נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃

34The spirit of Hashem enveloped Gidon; he sounded the shofar, and the Abiezrites rallied behind him.

v'-RU-akh a-do-NAI la-v'-SHAH et gid-ON va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-yi-za-AYK a-vee-E-zer a-kha-RAV

לדוְר֣וּחַ יְהֹוָ֔ה לָבְשָׁ֖ה אֶת־גִּדְע֑וֹן וַיִּתְקַע֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיִּזָּעֵ֥ק אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר אַחֲרָֽיו׃

35And he sent messengers throughout Menashe, and they too rallied behind him. He then sent messengers through Asher, Zevulun, and Naftali, and they came up to meet the Manassites.

u-mal-a-KHEEM sha-LAKH b'-khol m'-na-SHEH va-yi-za-AYK gam HU a-kha-RAV u-mal-a-KHEEM sha-LAKH b'-a-SHAYR u-viz-vu-LUN uv-naf-ta-LEE va-ya-a-LU lik-ra-TAM

להוּמַלְאָכִים֙ שָׁלַ֣ח בְּכׇל־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וַיִּזָּעֵ֥ק גַּם־ה֖וּא אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמַלְאָכִ֣ים שָׁלַ֗ח בְּאָשֵׁ֤ר וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ לִקְרָאתָֽם׃

36And Gidon said to Hashem, “If You really intend to deliver Yisrael through me as You have said—

va-YO-mer gid-ON el ha-e-lo-HEE im yesh-KHA mo-SHEE-a b'-ya-DEE et yis-ra-AYL ka-a-SHER di-BAR-ta

לווַיֹּ֥אמֶר גִּדְע֖וֹן אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אִם־יֶשְׁךָ֞ מוֹשִׁ֧יעַ בְּיָדִ֛י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃

37here I place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If dew falls only on the fleece and all the ground remains dry, I shall know that You will deliver Yisrael through me, as You have said.”

hi-NAY a-no-KHEE ma-TZEEG et gi-ZAT ha-TZE-mer ba-GO-ren IM TAL yih-YEH al ha-gi-ZAH l'-va-DAH v'-al kol ha-A-retz KHO-rev v'-ya-da-TEE kee to-SHEE-a b'-ya-DEE et yis-ra-AYL ka-a-SHER di-BAR-ta

לזהִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִ֗י מַצִּ֛יג אֶת־גִּזַּ֥ת הַצֶּ֖מֶר בַּגֹּ֑רֶן אִ֡ם טַל֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה עַֽל־הַגִּזָּ֜ה לְבַדָּ֗הּ וְעַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ חֹ֔רֶב וְיָדַעְתִּ֗י כִּֽי־תוֹשִׁ֧יעַ בְּיָדִ֛י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃

38And that is what happened. Early the next day, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew from the fleece, a bowlful of water.

vai-hee KHAYN va-yash-KAYM mi-ma-kho-RAT va-YA-zar et ha-gi-ZAH va-YI-metz TAL min ha-gi-ZAH m'-LO ha-SAY-fel MA-yim

לחוַיְהִי־כֵ֕ן וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ מִֽמׇּחֳרָ֔ת וַיָּ֖זַר אֶת־הַגִּזָּ֑ה וַיִּ֤מֶץ טַל֙ מִן־הַגִּזָּ֔ה מְל֥וֹא הַסֵּ֖פֶל מָֽיִם׃

39Then Gidon said to Hashem, “Do not be angry with me if I speak just once more. Let me make just one more test with the fleece: let the fleece alone be dry, while there is dew all over the ground.”

va-YO-mer gid-ON el ha-e-lo-HEEM al YI-khar a-p'-KHA BEE va-a-da-b'-RAH AKH ha-PA-am a-na-SEH na rak ha-PA-am ba-gi-ZAH y'-hee NA KHO-rev el ha-gi-ZAH l'-va-DAH v'-al kol ha-A-retz yih-yeh TAL

לטוַיֹּ֤אמֶר גִּדְעוֹן֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־יִ֤חַר אַפְּךָ֙ בִּ֔י וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אַ֣ךְ הַפָּ֑עַם אֲנַסֶּ֤ה נָּא־רַק־הַפַּ֙עַם֙ בַּגִּזָּ֔ה יְהִי־נָ֨א חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־הַגִּזָּה֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ וְעַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יִֽהְיֶה־טָּֽל׃

40Hashem did so that night: only the fleece was dry, while there was dew all over the ground.

va-YA-as e-lo-HEEM KAYN ba-LAI-lah ha-HU vay-hee KHO-rev el ha-gi-ZAH l'-va-DAH v'-al kol ha-A-retz HA-yah TAL

מוַיַּ֧עַשׂ אֱלֹהִ֛ים כֵּ֖ן בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַֽיְהִי־חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־הַגִּזָּה֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ וְעַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ הָ֥יָה טָֽל׃