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Giudici 8	Judges 8
Giudici 8:1 Gli uomini di Efraim dissero a Gedeone: "Che azione e questa che tu ci hai fatto, non chiamandoci quando sei andato a combattere contro Madian?" Ed ebbero con lui una disputa violenta.	Judges 8:1 And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.
Giudici 8:2 Ed egli rispose loro: "Che ho fatto io al paragon di voi? la racimolatura d’Efraim non vale essa più della vendemmia d’Abiezer?	Judges 8:2 And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?
Giudici 8:3 Iddio v’ha dato nelle mani i principi di Madian, Oreb e Zeeb! che dunque ho potuto far io al paragon di voi?" Quand’egli ebbe lor detto quella parola, la loro ira contro di lui si calmò.	Judges 8:3 God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.
Giudici 8:4 E Gedeone arrivò al Giordano, e lo passò con i trecento uomini ch’erano con lui; i quali, benché stanchi, continuavano a inseguire il nemico.	Judges 8:4 Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.
Giudici 8:5 E disse a quelli di Succoth: "Date, vi prego, dei pani alla gente che mi segue, perché è stanca, ed io sto inseguendo Zebah e Tsalmunna, re di Madian".	Judges 8:5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
Giudici 8:6 Ma i capi di Succoth risposero: "Tieni tu forse già nelle tue mani i polsi di Zebah e di Tsalmunna, che abbiamo a dar del pane al tuo esercito?"	Judges 8:6 But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?
Giudici 8:7 E Gedeone disse: "Ebbene! quando l’Eterno mi avrà dato nelle mani Zebah e Tsalmunna, io vi lacererò le carni con delle spine del deserto e con de’ triboli".	Judges 8:7 Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.
Giudici 8:8 Di là salì a Penuel, e parlò a quei di Penuel nello stesso modo; ed essi gli risposero come avean fatto quei di Succoth.	Judges 8:8 So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.
Giudici 8:9 Ed egli disse anche a quei di Penuel: "Quando tornerò in pace, abbatterò questa torre".	Judges 8:9 So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.
Giudici 8:10 Or Zebah e Tsalmunna erano a Karkor col loro esercito di circa quindicimila uomini, ch’era tutto quel che rimaneva dell’intero esercito dei figli dell’oriente, poiché centoventimila uomini che portavano spada erano stati uccisi.	Judges 8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, those of all the army of the children of the east who were still living; for a hundred and twenty thousand of their swordsmen had been put to death.
Giudici 8:11 Gedeone salì per la via di quelli che abitano sotto tende a oriente di Nobah e di Iogbeha, e sconfisse l’esercito, che si credeva sicuro.	Judges 8:11 And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.
Giudici 8:12 E Zebah e Tsalmunna si diedero alla fuga; ma egli li inseguì, prese i due re di Madian, Zebah e Tsalmunna, e sbaragliò tutto l’esercito.	Judges 8:12 And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.
Giudici 8:13 Poi Gedeone, figliuolo di Joas, tornò dalla battaglia, per la salita di Heres.	Judges 8:13 Then Gideon, the son of Joash, went back from the fight:
Giudici 8:14 Mise le mani sopra un giovane della gente di Succoth, e lo interrogò; ed ei gli diè per iscritto i nomi dei capi e degli anziani di Succoth, ch’erano settantasette uomini.	Judges 8:14 And taking prisoner a young man of the people of Succoth, he got from him, in answer to his questions, a list of the chiefs of Succoth and the responsible men, seventy-seven men.
Giudici 8:15 Poi venne alla gente di Succoth, e disse: "Ecco Zebah e Tsalmunna, a proposito de’ quali m’insultaste dicendo: Hai tu forse già nelle mani i polsi di Zebah e di Tsalmunna, che noi abbiamo da dar del pane alla tua gente stanca?"	Judges 8:15 So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?
Giudici 8:16 E prese gli anziani della città, e con delle spine del deserto e con de’ triboli castigò gli uomini di Succoth.	Judges 8:16 Then he took the responsible men of the town and had them crushed on a bed of thorns and sharp stems.
Giudici 8:17 E abbatté la torre di Penuel e uccise la gente della città.	Judges 8:17 And he had the tower of Penuel broken down and the men of the town put to death.
Giudici 8:18 Poi disse a Zebah e a Tsalmunna: "Com’erano gli uomini che avete uccisi al Tabor?" Quelli risposero: "Eran come te; ognun d’essi avea l’aspetto d’un figlio di re".	Judges 8:18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.
Giudici 8:19 Ed egli riprese: "Eran miei fratelli, figliuoli di mia madre; com’è vero che l’Eterno vive, se aveste risparmiato loro la vita, io non vi ucciderei!"	Judges 8:19 And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.
Giudici 8:20 Poi disse a Iether, suo primogenito: "Lèvati, uccidili!" Ma il giovane non tirò la spada, perché avea paura, essendo ancora un giovinetto.	Judges 8:20 Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.
Giudici 8:21 E Zebah e Tsalmunna dissero: "Lèvati tu stesso e dacci il colpo mortale; poiché qual è l’uomo tal è la sua forza". E Gedeone si levò e uccise Zebah e Tsalmunna, e prese le mezzelune che i loro cammelli portavano al collo.	Judges 8:21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.
Giudici 8:22 Allora gli uomini d’Israele dissero a Gedeone: "Regna su noi tu e il tuo figliuolo e il figliuolo del tuo figliuolo, giacché ci hai salvati dalla mano di Madian".	Judges 8:22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.
Giudici 8:23 Ma Gedeone rispose loro: "Io non regnerò su voi, né il mio figliuolo regnerà su voi; l’Eterno è quegli che regnerà su voi!"	Judges 8:23 But Gideon said to them, I will not be a ruler over you, and my son will not be a ruler over you: it is the Lord who will be ruler over you.
Giudici 8:24 Poi Gedeone disse loro: "Una cosa voglio chiedervi: che ciascun di voi mi dia gli anelli del suo bottino". (I nemici aveano degli anelli d’oro perché erano Ismaeliti).	Judges 8:24 Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Giudici 8:25 Quelli risposero: "Li daremo volentieri". E stesero un mantello, sul quale ciascuno gettò gli anelli del suo bottino.	Judges 8:25 And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.
Giudici 8:26 Il peso degli anelli d’oro ch’egli avea chiesto fu di mille settecento sicli d’oro, oltre le mezzelune, i pendenti e le vesti di porpora che i re di Madian aveano addosso, e oltre i collari che i loro cammelli aveano al collo.	Judges 8:26 The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.
Giudici 8:27 E Gedeone ne fece un efod, che pose in Ofra, sua città; tutto Israele v’andò a prostituirsi, ed esso diventò un insidia per Gedeone e per la sua casa.	Judges 8:27 And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.
Giudici 8:28 Così Madian fu umiliato davanti ai figliuoli d’Israele, e non alzò più il capo; e il paese ebbe requie per quarant’anni, durante la vita di Gedeone.	Judges 8:28 So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.
Giudici 8:29 Ierubbaal figliuolo di Joas, tornò a dimorare a casa sua.	Judges 8:29 And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.
Giudici 8:30 Or Gedeone ebbe settanta figliuoli, che gli nacquero dalle molte mogli che ebbe.	Judges 8:30 Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.
Giudici 8:31 E la sua concubina, che stava a Sichem, gli partorì anch’ella un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Abimelec.	Judges 8:31 And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.
Giudici 8:32 Poi Gedeone, figliuolo di Joas, morì in buona vecchiaia, e fu sepolto nella tomba di Joas suo padre, a Ofra degli Abiezeriti.	Judges 8:32 And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Giudici 8:33 Dopo che Gedeone fu morto, i figliuoli d’Israele ricominciarono a prostituirsi agl’idoli di Baal, e presero Baal-Berith come loro dio.	Judges 8:33 And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.
Giudici 8:34 I figliuoli d’Israele non si ricordarono dell’Eterno, del loro Dio, che li avea liberati dalle mani di tutti i loro nemici d’ogn’intorno;	Judges 8:34 And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;
Giudici 8:35 e non dimostrarono alcuna gratitudine alla casa di Ierubbaal, ossia di Gedeone, per tutto il bene ch’egli avea fatto a Israele.	Judges 8:35 And they were not kind to the house of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in reward for all the good he had done to Israel.