7:2 耶和华对基甸说：“跟随你的人过多，我不能将米甸人交在他们手中，免得以色列人向我夸大，说：‘是我们自己的手救了我们。’
7:2 The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her,
7:3 现在你要向这些人宣告说：‘凡惧怕胆怯的，可以离开基列山回去。’”于是有二万二千人回去，只剩下一万。
7:3 announce now to the people, 'Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.' " So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
7:4 耶和华对基甸说：“人还是过多。你要带他们下到水旁，我好在那里为你试试他们。我指点谁说：‘这人可以同你去。’他就可以同你去；我指点谁说：‘这人不可同你去。’他就不可同你去。”
7:4 But the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; but if I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."
7:5 基甸就带他们下到水旁。耶和华对基甸说：“凡用舌头舔水，象狗舔的，要使他单站在一处；凡跪下喝水的，也要使他单站在一处。”
7:5 So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, "Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel down to drink."
7:6 于是用手捧着舔水的有三百人，其余的都跪下喝水。
7:6 Three hundred men lapped with their hands to their mouths. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.
7:7 耶和华对基甸说：“我要用这舔水的三百人拯救你们，将米甸人交在你手中；其余的人，都可以各归各处去。”
7:7 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place."
7:8 这三百人就带着食物和角；其余的以色列人，基甸都打发他们各归各的帐棚，只留下这三百人。米甸营在他下边的平原里。
7:8 So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others. Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
7:9 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。
7:9 During that night the LORD said to Gideon, "Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands.
7:10 倘若你怕下去，就带你的仆人普拉下到那营里去。
7:10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah
7:11 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。
7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp." So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp.
7:12 米甸人、亚玛力人和一切东方人。都布散在平原，如同蝗虫那样多。他们的骆驼无数，多如海边的沙。
7:12 The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
7:13 基甸到了，就听见一人将梦告诉同伴说：“我作了一梦，梦见一个大麦饼滚入米甸营中，到了帐幕，将帐幕撞倒，帐幕就翻转倾覆了。”
7:13 Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. "I had a dream," he was saying. "A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed."
7:14 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。”
7:14 His friend responded, "This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands."
7:15 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。”
7:15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands."
7:16 于是基甸将三百人分作三队，把角和空瓶交在各人手里；瓶内都藏着火把。
7:16 Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.
7:17 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；
7:17 "Watch me," he told them. "Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.
7:18 我和一切跟随我的人吹角的时候，你们也要在营的四围吹角，喊叫说：‘耶和华和基甸的刀。’”
7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.' "
7:19 基甸和跟随他的一百人，在三更之初，才换更的时候，来到营旁，就吹角，打破手中的瓶。
7:19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands.
7:20 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！”
7:20 The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"
7:21 他们在营的四围各站各的地方，全营的人都乱窜；三百人呐喊，使他们逃跑。
7:21 While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.
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