Hakim-hakim 6:12-14

6:12 The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!” 6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, ¹  but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster ²  overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ³  ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.” 6:14 Then the Lord himself ⁴  turned to him and said, “You have the strength. ⁵  Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! ⁶  Have I not sent you?”

[6:13]  ¹ tn Heb “But my lord.”

[6:13]  ² tn Heb “all this.”

[6:13]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[6:14]  ⁴ sn Some interpreters equate the Lord and the messenger in this story, but they are more likely distinct. In vv. 22-23 the Lord and Gideon continue to carry on a conversation after the messenger has vanished (v. 21).

[6:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “Go in this strength of yours.”

[6:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the hand of Midian.”