Abagwebi
7:1 uYerubhahali, onguGidiyon ke, nabantu bonke anabo;
wavuka kusasa, wamisa ngasequleni laseHarodi;
amaMidiyan ayengasentla kwawo, ngasendulini kaMore, ngasemntla
intlambo.
7:2 Wathi uYehova kuGidiyon, Nabantu banawe nabo
maninzi ukuze ndiwanikele amaMidiyan esandleni sabo, hleze aqhayise amaSirayeli
Bandichasa, besithi, Sindisindisile isandla sam.
7:3 Yiya ke ngoko, umemeze ezindlebeni zabantu, uthi,
Nabani na owoyikayo, makabuye, emke kwangethuba
intaba yaseGiliyadi. Kwabuya ke ebantwini amashumi amabini anamabini amawaka;
kwasala ishumi lamawaka.
7:4 Wathi uYehova kuGidiyon, Abantu basebaninzi; zizise
ezantsi, ndiye emanzini, ndikulinge wona khona;
makabe ngulowo ndithe kuwe, Lo uya kuhamba nawe, kwangokunjalo
wohamba nawe; nosukuba ndithi kuwe, Akayi kuhamba
yona ayisayi kuhamba nawe.
7:5 Wabahlisela abantu emanzini; wathi uYehova kubo
UGidiyon, Bonke abaxhaphayo emanzini ngolwimi lwabo njengenja
yena othe wakraba, wumbeke yedwa; kwanjalo bonke abasukuba bequbuda
eguqe ngamadolo ukuba asele.
7:6 nenani labaxhaphayo, besa isandla emlonyeni,
amadoda angamakhulu amathathu, kodwa bonke abanye abantu baqubuda kuwo
amadolo abo ukuba asele amanzi.
7:7 Wathi uYehova kuGidiyon, Ngamakhulu amathathu amadoda akramnceleyo
ndiya kunihlangula, ndiwanikele amaMidiyan esandleni sakho;
abanye abantu baya elowo endaweni yakhe.
7:8 Abantu bathabatha umphako esandleni sabo, namaxilongo abo;
wawandulula onke amaSirayeli, waya elowo ententeni yakhe, wawagcina
amadoda angamakhulu amathathu; nomkhosi wamaMidiyan ubuphantsi kwakhe entilini.
7:9 Kwathi ngobo busuku, wathi uYehova kuye, Vuka;
yihla uye emkhosini; ngokuba ndiyinikele esandleni sakho.
7:10 Ke ukuba uyoyika ukuhla, yihla noFura umkhonzi wakho, niye entabeni
umamkeli:
7:11 uze uve into abayithethayo; zize emva koko zibe zizandla zakho
ukomelezwa ukuhla ukuya emkhosini. Wehla ke noPhura wakhe
isicaka saya kutsho kumphandle wamajoni asemkhosini.
7:12 namaMidiyan, nama-Amaleki, noonyana bonke basempumalanga
lala entilini njengeentethe ukuba baninzi; kunye nabo
Bezingenakubalwa iinkamela, njengentlabathi engaselwandle ukuba zininzi.
7:13 Wafika uGidiyon, nantso indoda imxelela iphupha;
Wathi ummelwane wakhe, Yabona, ndiphuphe iphupha;
Savuthulula isonka serhasi emkhosini wamaMidiyan, safika ententeni
yayibetha yawa, yayibhukuqa, ukuba ithe intente ndawonye.
7:14 Waphendula ummelwane wakhe wathi, Asinto yimbi le, likrele kuphela;
uGidiyon unyana kaYowashe, indoda yakwaSirayeli, ngokuba uThixo ebesesandleni sakhe
wawahlangula amaMidiyan nomkhosi wonke.
7:15 Kwathi, akukuva uGidiyon ukuxelwa kwephupha elo, nomphefumlo
Ukutyhilwa kwalo, ukuba waqubuda, wabuyela emkhosini
kwaSirayeli, wathi, Suk’ ume; ngokuba uYehova uninikele esandleni senu
umkhosi wamaMidiyan.
7:16 Wawahlula aba ngamaqela omathathu amadoda lawo amakhulu mathathu;
ixilongo esandleni somntu wonke, nemiphanda engenanto, kwanezibane ngaphakathi
iingqayi.
7:17 Wathi kuwo, Khangelani kum, nenze kwangokunjalo;
ngenani ngaphandle kweminquba, nothi njengoko ndenza ngako mna, nenjenjalo nina
yenza.
7:18 Ndakuvuthela ngesigodlo, mna nabo bonke abakunye nam, novuthela nina
nivuthe amaxilongo, niyijikeleze yonke inkampu, nithi, Ikrele likaYehova!
UYehova, noGidiyon.
7:19 Ke uGidiyon, nekhulu lamadoda abenaye, waphuma phandle
yominquba ekuqalekeni komlindo ophakathi; kwaye bebenento entsha
bamisa abalindi, bavuthela ngezigodlo, bayiqhekeza imiphanda
zazisezandleni zabo.
7:20 Avuthela izigodlo amaqela omathathu, ayiqhekeza imiphanda, avuthela ngezigodlo
baphatha izibane ngezandla zabo zasekhohlo, namaxilongo ngesokunene
badanduluka besithi, Ikrele likaYehova, nelo
uGidiyon.
7:21 Bema ke, elowo endaweni yakhe, ngeenxa zonke eminqubeni; kunye nazo zonke
Wabaleka umkhosi, walila, wasaba.
7:22 Ke amakhulu mathathu avuthela izigodlo, uYehova wamisela elowo nalowo
ikrele phezu kommelwane wakhe, phakathi komkhosi wonke;
wabalekela eBhete-shita eTserera, nakumda weAbhele-mehola, ukuya kufikelela
ISabatha.
7:23 Kwaye amadoda akwaSirayeli aqokelelana ndawonye evela kwaNafetali, yaye
kwa-Ashere nakuManase wonke, bawasukela amaMidiyan.
7:24 UGidiyon wathumela abathunywa kweleentaba lonke lakwaEfrayim, esithi, Yizani
wehla, waya kumaMidiyan, uwathabathele amanzi phambi kwawo
iBhete-bhara neYordan. Ahlanganisana ke onke amadoda akwaEfrayim
kunye, bawathabatha amanzi ukuya eBhete-bhara, naseYordan.
7:25 Abathimba abathetheli ababini bamaMidiyan, uOrebhe noZebhe; kwaye bona
uOrebhe bambulala phezu kweliwa likaOrebhe, uZehebhi bambulalela esixovulelweni sewayini.
uZebhe, wawasukela amaMidiyan, wayisa iintloko zikaOrebhe noZebhe
uGidiyon ngaphesheya kweYordan.