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.