Abagwebi
8:1 Athi kuye amadoda akwaEfrayim, Yini na ukuba usenze le nto?
ubungasibizanga na, ukuya kulwa kwakho namaMidiyan?
Bamgxeka kabukhali.
8:2 Wathi kuwo, Ndenze ntoni na ngoku ngangani? Ayiyo
Ubhikico lukaEfrayim lulunge ngaphezu kokuvuna iidiliya
UAbhiezere?
8:3 UThixo ubanikele esandleni senu abathetheli bakwaMidiyan, uOrebhe noZebhe;
Yintoni na ke endinokuyenza ngangani? Wandula ke waba nomsindo
wathobeka ngakuye, akuba etshilo.
8:4 Wafika uGidiyon eYordan, wayiwela, yena namakhulu amathathu lawo
amadoda abenaye etyhafile, esukelana noko.
8:5 Wathi kumadoda aseSukoti, Khaniphe izonka
ebantwini abandilandelayo; ngokuba batyhafile, ndiyasukela mna
emva koZebha noTsalimuna, ookumkani bamaMidiyan.
8:6 Bathi abathetheli baseSukoti, Isandla sikaZebha noTsalimuna na?
esandleni sakho, siwunike umkhosi wakho isonka?
8:7 Wathi uGidiyon, Xa athe uYehova wamhlangula uZebha noZebha
UTsalmuna esandleni sam, ndiyiqabe ngameva inyama yakho
Intlango namakhakakhaka.
8:8 Wenyuka khona, waya ePenuweli, wathetha kubo kwangokunjalo
Bamphendula abantu basePenuweli njengoko bamphendula ngako abantu baseSukoti.
8:9 Wathetha nakubantu basePenuweli, wathi, Ekubuyeni kwam
Ndiya kuyidiliza le nqaba inde.
8:10 Ke kaloku uZebha noTsalimuna beseKarkore, benemikhosi yabo ngeenxa zonke.
ishumi elinesihlanu lamawaka amadoda, onke awayesele emikhosini yonke kaYehova
oonyana basempumalanga, kuba kwawa amadoda alikhulu elinamanci mabini amawaka
abarhola ikrele.
8:11 Wenyuka uGidiyon ngendlela yabahlala ezintenteni, ngasempumalanga kwelizwe.
iNobha neYogebheha, wayibulala impi, impi leyo ibinqabisekile.
8:12 Basaba ooZebha noTsalimuna, wabasukela, wayithabatha inkazana leyo.
ookumkani ababini bamaMidiyan, uZebha noTsalimuna, bawudubaduba umkhosi wonke.
8:13 Wabuya uGidiyon unyana kaYowashe edabini, lingekaphumi ilanga;
8:14 Wabamba umfana wamadoda aseSukoti, wambuza;
wamxelela abathetheli baseSukoti, namadoda amakhulu ayo;
amadoda amashumi asixhenxe anesixhenxe.
8:15 Weza kumadoda aseSukoti, wathi, Nanko uZebha noZebha
UTsalimuna, enandingcikiva ngaye, nisithi, Zizandla zikaZebha na?
Ke kaloku uTsalimuna usesandleni sakho, ukuba siwanike isonka amadoda akho
abadiniweyo?
8:16 Wawathabatha amadoda amakhulu aloo mzi, nemithana enameva yasentlango
ngamakhakakhaka, wafundisa ngawo amadoda aseSukoti.
8:17 Wayidiliza nenqaba ende yasePenuweli, wababulala abantu baloo mzi.
8:18 Wathi kuZebha noTsalimuna, Ayenjani na amadoda?
Nibethe eTabhore na? Baphendula bathi, Njengoko unjalo, babenjalo bona; enye nganye
babefana nabantwana bokumkani.
8:19 Wathi, Babengabazalwana bam abo, oonyana bakama
Ehleli nje uYehova, ukuba benibasindisile, ngendinganibulali.
8:20 Wathi kuYetere, amazibulo akhe, Vuka, ubabulale. Kodwa ulutsha
akarhola ikrele lakhe, ngokuba ebesoyika, ngokuba esemncinane.
8:21 Bathi ooZebha noTsalimuna, Suk’ ume wena, usihlasele;
umntu unjalo namandla akhe. Wesuka ke uGidiyon, wamxabela uZebha no
UTsalimuna, wazithabatha izivatho ezisezintanyeni zeenkamela zabo.
8:22 Athi amadoda akwaSirayeli kuGidiyon, Silawule wena nobabini;
nonyana wakho, nonyana wonyana wakho; ngokuba wena wasihlangula esandleni sakho
isandla sakwaMidiyan.
8:23 Wathi uGidiyon kuwo, Andiyi kunilawula mna, andiyi kunilawula nowam mna
ngunyana wakho oya kunilawula; uYehova uya kunilawula.
8:24 Wathi uGidiyon kuwo, Ndiya kucela ngcelo-nye kuni;
Bendiya kundinika elowo ijikazi lexhoba lakhe. (Kuba babenegolide
namajikazi, ngokuba babengamaIshmayeli.)
8:25 Baphendula bathi, Sokunika ngokuvumayo. Kwaye basasaza a
ingubo, baphosa khona elowo ijikazi lexhoba lakhe.
8:26 Ubunzima bamajikazi egolide awawacelayo baba liwaka
neeshekele zegolide ezimakhulu asixhenxe; ngaphandle kwezihombiso, kunye neekhola, kunye
neengubo ezimfusa ezibe zikookumkani bamaMidiyan, nasecaleni lemixokelelwane
ezazisezintanyeni zeenkamela zabo.
8:27 UGidiyon wenza ngayo iefodi, wayibeka emzini wakhe phakathi
Onke amaSirayeli ahenyuza ngokuyilandela khona;
yaba ngumgibe kuGidiyon nakwindlu yakhe.
8:28 Athotywa amaMidiyan phambi koonyana bakaSirayeli, aba
abaphinda baziphakamise iintloko zabo. Lazola ilizwe emashumi mane
iminyaka ngemihla kaGidiyon.
8:29 UYerubhahali, unyana kaYowashe, waya wahlala endlwini yakhe.
8:30 UGidiyon wayenoonyana abamashumi asixhenxe abaphuma esinqeni sakhe;
abafazi abaninzi.
8:31 Neshweshwe lakhe, elibe likwaShekem, lamzalela unyana nalo
Wathi igama elinguAbhimeleki.
8:32 Wafa uGidiyon unyana kaYowashe, eyingwevu enkulu, wangcwatyelwa kulo
engcwabeni likaYowashe uyise, eOfra yama-Abhihezere.
8:33 Kwathi, kamsinya nje akuba efile uGidiyon, oonyana bakaGidiyon
Wabuya ke uSirayeli, wahenyuza ngokulandela ooBhahali, wenza
uBhahali-bheriti uthixo wabo.
8:34 Oonyana bakaSirayeli abamkhumbulanga uYehova uThixo wabo owayenalo
wabahlangula esandleni seentshaba zabo zonke ngeenxa zonke;
8:35 abayenzela nceba indlu kaYerubhahali, kaGidiyon,
ngako konke ukulunga awakwenzayo kuSirayeli.