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.