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7 Ngemuva kwaloko Jerubhali, lokunguGideyoni,+ kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu lebebanaye bavuka ekuseni futsi bemisa emathende eMtfonjeni waseHarodi; bakaMidiyani bona bebasenyakatfo yakhe, egcumeni lokutsiwa yiMore lelisesihosheni.* 2 Jehova wase utsi kuGideyoni: “Banyenti kakhulu bantfu labanawe kutsi nginganikela bakaMidiyani esandleni sema-Israyeli.+ Ema-Israyeli angasuke atigabatise futsi atsi kimi: ‘Ngitisindzise ngesandla sami.’+ 3 Nyalo ngicela umemetele kubantfu utsi: ‘Nobe ngubani lowesabako nalochachatelako, akabuyele ekhaya.’”+ Ngako Gideyoni wabavivinya. Bantfu labangu-22 000 babuyela emakhaya futsi kwasala labangu-10 000.
4 Jehova wachubeka watsi kuGideyoni: “Basebanyenti labantfu. Bayise emantini kuze ngikuvivinyele bona. Nangitsi kuwe: ‘Lona utawuhamba nawe,’ ubohamba naye, kodvwa nangitsi kuwe: ‘Lona angeke ahambe nawe,’ ungahambi naye.” 5 Ngako wayisa labantfu emantini.
Jehova wase utsi kuGideyoni: “Hlukanisa labo labanatsa emanti ngekuwacapha ngelulwimi njengenja, kulabo labaguca ngemadvolo kuze banatse.” 6 Emadvodza lanatsa emanti ngekuwacapha etandleni tawo bekangu-300. Lamanye wona aguca ngemadvolo kuze anatse.
7 Jehova wase utsi kuGideyoni: “Ngitakusindzisa ngalamadvodza langu-300 lanatse lamanti ngekuwacapha futsi ngitawunikela bakaMidiyani esandleni sakho.+ Kodvwa bonkhe lalabanye bantfu ababuyele emakhaya.” 8 Ngako ngemuva kwekutsatsa imiphako kanye netimphondvo kubantfu, wabuyisela onkhe lalamanye emadvodza aka-Israyeli emakhaya, wase usala nalamadvodza langu-300 kuphela. Inkambu yakaMidiyani beyingentasi kwakhe kulesihosha.+
9 Ngalobo busuku, Jehova watsi kuye: “Vuka uhlasele lenkambu, ngobe ngiyinikele esandleni sakho.+ 10 Kodvwa nangabe wesaba kuyihlasela, yehlela kulenkambu naPhura umsiti wakho. 11 Ubolalela loko labakushoko, ngemuva kwaloko utawuba nesibindzi* sekuhlasela lenkambu.” Ngako yena naPhura umsiti wakhe behlela edvute nalapho lamasotja bekemise khona emathende.
12 BakaMidiyani, baka-Amaleki kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu baseMphumalanga+ bagcwala kulesihosha njengelibulo lesikhonyane futsi emakamela abo bekulukhuni kuwabala+ ngobe bekamanyenti ngangesihlabatsi lesiselugwini lwelwandle. 13 Gideyoni watsi nakefika, watfola kunendvodza lebeyicocela umngani wayo liphupho, itsi: “Naku lengikuphuphile. Bekunesinkhwa sebhali lesiyindingilizi lebesigicikela endzaweni lapho bakaMidiyani bebamise khona emathende. Sifike ethendeni, salishaya kakhulu laze lawa,+ sabhekisa lelithende etulu futsi lalala phansi.” 14 Kuloku, lomngani wayo watsi: “Loku kungasho inkemba yaGideyoni,+ indvodzana yaJowashi, indvodza lengum-Israyeli. Nkulunkulu unikele bakaMidiyani kanye nayo yonkhe inkambu yawo esandleni sakhe.”+
15 Ngekushesha nje Gideyoni nakeva lendvodza isho leliphupho nenchazelo yalo,+ wakhotsama kuze akhonte Nkulunkulu. Ngemuva kwaloko, wabuyela enkambu yema-Israyeli wafike watsi: “Vukani ngobe Jehova sewunikele inkambu yebakaMidiyani esandleni senu.” 16 Wase sewehlukanisa lamadvodza langu-300 ngeticheme letintsatfu futsi onkhe wawanika timphondvo+ kanye netimbita letinkhulu lebetite emanti kodvwa tinetibane ekhatsi. 17 Wase utsi kuwo: “Bukani mine, bese nenta njengobe ngenta. Nasengisondzele edvute nenkambu, kufanele nente njengobe ngitawube ngenta. 18 Nangishaya luphondvo, mine kanye nabo bonkhe lenginabo, nani kufanele nishaye timphondvo nitungelete inkambu futsi nimemete nitsi: ‘Inkemba yaJehova neyaGideyoni!’”
19 Gideyoni nemadvodza langu-100 lebekanawo basondzela edvute nenkambu nasekutawucala kugadza kwasekhatsi nebusuku,* ngemuva nje kwekutsi sekubekwe bogadzi. Bashaya timphondvo+ baphindze baphihlita letimbita temanti lebetisetandleni tabo.+ 20 Ngako leticheme letintsatfu tashaya timphondvo tase tiphihlita letimbita letinkhulu. Betiphetse tibane ngesandla sangasencele futsi tishaya luphondvo ngesandla sangasekudla, tamemeta tatsi: “Inkemba yaJehova neyaGideyoni!” 21 Kuso sonkhe lesikhatsi indvodza ngayinye beyime endzaweni yayo, kutungeletwe yonkhe lenkambu futsi lonkhe lelibutfo labaleka, limemeta njengobe libaleka.+ 22 Lamadvodza langu-300 achubeka nekushaya timphondvo futsi Jehova wabese wenta kutsi bakaMidiyani babulalane bodvwa kuyo yonkhe inkambu.+ Lelibutfo labaleka laze layofika eBhethi-shitha, lachubekela eSerera laze layofika emnceleni wase-Abela-mehola+ longaseThabhathi.
23 Emadvodza langema-Israyeli abitelwa ndzawonye kusukela kaNaftali, ka-Asheri kanye nakulo lonkhe lakaManase,+ futsi acosha bakaMidiyani. 24 Gideyoni watfuma titfunywa kuso sonkhe sifundza setintsaba saka-Efrayimu, watsi: “Yehlani niyewuhlasela bakaMidiyani niphindze nivimbe indlela leya emantini kuze kuyewufika eBhethi-bhara naseJordane.” Ngako onkhe lamadvodza aka-Efrayimu abutselwa ndzawonye futsi avimba lendlela leya emantini kuze kuyewufika eBhethi-bhara naseJordane. 25 Baphindze babamba tindvuna letimbili takaMidiyani, letibo-Orebi naZebi; Orebi bambulalela edvwaleni lelagcine libitwa ngekutsi lidvwala la-Orebi,+ kwatsi Zebi bambulalela etjeni lekuhlutela liwayini lelabitwa ngekutsi yiZebi. Bachubeka nekucosha bakaMidiyani+ futsi baletsa tinhloko tabo-Orebi naZebi kuGideyoni esifundzeni saseJordane.