1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 ¶ And it was so , when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that , as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Gideon ta sindi Aamidiana
1 Esiku limwe Gideon okwa meneka ongula onene pamwe netanga lye e ta yungu ontanda ontega noluthithiya lwaHarod. Ontanda yAamidiana oya li mesilu kuumbugantu wawo pondundu More.
2 Omuwa okwa ti kuGideon: “Ou na aalumentu oyendji unene mokusinditha Aamidiana. Otaa ningi ya tye, oya sindi kuyo yene yo itaa simaneke ndje. 3 Lombwela aantu to ti: ‘Shaa ngoka a tila, na shune kegumbo, notatu kala mpaka pondundu Gilead.’ ” Omayuvi omilongo mbali nagaali oga shuna, ihe opwa kala omayuvi omulongo.
4 Nena Omuwa okwa lombwele Gideon ta ti: “Natango ou na aalumentu oyendji. Inda nayo kedhiya notandi ku yoololelemo yamwe. Ngoka tandi ku lombwele, u ye naye, oye inda naye. Ngoka tandi ti, ino ya naye, na kale po, ino ya naye.” 5 Gideon okwa fala aalumentu kedhiya, nOmuwa okwa ti kuye: “Yoolola mo aalumentu mboka taa shakumine omeya mumboka taa kotamene, ya nwe.” 6 Okwa li aalumentu omathele gatatu mboka ya shakumine. Yalwe oya kotamene ya tsa oongolo, ya nwe. 7 Omuwa okwa ti kuGideon: “Otandi ku hupitha noku ku sinditha Aamidiana kaalumentu mbaka omathele gatatu mboka ya shakumine. Lombwela yalwe, ya shune komagumbo. 8 Osho ngaaka Gideon okwa shunitha Aaisraeli ayehe komagumbo kakele kaamboka omathele gatatu, mboka ya li ye na onguta yomondjila noombenda. Ontanda yAamidiana oya li komeho gawo mesilu.”
9 Uusiku mbwiyaka Omuwa okwa lombwele Gideon: “Thikama, matukila ontanda; otandi ku sinditha. 10 Ihe ngele owa tila oku yi matukila, inda ko kuyo nomupiya gwoye Pura. 11 Oto ku uva shoka taa ti, e to kala wa nyatipala oku yi matukila.” Gideon nomupiya gwe oya kuluka ya yi popepi nontanda yaatondi. 12 Aamidiana, Aayamaleki naantu yokombuga oya li ya gumbakana nesilu ya fa oshapapa noye na oongamelo odhindjidhindji, oto ti ehekevi lyopooha dhefuta.
13 Gideon sho a thiki ko, oku uvu omulumentu ta hokololele kuume ke ondjodhi. Okwa li ta ti: “Onda yaguma oshikwiila shiishokelya sha galangatele montanda yetu e tashi dhenge otenda yimwe. Otenda oya ongotele pevi e tayi yalalala.”
14 Kuume ke okwa yamukula: “Ndyoka egonga lyOmuisraeli Gideon, omuna gwaJoas. Kashi shi sha shilwe. Kalunga okwa gandja Midian miikaha ye netangakwiita lyetu alihe.”
15 Gideon sho u uvu ondjodhi yomulumentu naashoka tayi ti, okwa tsu oongolo e ta hambelele Kalunga. Nena okwa galukile kontanda yAaisraeli e ta ti: “Thikameni! Omuwa okwa gandja etangakwiita lyaMidian miikaha yeni.” 16 Okwa topola aalumentu ye omathele gatatu momatanga gatatu nokwa pe omulumentu kehe ombenda noshiyuma shi na onyeka meni. 17 Okwe ya lombwele: “Shimpa nda thiki kooha dhontanda, talii ndje nawa, ne mu ninge shoka te ningi. 18 Uuna tatu hiki oombenda pamwe netanga lyandje, nane wo hikeni dheni mwa kunduka ontanda ne tamu igidha tamu ti: ‘OmolwOmuwa nomolwa Gideon.’ ”
19 Mokati kuusiku Gideon netanga lye lyaalumentu ethele oye ya popepi nontanda, naanaa konima aatonateli aape sho ye ya miilonga. Nena oya hiki oombenda e taa tatula iiyuma mbyoka ya li nayo, 20 nomatanga gaali ongashikwawo. Oya yelutha oonyeka nomalumoho gawo noombenda okomalulyo gawo noyi igidha taa ti: “Egonga lyOmuwa nolyaGideon!” 21 Aalumentu ayehe oya thikama ya dhingilila ontanda, etangakwiita lyaatondi nolya yi ondapo tali kaluluka. 22 Manga aantu yaGideon taa hiki oombenda dhawo, Omuwa okwa vundakanitha aatondi, ya pilukilathana nomagonga gawo ga tagananenathana. Oya fadhukile kuSaretan, sigololo oBet Shitta nandongo oshilando Abel Mehola popepi naTabbat.
23 Nena aalumentu yomezimo lyaNaftali, lyaAser nolyiitopolwa ayihe iyali yAamanasse oyi ithanwa noya tidha Aamidiana. 24 Gideon okwa tumu aatumwa nevi alihe lyokoondundu dhaEfraim ta ti: “Londolokeni, tu kondjeni nAamidiana. Tonateleni omulonga Jordan noompanalonga, sigo oBet-Bara, mu keelele Aamidiana, yaa taaguluke.” Aaefraim oya hiywa noya tonatele omulonga Jordan noompanalonga, sigo oBetbara. 25 Oya kwata aakwaniilwa yaali yAamidiana, Oreb naSeeb. Oya dhipaga Oreb pemanya lyaOreb naSeeb poshikolelo shoomviinu shaSeeb. Oya tsikile okutidhagana Aamidiana noye eta omitse dhaOreb naSeeb kuGideon, ngoka a li kuuzilo waJordan.
