Midianǁîn ge ra danǃarihe
1 O gu ge Efraimǁîga Gideonna ge dî: “Tare-i ǃaromats Midianǁîgu ǃoaguts go ǃkhamǃgû, o go ǂgai ge tama hâ i? Tare xū-i ǃaromats ǁnāti sige ǀkha go dī?” Tsî gu ge kaise ǁîb ǀkha ge ǂnoagu.
2 Xaweb ge ǁîba ge mî: “Tita go dī ǁkhā in ge sago ge dīn ǃoagu xū tama hâ. Sago Efraimǁîgo ge dī ǂkhari xūro-i tsîn ge ti hoaraga ǃhaos ge dīn xa a ǃnāsa. 3 Sago ge Eloba xu go ge ǃkhōǃoa ǀgaib ǀkha Midianǁîn ǂgaeǂgui-aokha, Oreb tsî Seeb tsîkha ge ǃgam. Tita ge sago ge dīna dīsa ge ǁkhāba tama hâ i.” Nēsab ge mî, o gu ge ǁîb ǀkha ǃaruǀî ǁaixa tama ge i.
4 Gideonni tsî ǁîb di ǃnonakaidisi khoegu tsîn ge Jordanni tawa sī tsî ǁîba ge ǃgâu. ǁÎgu ge tsau gu ge hâ i, xawe noxopa khākhoega gere ǃgôaǃgon. 5 Sukots tawa gu ge sī, ob ge Gideonna ǃās di khoen ǃoa ge mî: “Ti khoega toxopa pere-e mā re. ǁÎgu ge kaise tsau hâ, tsî tita ge Midianǁî gao-aokha, Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ra ǃgôaǃgon.”
6 Xawe gu ge ǃās di ǂgaeǂgui-aoga ge mî: “Tare-i ǃaroma da sa toroǃkhamaoga pere-e nî mā? Sago kom noxopa Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ǃkhō tamao.”
7 Ob ge Gideonna ge mî: “ǃKhūb ga Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ti ǃomǁae mā teo, o ta ge sago ǁkhūgu tsî ǁkhūxa hain ǃgaroǃhūb din ǀkha nî ǂnau.” 8 Gideonni ge Penuels kōse ǃkharu tsî ǁîn tsîn ai ǁkhā ǂgans ǁkhāsa ge ǂgan, xawe gu ge Penuels aogu tsîna Sukots digu ǁkhāgu khami ge ǃeream. 9 Ob ge ǁîgu ǃoa ge mî: “Danaose ta ga oaǀkhī, o ta ge sadu ǂgō-omma nî khôaǁnâ.”
10 Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ge ǁîkha di toroǂnubis ǀkha Karkors tawa ge hâ i. Aiǂoas ǃhaodi di toroǃkhamaogu xa gu ge disikoroǀaǀoadisigu ǀguiga ge ǃgau hâ i; ǀguikaidisi tsî ǀgamdisiǀoadisigu hoagu ge ge ǃgamhe. 11 Gideonni ge ǃgaroǃhūbamǃgâ, Nobas tsî Jogbehas tsîra aiǂoas ǃnâ ǁgoe daob ǀkha ǃgû tsî khākhoen di toroǂnubisa ǃâubasen tama gu hâ hîa ge ǁnāǂam. 12 Midianǁî gao-aokha, Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ge ge ǃkhoeni; xaweb ge Gideonna ǁîkha ǃgôaǃgon tsî ǃkhō, tsî hoaraga toroǂnubisa kaise ge ǃhuriǃhuriǃnâ.
13 Gideonni ge Heres ǃgâu-aisa-ub toroǃkhamsa xu ra oaǀkhī hîa, 14 Sukots di ǂkham khoeba ǃkhō tsî ge dîǃnâ. Ob ge ǁnā ǂkham khoeba hûdisihûǀa ǂamkhoegu Sukots digu di ǀonde ge xoamâiba bi. 15 Ob ge Gideonna Sukots di aogu tawa sī tsî ge mî: “Tita go ge hui ǂgao tama i ǃkhaisa ǂâis ǃnâ ū go hâ? Sago kom tsau hâ toroǃkhamaogu tiga go, noxopa ta Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ǃkhō tama xui-ao ǂû-i xare-e mā tide ti ge mîo. Kō re, nēkha ge a ǁîkha.” 16 Tsîb ge ǁkhūgu tsî ǁkhūxa hain ǃgaroǃhūb dina ū tsî Sukots ǂgaeǂgui-aoga ǁîn ǀkha ge ǁkhara. 17 ǁKhātib ge Penuels di ǂgō-omma khôaǁnâ tsî ǃās di aoga ge ǃgam.
18 ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge Gideonna Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha ge dî: “Mâti ī khoega sakho ge Tabors tawa ǃgamga?”
O kha ge ǁîkha ge ǃeream: “Sats khami gere mûsen; mâb hoab ge gaoǀgôa-i khami gere mûsen.”
19 Ob ge Gideonna ge mî: “ǁNāgu ge ti ǃgâsaga ge iga, ti îs di ôaga. ǃKhūb ǀons ǃnâ ta ra nūba go, ǁîga go ga ǃgam tama hâ, o ta ga sago tsîna ǃgam tama hâ.” 20 Tsîb ge ǁîb di ǂguro ǀgôab Jetera ǃoa ge mî: “Hā, îts ǁîkha ǃgam.” Xaweb ge ǀgôaba gôab âba ǂgaeǂui tama ge i. Noxopab axas ǀguisa i tsîb gere ǃao xui-ao.
21 O kha ge Sebab tsî Salmunab tsîkha Gideonna ge mî: “Satsa aitsama hā ǃgam khom. Aots nîs kao aitsama sa sîsenna dī.” Ob ge Gideonna ǁîkha ǃgam tsî ǁîkha ǃnaira ǃaokha ai ge hâ i anixūna ge ūǁnâ.
22 ǁNās khaoǃgâ gu ge Israelǁîga Gideonni ǃoa ge mî: “Satsa sida di gao-ao kai re; sats tsî satsa xu ra sao ôananôagub tsîdo. Sats ge sida Midianǁîna xu go huiǂui.”
23 Xaweb ge Gideonna ǁîga ge ǃeream: “Tita ge sadu ǂama gao tide tsî ti ôab tsîn ge ǁnāsa dī tide. ǃKhūb ge nî sadu di gao-ao.” 24 ǃAruǀîb ge Gideonna ge mî: “ǀGui xū-e ta ge ra ǂgan go ǂgao. Ab mâb sago dib hoaba ǃhuniǀuri ǂgaeradi hîab go ūde mā te.” (Midianǁîn ge nau khoen ǃgaroǃhūb din ǁkhān khami ǃhuniǀuri ǂgaerade gere ǂnûi.)
25 O gu ge Israelǁîga “ǁÎde ge ge nî mā tsi” ti ge ǃeream. Tsî gu ge ǃkhaiba khoraǁgui tsî mâb hoaba ūb ge hâ i ǂgaerade ge ǁîb ai ge aoǂnûi. 26 Gideonni ge ǃkhōǃoa ǃhuniǀuri ǂgaeradi ge ǁaubexa ǀgamdisi kiloxramga ge ǃgom i. Nēs ge ǃhuniǀuri anisenxūn, karagu tsî ǂhoaǀapa saran Midianǁî gao-aogu gere anan tsî ǃnain di ǃaogu di ananxūn tsîna ge ǃkhōǂgā tama hâ i. 27 Gideonni ge ī-e ǁnā ǃhuniǀurib ǀkha kuru tsî ǁîb di ǃās Ofras ǃnâ ge mâi. On ge hoaraga Israelǁîna Eloba ǁnāxū tsî ǁnāǀî ge ǃgû, īban sī nî ǀgoreǀîse. ǁNā īb ge Gideonni tsî ǁîb di ǀaokhoena ǁnoase ge ība.
28 Midianǁîn ge Israelǁîn xa ge danhe hâ i tsî Israelǁîna ǃaruǀî ǃaorosasi-e ge ǃkhōǂgāba tama hâ i. Tsîb ge ǂkhîba ǃhūb ǃnâ hakadisi kuriga ge hâ, Gideonni ge ǁōs kōse.
Gideonni di ǁōb
29 Gideonni ge ǁîb di oms ǂûs ǁga oa tsî ǁnāpa sī ge ǁan. 30 ǁÎb ge hûdisi ǀgôaga ge ūhâ i, ǂgui taradeb ge ūhâ i xui-ao. 31 ǁÎb ge Sexems tsîn ǃnâ xōǀkhātarasa ge ūhâ i; ǁîs on ge ǀgôaba ge ǁoraba bi, Abimelex tib ge ǀonǂgaiba. 32 Joasi ôab Gideonni ge kaiseb kaira hâse ge ǁō, tsîb ge ǁîb îb Joasi di ǀhobas ǃnâ Abieserǁîn di ǃās Ofras tawa ge ǁkhōhe.
33 Gideonni di ǁōb khaoǃgân ge Israelǁîna ǁkhawa Elob ǃoagu ǁore tsî Baalga gere ǀgoreǀî. ǁÎn ge Baal-Berita elose dībasen 34 tsî ǃKhūb ǁîn di Elob, ǁîna ge ǁîn ǂnamipe hâ khākhoen hoana xu a huiǂuiba ge ǃoabaǀû. 35 ǁKhātin ge Gideonni, nētikō ǃgâina ge Israelǁîna dībab di ǀaokhoen ǃoagu ge ganganoǃnâ.
Gideon ta shikula Ovamidian
1 Opo nee ovakwaita vaEfraim ve mu lombwela: “We tu ningila shike ngaha, ove eshi ino tu shiva, ove eshi wa ka lwifa Ovamidian?” Ndele ve mu twifa eemhata unene. 2 Ndelenee ye ta ti kuvo: “Nda ninga ngeno shike shi fike pwaashi nye mwa ninga? Epupudululo laEfraim ndishi li dule ekolo leeviinyu daAbieser? 3 Kalunga a yandja eehamba daMidian, Oreb naSeeb momake eni, ndelenee ame nda ninga shike ngeno shi yelekwe naashi mwe shi ninga?” Ye eshi a popya eendjovo ei, vo ova handukuluka.
4 Ndele Gideon e uya kuJordan, novalumenhu omafele atatu ava va li puye, va tauluka va loloka molwokutaataa. 5 Ndele ye okwa lombwela ovalumenhu vomuSukkot: “Ovakwaita ava hava shikula nge, va peni omingome, osheshi vo ova loloka, naame ondi noupyakadi mokushikula Seba naSalmunna, eehamba dOvamidian.” 6 Ndelenee ovakulunhu vomuSukkot tava pula: “Eke laSeba nolaSalmunna oli li nokuli meke loye, fye tu pe omatanga oye omingome?” 7 Opo nee Gideon ta ti: “Onghee hano, Omwene ngeenge ta yandje meke lange Seba naSalmunna, ame ohandi ka xwa nokunyanyaula ombelela yeni nomano omofuka neeshosholo.” 8 Ndele oko okwa dja ko ta i kuPenuel, ndele okwa popya navo ngaha. Ndelenee ovalumenhu vomuPenuel ve mu nyamukula ngaashi ovalumenhu vomuSukkot ve mu nyamukula. 9 Opo nee ta lombwele ovanhu ava vomuPenuel ndele ta ti: “Ame ngeenge handi aluka nombili, ohandi ka ngumauna po ohoteshungo ei.”
10 Ndelenee Seba naSalmunna va li muKarkor, nomatanga avo, e fike pomayovi omulongo nomayovi atano a li puvo, vo aveshe ava va xupa po komatanga aeshe ovanhu vokoushilo. Ndelenee ava va dipawa po, va li ve fike pomayovi efele nomayovi omilongo mbali, ava va li ve nomaongamukonda. 11 Ndele Gideon okwa enda nondjila yovakali meefaila, langhele lwokoushilo waNobah naJogbeha, ndele okwa taataa omatanga ovakwaita fimbo omatanga a tulumukwa ehe noshisho. 12 Ndele Seba naSalmunna va ya onhapo, ndelenee vo ve va shikula, ndele va kwata eehamba edi mbali dOvamidian, Seba naSalmunna, eshi va halakanifa onhanda aishe.
13 Ndele Gideon yaJoas eshi a aluka a dja kolwoodi ta piti monghondo yaHeres, 14 okwa kwata omumati umwe womovanhu vomuSukkot nokwe mu pula noku mu pululula, ndele ye okwe mu shangela mo omadina omalenga novakulunhu vomuSukkot, ovalumenhu omilongo heyali navaheyali. 15 Ndele ye eshi e uya kovanhu vomuSukkot, ye ta ti: “Seba naSalmunna ovava, omolwavo mwa sheka nge nokutya: Eke laSeba nolaSalmunna oli li tuu nokuli meke loye, opo tu pe omatanga oye ovakwaita va loloka omingome?” 16 Opo nee ye okwa kwata ovakulunhu voshilando. Nokwa kufa omano omofuka neeshosholo. Ndele okwa longa ovalumenhu vomuSukkot nayo oshileshwa. 17 Nohoteshungo yomuPenuel okwe i ngumauna po nokwa dipaa ovalumenhu vomoshilando. 18 Ndele okwa pula kuSeba nokuSalmunna: “Ovalumenhu venya mwe va dipaa puTabor ovakwashike?” Ndele vo va nyamukula: “Ngaashi ove, osho va li: olupe lakeshe la fa olupe lovana vohamba.” 19 Opo nee ye ta ti: “Vo va li ovamwameme, ovana vameme! Oshili ngaashi Omwene e nomwenyo, ngeno mwe va efele va kale nomwenyo, ngeno itandi mu dipaa!” 20 Ndele ye ta ti kuJeter, oshiveli shaye: “Fikama, va dipaa!” Ndelenee omumati ina pweya mo eongamukonda, shaashi ye okwa tila. Osheshi ye okwa li natango okaana. 21 Opo nee Seba naSalmunna tava ti: “Fikama ove mwene u tu twe, osheshi ngaashi omulumenhu e li nosho yo eenghono daye di li.” Opo nee Gideon okwa fikama nokwa dipaa Seba naSalmunna. Ndele okwa kufa po omaulenga omeefingo deengamelo davo.
Gideon ta tungifa oshikutu shokomapepe
22 Opo nee ovalumenhu Ovaisraeli va lombwela Gideon ndele tava ti: “Tu pangela ove mwene, nomona woye omumati nomutekulu woye, osheshi ove we tu xupifa momake Ovamidian.” 23 Ndelenee Gideon e va nyamukula ta ti: “Ame inandi hala oku mu pangela, nomona wange yo ite ke mu pangela. Omwene ote ke mu pangela.” 24 Ndele Gideon okwe va lombwela ta ti: “Onda hala oku mu indila sha. Pei nge, keshe umwe, oulinga mwe va pewa oixuulwa!” Osheshi venya va li ve na oulinga voshingoldo, shaashi vo va li Ovaismaeli. 25 Opo vo va tya: “Ohatu va yandje nehafo.” Ndele vo ova yala oshikutu shokombada poshi, ndele keshe umwe a ekela po okalinga komoixuulwa yaye. 26 Ndele ondjele youlinga voshingoldo ovo e va indila ya li i fike peekilograma omilongo mbali ponho yomaulenga nomaliwapeko omomatwi noikutu yapurpuri, ei ya li ya djalwa keehamba dOvamidian, noponho yomalyenge a li meefingo deengamelo dado. 27 Ndele Gideon okwa ninga nayo oshikutu shokomapepe, ndele e shi dika moshilando shaye Ofra. NOvaisraeli aveshe ove shi shikula mokuhaela. Ndele eshi sha ninga omwiyo kuGideon neumbo laye. 28 Osho ngaha hano Ovamidian va li ve nokulininipika moipafi yovana vaIsrael, ndele venya inava tanganeneka omitwe davo vali. Noshilongo sha kala sha tulumukwa mefimbo laGideon omido omilongo nhee.
Oludalo laGideon nefyo laye
29 Ndele Jerubbaal yaJoas okwa ya keumbo nokwa kala ko. 30 Ndele Gideon okwa li e novana ovalumenhu omilongo heyali ava ye e va dala, osheshi ye okwa li e novalikadi vahapu. 31 Ndele oshikumbu shaye, ou a kala muSekem, e mu dalela yo okaana okamati, ndele e ka luka Abimelek. 32 Ndele Gideon yaJoas okwa fya a kulupa ndele a pakwa mombila yaxe Joas muOfra shOvaabieser. 33 Ndelenee Gideon eshi a fya, ovana vaIsrael va shikula vali ooBaal mokuhaela. Ndele ve liningila Baal-Berit kalunga kavo. 34 Novana vaIsrael inava dimbulukwa Omwene Kalunga kavo, ou e va xupifa mo momake ovatondadi vavo keembinga adishe. 35 Ndele vo inava alulila eumbo laJerubbaal (Gideon), omolwouwa aushe ou okwa li a ningila Israel.
