a6:32
b6:33; 1 Sam 29:1; Hlu 7:3
cGen 12:6; Dute 11:30
d6:33; 1 Sam 29:1; Hlu 7:3
eEks 8:9; Dute 8:17; 1 Kor 1:29
fDute 20:8
g6:33; 1 Sam 29:1; Hlu 7:3
hHlab 17:3, 26:2, 66:10; Isa 1:25
i1 Sam 14:6; 2 Lan 14:11
j7:1
kGen 46:2,3
l7:2,7,14,15, 3:28
m7:13-15; Gen 24:14; 1 Sam 14:9,10
n6:3,5,33
o7:1
p6:3,5,33
qJosh 11:4
r7:20
s7:16
tEks 14:13,14; 2 Lan 20:17
uEks 16:29
v2 Kho 7:7
wJosh 6:4,16,20
xHlab 83:9; Isa 9:4
y1 Sam 14:20; 2 Lan 20:23
zJosh 3:16; 1 Kho 4:12, 7:46
aa1 Kho 4:12, 19:16; Hlu 11:33
ab7:24, 10:17, 12:1; 1 Sam 13:4; 2 Kho 3:21; Hlu 6:34
ac6:35
adJosh 24:33
ae7:24, 10:17, 12:1; 1 Sam 13:4; 2 Kho 3:21; Hlu 6:34
af3:28
agJoha 1:28
ah8:3; Hlab 83:11
aiIsa 10:26

Judges 7

UGidiyoni unqoba amaMidiyani

1UJerubali a, onguGidiyoni, labo bonke abantu ababelaye basebevuka ngovivi, bamisa inkamba ngasemthonjeni weHarodi b, okokuthi waba lenkamba yamaMidiyani enyakatho, ngaseqaqeni lweMore c esigodini d. 2INkosi yasisithi kuGidiyoni: Abantu abalawe banengi kakhulu ukuthi nginikele amaMidiyani esandleni sabo, hlezi uIsrayeli azidumise emelene lami e, esithi: Isandla sami singisindisile. 3Ngakho khathesi memezela-ke endlebeni zabantu usithi: Loba ngubani owesabayo f lothuthumelayo g kaphenduke asuke masinyane entabeni yeGileyadi. Ngakho kwaphenduka ebantwini abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili lambili, lenkulungwane ezilitshumi zasala. 4INkosi yasisithi kuGidiyoni: Abantu basesebanengi kakhulu; behlisele emanzini, ngizakuhlolela h bona khona; kuzakuthi-ke lowo engizakuthi ngaye kuwe: Lo uzahamba lawe, yena uzahamba lawe; kodwa loba ngubani engizakuthi ngaye kuwe: Lo kayikuhamba lawe, yena kayikuhamba. 5Wasebehlisela abantu emanzini. INkosi yasisithi kuGidiyoni: Wonke oxhapha emanzini ngolimi lwakhe njengenja ixhapha, uzambeka yedwa, laye wonke oguqa ngamadolo akhe ukunatha. 6Lenani lalabo abaxhaphayo ngesandla sabo besisa emlonyeni wabo babengamadoda angamakhulu amathathu, kodwa bonke abaseleyo babantu baguqa ngamadolo abo ukunatha amanzi. 7INkosi yasisithi kuGidiyoni: Ngamadoda angamakhulu amathathu axhaphileyo ngizalisindisa i, nginikele amaMidiyani esandleni sakho; bayekele-ke bonke abantu bahambe, ngulowo lalowo endaweni yakhe. 8Ngakho abantu bathatha umphako esandleni sabo, lempondo zabo. Wasewayekela wonke amadoda akoIsrayeli ahamba, ngulowo ethenteni lakhe, kodwa wagcina amadoda angamakhulu amathathu. Lenkamba yamaMidiyani yaba ngaphansi kwakhe esigodini j.

9Kwasekusithi ngalobobusuku k iNkosi yathi kuye: Sukuma, wehlele enkambeni, ngoba ngiyinikele esandleni sakho l. 10Kodwa uba usesaba ukwehla, yehla wena loPura inceku yakho uye enkambeni. 11Uzakuzwa abakukhulumayo m; lemva kwalokho izandla zakho zizaqiniswa ukuze wehlele enkambeni. Wasesehla yena loPura ijaha lakhe, baya ephethelweni labangamatshumi amahlanu ababesenkambeni. 12Njalo amaMidiyani lamaAmaleki labo bonke abantwana bempumalanga n babelele esigodini o njengentethe ngobunengi p, lamakamela abo ayengelanani, njengetshebetshebe elisekhunjini lolwandle ngobunengi q. 13Kwathi uGidiyoni efika, khangela umuntu elandisela umngane wakhe iphupho, wathi: Khangela, ngiphuphe iphupho, khangela-ke, iqebelengwana lesinkwa sebhali* ligiqikela enkambeni yamaMidiyani, lafika ethenteni, lalitshaya lawa laligenqula lakhangela phezulu, okokuthi ithente lawa. 14Umngane wakhe wasephendula wathi: Lokhu kakusilutho ngaphandle kwenkemba kaGidiyoni indodana kaJowashi, indoda yakoIsrayeli. UNkulunkulu unikele esandleni sakhe iMidiyani lenkamba yonke.

15Kwasekusithi uGidiyoni esezwe ukulandiswa kwephupho lengcazelo yalo, wakhonza, wabuyela enkambeni yakoIsrayeli, wathi: Vukani, ngoba iNkosi inikele esandleni senu inkamba yamaMidiyani. 16Wasesehlukanisa amadoda angamakhulu amathathu, aba yizigaba ezintathu, wanika impondo esandleni sawo wonke, lenqayi ezingelalutho, lezihlanti phakathi kwezinqayi. 17Wasesithi kuwo: Ngikhangelani, lenze njalo. Khangelani-ke, nxa ngifika ephethelweni lenkamba, kuzakuthi njengokwenza kwami lenze njalo. 18Nxa ngivuthela impondo, mina labo bonke abalami, lapho lani lizavuthela izimpondo, lihanqe inkamba yonke, lithi: OweNkosi r lokaGidiyoni!

19Ngakho uGidiyoni lamadoda alikhulu ayelaye s bafika ephethelweni lenkamba ekuqaleni komlindo wobusuku waphakathi, besanda kumisa nje abalindi; basebevuthela impondo, babulala izinqayi ezazisesandleni sabo. 20Lezigaba ezintathu zavuthela izimpondo, zabulala izinqayi, zaphatha esandleni sazo sekhohlo izihlanti lesandleni sazo sokunene impondo zokuvuthelwa, zamemeza zisithi: Inkemba yeNkosi lekaGidiyoni! 21Zasezisima t, ngulowo endaweni yakhe u, behanqe inkamba, lenkamba yonke yagijima v yamemeza yabaleka. 22Lapho abangamakhulu amathathu bevuthela impondo w, iNkosi yamisa x inkemba yomunye komunye y, lenkambeni yonke; lenkamba yabaleka kwaze kwaba seBeti-Shita eZerera z, kwaze kwaba semngceleni weAbeli-Mehola aa eduze kweTabathi. 23Lamadoda akoIsrayeli abizelwa ndawonye ab evela koNafithali ac lakoAsheri lakoManase wonke, axotshana lamaMidiyani.

24UGidiyoni wasethuma izithunywa kuyo yonke intaba yakoEfrayimi ad esithi: Yehlani lihlangabeze amaMidiyani, lithumbe amanzi phambi kwawo kuze kube seBeti-Bara leJordani. Ngakho wonke amadoda akoEfrayimi abizelwa ndawonye ae, athumba amanzi af kuze kube seBeti-Bara leJordani ag. 25Athumba iziphathamandla ezimbili eMidiyani ah, uOrebi loZebi; abulala uOrebi edwaleni leOrebi ai, loZebi ambulala esikhamelweni sewayini seZebi, axotshana lamaMidiyani; aletha amakhanda aboOrebi loZebi kuGidiyoni ngaphetsheya kweJordani.
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