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8 Pashishe bantu ba mu Efelayima bakamuambila ne: “Tshiudi mutuenzele ntshinyi? Bua tshinyi kuvua mutubikile pauvua muye kuluangana ne Midiyana?”+ Bakatandangana nende bikole.+
2 Kadi wakabambila ne: “Tshindi muenze ntshinyi pa kudifuanyikija nenu? Diangulula dia bintu dia Efelayima+ ki ndipite dipuola dia tumuma tua mvinyo dia Abiezê+ anyi?
3 Nzambi kavua mufile bakokeshi ba mu Midiyana, Oleba ne Zêbe,+ mu tshianza tshienu anyi? Tshindi muenze ntshinyi pa kudifuanyikija nenu?” Pakakulaye mushindu eu,* bakatukija.*
4 Pashishe Gideona wakafika ku Yadene, yeye kumusabuka. Yeye ne bantu balume 300 bavua nende bavua batshioke, kadi bakatungunuka ne kulonda baluishi babu.
5 Nunku wakambila bantu ba mu Sukota ne: “Peshayiku bantu badi bandonda aba bipese bia mampa, bualu mbatshioke, ne meme ndi ngenda ndondakaja Zeba ne Salemuna, bakalenge ba Midiyana.”
6 Kadi bakokeshi ba mu Sukota bakamba ne: “Bianza bia Zeba ne Salemuna bikadi mu tshianza tshiebe bua tuetu tupeshe tshiluilu tshiebe mampa anyi?”
7 Ke Gideona kuamba ne: “Anu bua bualu ebu, padi Yehowa ufila Zeba ne Salemuna mu tshianza tshianyi, nennutute ne mêba ne tumitshi tua mêba bia mu tshipela.”+
8 Wakumbuka kuntu aku, kubandaye ku Penuele, ne kulombaye bualu bua muomumue, kadi bantu ba mu Penuele bakamuandamuna anu muvua bantu ba mu Sukota bamuandamune.
9 Nunku wakambila kabidi bantu ba mu Penuele ne: “Pangapingana mu ditalala, nengupule tshibumba etshi.”+
10 Mpindieu Zeba ne Salemuna bavua mu Kâko ne biluilu biabu, bantu batue ku binunu 15. Bantu aba ke bonso bavua bashale mu tshiluilu tshionso tshia bena ku Est,+ bualu bantu balume binunu 120 bavua ne miele ya mvita bavua bafue.
11 Gideona wakatungunuka, kubandilaye mu njila wa bantu batu basombela mu ntenta ku est kua Noba ne Yogebeha,+ kuluishabu tshitudilu atshi tshivua katshiyi tshidilongolole.
12 Pavua Zeba ne Salemuna banyeme, wakabalonda, kukuataye bakalenge bena Midiyana babidi abu, Zeba ne Salemuna, kubuejaye tshitudilu tshijima mu dipampakana dikole.
13 Pashishe Gideona muana wa Yoasha wakafuma ku mvita, kupitshilaye mu njila udi mubande ku Helesa.
14 Mu njila amu, wakakuata nsongalume mukuabu wa mu Sukota, yeye kumuela nkonko. Nunku nsongalume wakamufundila mêna a bakokeshi ne bakulu ba mu Sukota, bantu 77.
15 Ke yeye kuyila bantu ba mu Sukota, kuambaye ne: “Zeba ne Salemuna mbobu aba, bena bualu bunuvua bampotele nuamba ne: ‘Bianza bia Zeba ne Salemuna bikadi mu tshianza tshiebe bua tuetu tupeshe bantu bebe badi bapungile mampa anyi?’”+
16 Pashishe wakakuata bakulu ba mu tshimenga, kupeshaye bantu ba mu Sukota kalasa ku diambuluisha dia mêba ne tumitshi tua mêba bia mu tshipela.+
17 Pashishe wakupula tshibumba tshia mu Penuele,+ kushipaye bantu ba mu tshimenga atshi.
18 Wakebeja Zeba ne Salemuna ne: “Bantu banuvua bashipe mu Tabô bavua mushindu kayi?” Ke bobu kuamba ne: “Bavua anu bu wewe, yonso wa kudibu muikale bu muana wa mukalenge.”
19 Ke yeye kuamba ne: “Bavua bana betu, bana ba mamuanyi. Bushuwa bu mudi Yehowa ne muoyo, bu nuenu babashiye ne muoyo, tshivua mua kunushipa to.”
20 Pashishe wakambila Yetê muanende muanabute ne: “Juka ubashipe.” Kadi nsongalume kakatula muele wende wa mvita to; uvua utshina, bualu utshivua anu nsonga.
21 Ke Zeba ne Salemuna kuambabu ne: “Juka wewe nkayebe, utushipe, bualu badi bamanyina muntu ku bukole buende.”* Nunku Gideona kujukaye, kushipa Zeba ne Salemuna,+ kuangataye bilengejilu bienze bu ngondo bivua mu nshingu ya tumelu tuabu.
22 Panyima pa malu aa, bantu ba mu Isalele bakambila Gideona ne: “Utukokeshe, wewe ne muanebe wa balume ne muikuluebe kabidi, bualu udi mutupandishe mu tshianza tshia Midiyana.”+
23 Kadi Gideona wakabambila ne: “Tshiakunukokesha to, nansha muananyi kakunukokesha to. Yehowa ke wanukokesha.”+
24 Gideona wakamba kabidi ne: “Anyishayi nnulombe tshintu tshimue: yonso wa kunudi ampeshe kakanu ka ku diulu mu bintu bidiye mupete mu mvita.” (Bualu bantu bavuabu batshimune abu bavua ne tukanu tua ku diulu tua or bu muvuabu bena Yishemaele.)+
25 Bakandamuna ne: “Kakuyi mpata netukupeshatu.” Nunku bakadija tshilamba, muntu yonso kuelapu kakanu ka ku diulu ka mu bintu bivuaye mupete mu mvita.
26 Bujitu bua or wa tukanu tua ku diulu tuvuaye mulombe buakafika ku nshekele* 1 700 ya or, pa kumbusha bilengejilu bidi bienze bu ngondo, bilengejilu bia kulembeleja ku tukanu tua kuvuala, bilamba bikunzubile bia miosa ya mikoko bivua bakalenge ba mu Midiyana bavuala, ne shene ya mu nshingu ivuabu bangate ku tumelu.+
27 Gideona wakenza efoda+ ne or au, kumutekaye patoke mu Ofela+ tshimenga tshiabu bua bantu bamumone; ne Isalele mujima wakenda bundumba bua mu nyuma ne efoda muaba au,+ ne yeye kulua buteyi kudi Gideona ne ba mu nzubu muende.+
28 Nunku Midiyana+ wakakokeshibua kumpala kua bena Isalele, ne kabakabatatshisha* kabidi to; buloba buakashala mu dikisha* bidimu 40 mu matuku a Gideona.+
29 Nunku Yelubâla+ muana wa Yoasha wakapingana kuende, kusombelaye kuntu aku.
30 Gideona wakalela bana ba balume 70,* bualu uvua ne bakaji ba bungi.
31 Mukajende mukuabu uvuaye mubanjije mu Shekeme wakamulelela kabidi muana wa balume, yeye kumuinyika ne: Abimeleke.+
32 Nunku Gideona muana wa Yoasha wakafua mumane kukulakaja bikole, ne bakamujiika mu lukita lua tatuende Yoasha mu Ofela wa bena Abiezê.+
33 Diakamue pavua Gideona mufue, bena Isalele bakenda kabidi bundumba bua mu nyuma ne Babâla,+ ne bakateka Bâla-belita bu nzambi wabu.+
34 Bena Isalele kabakavuluka Yehowa Nzambi wabu+ uvua mubasungile mu tshianza tshia bena lukuna babu bonso bavua babanyunguluke;+
35 kabakaleja nansha dinanga dia lulamatu kudi ba mu nzubu wa Yelubâla, mmumue ne: Gideona, bua malu mimpe onso avuaye muenzele Isalele.+
Note
^ Ku mua.: “dîyi edi.”
^ Ku mua.: “lungenyi luabu luakatukija bua bualu buende.”
^ Anyi “bualu anu mudi muntu, ke mudi makanda ende.”
^ Nshekele uvua ne grame 11,4. Tang. Tshis. B14.
^ Anyi “ditalala.”
^ Ku mua.: “kabakajula mutu wabu.”
^ Ku mua.: “wakapeta bana ba balume 70 bavua bapatuke mu tshibelu tshiende.”
