Byo papichile myaka, bena Isalela balekele kupopwela Yehoba ne kutendeka kupopwela balesa ba bubela. Bena Mijanyi baibanga banyama ba bena Isalela ne kwibonawina bijimwa byabo. Bena Isalela bafyamanga mu mitumba ne mu mayengo na mambo a kuchina bena Mijanyi. Bena Isalela bamujijiile Yehoba amba ebapokolole. Kepo, Yehoba atumine malaika kwi Gidiona. Malaika wamwambijile’mba: ‘Yehoba wa kusala kupokolola bantu banji.’ Gidiona wamwipwizhe’mba: ‘Nakonsha kupokolola byepi bena Isalela? Amiwa kafwako byo nji ne.’

Pano Gidiona wakonsheshe kuyuka byepi kuba’mba Yehoba wamusala kuba bino? Wabikile butonge panshi ne kwamba kwi Yehoba amba: ‘Kesha lukelo, buno butonge inge bukazobe na kime bino mushiji saka auma, popo nkayuka’mba kya kine mwakeba’mba nkapokolole bena Isalela.’ Byo abukile lukelo, butonge bwazobele na kime bino pa mushiji paumine. Kepo Gidiona alombele kwi Yehoba kuba’mba kesha lukelo butonge bukabule kuzoba bino mushiji akazobe. Abino byo byamwekele, Gidiona popo ashiinwe’mba kya kine Yehoba wamusala. Wakonkenye bashilikale banji pamo kuba’mba baye na kulwa na bena Mijanyi.

 Yehoba waambijile Gidiona amba: ‘Nkalengela bena Isalela kushinda balwanyi babo. Bino na mambo a kuba’mba uji na bashilikale bavula, kwendapo kemulanguluke’mba mwashinda balwanyi benu na bulume bwenu. Ambila yense waumvwa moyo abwele ku nzubo.’ Bashilikale 22,000 babwelele ku mazubo abo. Washajiletu na bashilikale 10,000. Kepo Yehoba ambile’mba: ‘Bashilikale bakivula. Batwale ku mukola na kutoma mema. Usale yense usakukabaulanga mema aku na kukenkenta.’ Bashilikale 300 bo bonkatu bakenkentelenga pa kutoma mema. Yehoba walayile’mba bano banabalume 300 bo bakashinda bashilikale 135,000 ba bena Mijanyi.

Bonkabwa bufuku, Yehoba waambijile Gidiona amba: ‘Pano kimye kyafika kya kulukuka bena Mijanyi!’ Gidiona wapele banabalume bo ajinga nabo nsengo ne milondo ikatampe mo bafile nsoko ya mujilo. Wibambijile’mba: ‘Muntalenga, ne kuba byonkatu byo nsakubanga.’ Gidiona wavuminye lusengo ne kulala mulondo wanji, kabiji watambikile nsoko ya mujilo mwiulu ne kubijika’mba: ‘Mpoko ya kwa Yehoba ne ya kwa Gidiona!’ Banabalume bonse 300 nabo baubile byonka bino. Bena Mijanyi baumvwine bingi moyo ne kunyema, au janji au janji. Bavulañene ne kwialukilamo bene mulwabo. Yehoba wakwashishe bena Isalela kushinda balwanyi babo.