Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphuma, yanqoba amahhashi nezinqola, yawachitha ama-Aramu ngokuceka okukhulu.
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Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yaphuma, yanqoba amahhashi nezinqola, yawachitha ama-Aramu ngokuceka okukhulu.
Amadoda abaxosha ngendlela eya eJordani kwaze kwaba semazibukweni; kwathi lapho ababebaxosha sebephumile, balivala isango.
Wayesethi uJehova kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli: “Anginikhululanga yini esandleni sabaseGibithe, nakuma-Amori, nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, nakumaFilisti?
AbakwaGileyadi badla iJordani phambi kwabakwa-Efrayimi; amadoda akwaGileyadi athi kuye: “UngumEfrayimi na? Uma ethi: Cha!
Babulala ngaleso sikhathi amadoda akwaMowabi kungathi izinkulungwane eziyishumi, onke amaqhawe namaqhawe; akwaphunyuka muntu.
UBharaki wabiza oZebuloni noNafetali eKedeshi; wakhuphuka namadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi ezinyaweni zakhe, noDebora wakhuphuka naye.
Umngane wakhe waphendula wathi: “Akusilutho ngaphandle kwenkemba kaGideyoni, indodana kaJowashi, indoda yakwa-Israyeli, ngokuba uNkulunkulu wanikela esandleni sakhe abakwaMidiyani nayo yonke impi.”
Kwathi uGideyoni esizwa indaba yephupho nokuchazwa kwalo, wakhuleka, wabuyela ebuthweni lakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Sukumani! ngokuba uJehova unikele impi yakwaMidiyani esandleni sakho.
Wathi kubo: “Ngibhekeni, nenze ngokunjalo; bhekani, lapho ngifika eceleni kwekamu, nenze njengalokho ngenza.
UGideyoni wathuma izithunywa ezintabeni zakwa-Efrayimi, wathi: “Yehlani niye kwabakwaMidiyani, niwathumbe amanzi phambi kwabo kuze kube seBeti Bara naseJordani; Khona-ke bonke abantu bakwa-Efrayimi babuthana ndawonye, bathatha amanzi kwaze kwaba seBeti Bara naseJordani.
Kwathi ngalobo busuku uJehova wathi kuye: “Vuka, wehlele empini; ngoba ngiyinikele esandleni sakho.
Lonke leli bandla liyakwazi ukuthi uJehova akophuli ngenkemba nangomkhonto; ngokuba impi ingekaJehova, uyakuninikela esandleni sethu.