12 BoZeba naSalmuna, emakhosi lamabili emaMidiyani, babaleka, kodvwa wabacosha, wabakhandza, wabatfumba, wadvungulula yonkhe imphi yabo.
longakhetsi ngisho nakuto tikhulu, ngisho nakulabanjingile nalabamphofu, ngobe phela bonkhe bangumsebenti wetandla takhe?
Emakhosana abo wente abe njengabo-Orebi naZebi, babusi babe njengaboZeba naSalmuna.
Sewusandzisile sive, wandzisa nekujabula kwaso; siyajabula embikwakho njengebantfu bajatjuliswa sivuno, nanjengebantfu nabajatjuliswa kwaba imphango.
Nalabagijima ngematubane bangeke baphunyule, nalabanemandla bangeke bakhone kuwagcogca emandla abo, kanjalo nelichawe lingeke liyisindzise imphilo yalo.
Ngabona emathende aseKushani aselusizini, nemakhaya akaMidiyani ayatfutfumela.
Gideyoni wenyuka ngendlela yetihambi emphumalanga yeNoba neJogbeha, watitsela etikwalamabutfo, wona angakacapheli.
Gideyoni, umsa waJowashi, wabuya emphini ngeSikhala saseHeresi.