ABAKHOKHELI 7 - IsiNdebele 2012 Translation

¹ UJerubhali, okutjho uGidiyoni, nabo boke abantu ebegade banaye bavuka ekuseni bahloma amatendabo eqadi komthombo iRharodi. Ikampa yabakwaMidiyani yaba ngehlangothini labo langetlhagwini, ngembundwini weMore emrhobeni.

² USomnini wathi kuGidiyoni: “Abantu onabo lapho banengi khulu kobana ngingabasebenzisa ukunikela amaMidiyani esandleni sakho. Nakungasinjalo ama-Israyeli azangigabisela adlumbane bonyana ahlule ngamandlawo.

³ Ngalokho memezela ebantwini uthi, ‘Omunye nomunye onevalo nothuthumelako, akabuyele ekhaya. Akakhukhuthe ngeentaba zakwaGiliyadi.’ ” Kwakhamba iinkulungwana ezimatjhumi amabili nambili zajika, kwasala ezilitjhumi.

⁴ USomnini wathi kuGidiyoni: “Abantwaba basesebanengi, bathathe ubase emanzini, ngizakuhlungela bona. Nanyana ngubani engizakuthi kuwe ngaye, ‘Lo, uzakhamba nawe’, akhambe nawe bese engithi kuwe ngaye, ‘Lo akasale’, asale.”

⁵ Yeke waletha abantu emanzini, uSomnini wathi kuye: “Boke abaqabha amanzi ngelimu njengenja ubabuthelele ndawonye, nalabo abaguqako nabaselako ubabeke ndawonye.”

⁶ Isibalo salabo abaqabha amanzi, saba makhulu amathathu. Kodwana inengi kwaba ngilelo eliguqako nalisela amanzi ngokubeka izandla zabo emilonyeni.

⁷ USomnini wathi kuGidiyoni: “Ngizakusebenzisa amadoda amakhulu amathathu la ukukutjhaphulula bese nginikela amaMidiyani esandleni sakho. Loke inengi lamadoda ungalitjhaphulula kube ngileyo naleyo ndoda ibuyele emzinayo.”

⁸ Emva kokuthathwa kwemiphako neempalapala ebekuphethwe madoda, inengi lawo labuyiselwa emuva kwaba ngileyo naleyo indoda yabuyela etendeni layo. UGidiyoni wasala namakhulu amathathu wamadoda kwaphela. Ikampa yabakwaMidiyani gade ingenzasi kwakaGidiyoni ngemrhobeni.

⁹ Khona ngobusukobo uSomnini wathi kuGidiyoni: “Sikima, wehlele ngekampeni ngombana ngiyinikele esandleni sakho.

¹⁰ Kodwana nakube uyesaba ukwehla, yehla noPura incekwakho.

¹¹ Uzafese uzwe abakukhulumako, ngemva kwalapho uzokuqina idolo ulungele ukusahlela ikampa.” Yeke wehla noPura incekwakhe baya emaphethelweni wekampa lapha kunamadoda ahlomileko.

¹² AmaMidiyani nama-Amalekhi nabo boke abantu bepumalanga bebabanengi njengentethe nayembethe umrhula. Amakamelabo gade kungakghoneki ukuwabala amanengi njengequlwani eseligwini lelwandle.

¹³ UGidiyoni nafikako, qala, bekunendoda egade ihlathululela umnganayo ibhudango isithi: “Uyazi, ngibhudange isikokoro sesikwa sebhali sigedekela ngekampeni yakwaMidiyani, safika satjhayisa itende yawa, yasala iketukile.”

¹⁴ Umnganayo wathi: “Akunangenye indlela, leyo yisabula kaGidiyoni umsa kaJowatjhi umuntu wakwa-Israyeli. UZimu unikele amaMidiyani nawo woke amabuthwawo esandleni sakhe.”

¹⁵ Lokha uGidiyoni nezwa kucocwa ngebhudangweli nokuhlathululwa kwalo, wakhothama ngokuthokoza. Wabuyela ekampeni yakwa-Israyeli wathi: “Sikimani ngombana uSomnini unikele ibutho lamaMidiyani ezandleni zenu.”

¹⁶ Wahlukanisa amadoda amakhulu amathathu ngeenqhema ezintathu, wawanikela iimpalapala woke kanye nemijeka enganalitho. Ngaphakathi kwemijekapho kwakuneenhlothi ezivuthako.

¹⁷ Wathi kiwo: “Qalani mina bese nenza engikwenzako. Nangifika emaphethelweni wekampa, nenze lokho engikwenzako.

¹⁸ Nangivuthela ipalapala, mina nesiqhema esinami, nani vuthelani zenu ngemahlangothini wayo yoke ikampa bese nirhuwelela nithi, ‘Silwela uSomnini noGidiyoni!’ ”

¹⁹ Yeke uGidiyoni namadoda alikhulu agade akhamba naye bafika emaphethelweni wekampa ngesikhathi sabogadi baphakathi kobusuku, emva nje kokobana amaMidiyani abeke abogadi abanye. Bavuthela iimpalapala baphadlha imijeka esezandleni zabo.

²⁰ Ngaleyondlela iinqhema zontathu zavuthela iimpalapala bezaphadlha nemijeka esezandleni, zabamba iinhlothi ngesincele kwathi ngesandleni sokugoma zaphatha iimpalapala kobana zivuthele, zarhuwelela zathi: “Asihlabanele uSomnini noGidiyoni!”

²¹ Bajama kwaba ngileyo naleyo indoda endawenayo magegana nekampa, boke abantu ngekampeni bagijima, barhuwelela babaleka.

²² Kwathi lokha nabavuthela iimpalapala ezimakhulu amathathu, uSomnini wenza boke abantu ngekampeni bajikelane, basikane ngeensabula. Babaleka bekwaba seBhethe-Tjhitha ukuyela eTserera ukuyokufika esebeni lomlambo we-Abela-Merhola eThabathi.

²³ Ama-Israyeli abizwa aseNafitali ne-Atjheri nakilo loke lakwaManase, agijimisa amaMidiyani.

²⁴ UGidiyoni wathumela iinthunywa kiyo yoke inarha yeentatjana zakwa-Efrayimu wathi: “Yenehle nisahlele amaMidiyani niwalalele ngemlanjeni iJordani ukuyokufika eBhethe-Bhara.” Yeke boke abantu bakwa-Efrayimu babizwa bavimba umlambo iJoridani ukuyokufika eBhethe-Bhara.

²⁵ Babamba iinduna ezimbili zakwaMidiyani, u-Orebi noZebi. Nabalokhu bagijimisa amaMidiyani njalo, babulala u-Orebi edwaleni laka-Orebi noZebi ebutlhodlhelweni bakaZebi. Banikela uGidiyoni ihloko ka-Orebi neyakaZebi ngaphetjheya kweJordani.