1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
15 ¶ And it was so , when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that , as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Kideyoni ye Midiyaninkoolu noo
1 Kideyoni, ì ka ate le fanaa kumandi Yerubaali la, a niŋ a la kewolu wulita juuna, ì ye ì la daakaa loo Harodi Woyoo daala. Midiyaninkoolu la kelediŋolu la daakaa, wo be ì ye maraa karoo la wulumbaŋo kono, More Konkoo daala.
2 Yaawe* ko Kideyoni ye ko, “Kee jamaa le be i bulu. N te Midiyaninkoolu duŋ na ì buloo kono, ì niŋ ñiŋ moo jamaa. Niŋ wo nte, Banisirayilankoolu si naa kibiri noo le ka a fo ko, ‘M̀ faŋo semboo le ye ǹ tankandi.’ 3 A kankulaa ñiŋ moolu ye ko, ‘Niŋ moo-wo-moo maŋ haañi, aduŋ a be silariŋ, a si Kileyadi Konkoo bula, a ye seyi suwo kono.’ ” Wo le to, kee wuli muwaŋ niŋ fula seyita suwo kono. Bituŋ a tuta moo wuli taŋ.
4 Bari Yaawe ko Kideyoni ye ko, “Hani saayiŋ, kee jamaa le be jee. Ì samba baa to, m be ì talaa la i ye jee le to. Niŋ n ko, meŋ niŋ i ñanta taa la, wo si taa, bari niŋ n ko, meŋ niŋ i maŋ ñaŋ na taa la, wo niŋ i maŋ ñaŋ na taa la.” 5 Kideyoni ye kewolu samba baa to. Jee le mu, Yaawe ko a ye ko, “Moolu bondi ñoo to, mennu ye i miŋ ì neŋolu la ko wuloo, aniŋ mennu ñoyita ì kumbaliŋolu la ka i miŋ.” 6 Moo keme saba le ye i miŋ ì neŋolu la. Wo moo toomaalu, wolu ñoyita ì kumbaliŋolu le la duuma ka i miŋ ì buloolu la. 7 Yaawe ko Kideyoni ye ko, “I niŋ ñiŋ kee keme saboo, mennu ye i miŋ ì neŋolu la, m be i niŋ wolu tankandi la le, ŋa Midiyaninkoolu duŋ i buloo kono. Ñiŋ moo toomaalu bee bula, ì ye seyi ì yaalu to.” 8 Bituŋ Kideyoni ye Banisirayilankoolu bee murundi fo moo keme saba. Ñiŋ moo keme saboo naata wo moo doolu la domori feŋolu taa, aniŋ ì la binoolu. Midiyaninkoolu la daakaa be ì ye duuma la, wulumbaŋo kono.
9 Wo luŋo suutoo la, Yaawe naata a fo Kideyoni ye ko, “Wuli, taa i ye daakaa ñiŋ kele, kaatu m be a duŋ na i buloo kono le. 10 Niŋ i maŋ haañi ka ì maa, wo to taa daakaa ñiŋ to foloo, i niŋ i la dookuulaa Pura. 11 I be a moyi la le, ì be meŋ fo kaŋ. Niŋ wo keta, i be jusoo soto la le ka daakaa ñiŋ kele.” Bituŋ Kideyoni niŋ a la dookuulaa Pura taata teŋ ne daakaa dulaa ñiŋ dandaŋo la. 12 Midiyaninkoolu, Amalekinkoolu aniŋ tilibo maafaŋ na moo doolu ye wulumbaŋo karoo bee fandi. Ì be siyaariŋ ñoo kaŋ ko kuntiŋolu. Ì la ñonkomoolu buka yaatee noo, ì be siyaariŋ ko bankumunkoo.
13 Kabiriŋ Kideyoni futata jee, a ye a tara kewo doo le be a la siiboo saata kaŋ a kafuñoomaa ye ko, “I lamoyi, n siiboota le: Mbuuru kuŋo birimintinta naŋ ǹ na daakaa kono. A ye tiriliisoo* taki semboo la, bituŋ tiriliisoo yelemata a kuŋo la, a boyita.”
14 A ñiŋ kafuñoomaa ye a jaabi ko, “Ñiŋ maŋ ke feŋ-wo-feŋ ti, niŋ a maŋ ke Kideyoni, Yowasi Banisirayilankoo dinkewo la hawusaroo* ti. Alla ye Midiyaninkoolu niŋ daakaa bee duŋ a bulu le.”
15 Kabiriŋ Kideyoni ye ñiŋ siiboo moyi, aniŋ a fasaroo, a ye Alla batu. A muruta Banisirayila la daakaa to, a ye kumandiroo ke ko, “Ali wuli! Yaawe ye Midiyaninkoolu la daakaa duŋ ali buloolu kono le.” 16 A ye a la ñiŋ kee keme saboo talaa siidulaa saba le ti. A ye saakotoŋ binoo* duŋ ì bee kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa bulu, aniŋ jiibindaa kenseŋo. Ñiŋ jiibindaa kenseŋolu bee kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa ye pacamoo le soto ì kono. 17 A ko ì ye ko, “Ali n juubee, niŋ ŋa meŋ ke, ali ye wo ke. Ali n juubee, niŋ m futata daakaa ñiŋ dandaŋo la, niŋ ŋa feŋ-wo-feŋ ke, ali fanaa ñanta wo le ke la. 18 Niŋ n niŋ moolu, mennu be m fee jaŋ ye ǹ na binoolu fee, alitolu mennu bee be daakaa dandaŋo la fanaa si ali la binoolu fee. Bituŋ ali ye sari santo, ka a fo ko, ‘Yaawe ye, aniŋ Kideyoni!’ ”
19 Kideyoni niŋ a la kee kemoo futata daakaa ñiŋ dandaŋo la suutoo teema maafaŋo le la, waatoo meŋ ì ye ì la kantarilaalu faliŋ. Ì ye ì la binoolu fee, aduŋ ì ye ì la jiibindaalu teyi, mennu be ì buloo kono. 20 Bituŋ ñiŋ talaadaa saboo bee ye ì la binoolu fee, ì ye ì la jiibindaalu teyi. Ì ye pacamoolu muta ì maraa buloolu la. Bituŋ ì bulubaa buloolu be binoo kaŋ ka a fee, aniŋ ka sari santo ko, “Keloo Yaawe ye, aniŋ Kideyoni!” 21-22 Ì tuta looriŋ ì noo to, ì bee kiliŋ-kiliŋ naa be looriŋ nuŋ daameŋ, ì be muruŋ-murundiŋ daakaa ñiŋ na. Kabiriŋ ñiŋ kee keme saboo ye ì la binoolu fee, Yaawe ye Midiyaninkoolu dammaalu dundi ñoo la ka ñoo kele niŋ hawusaroolu la. Ì borita ñaato, ì muruta kooma, ì lembata. Labaŋo la, kelediŋ kafoo bee borita ka taa fo Beti-Sita, ka taa fo Serera fo Abeli-Mehola, Tabati daala.
23 Ì ye Banisirayilankoolu kumandi, mennu bota Nafutali, Aseri aniŋ Manase lasiloolu bee kono. Bituŋ ì bulata Midiyaninkoolu nooma. 24 Kideyoni ye kiilaalu kii Efurayimu* konkotundoo* bee kaŋ ko, “Ali naa duuma ka Midiyaninkoolu benduŋ, ì kana futa jiibuloolu ma, ka taa fo Beti-Bara aniŋ Yoridani Boloŋo.” Wo to le mu, Efurayimu kewolu bee kafuta ñoo ma, ka ñiŋ teyidulaalu muta, ka taa fo Beti-Bara aniŋ Yoridani Boloŋo. 25 Ì ye Midiyaninkoolu la kuntii fula muta, Orebu aniŋ Seebu. Ì ye Orebu faa Orebu beroo le to, bituŋ Seebu, ì ye wo faa Seebu wayini* yiridiŋ bitidulaa le to. Ì bulata Midiyaninkoolu nooma, bituŋ ì ye Orebu aniŋ Seebu kuŋo samba naŋ Kideyoni ye Yoridani kankuŋ doo la.
