His Victories
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.
Kisha Yerubaali, yaani Gideoni, na watu wote waliokuwa pamoja naye wakaondoka na mapema, wakapiga kambi yao karibu na kijito cha Harodi; na kambi ya Midiani ilikuwa upande wao wa kaskazini, karibu na mlima wa More, bondeni.
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.
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, Watu hawa walio pamoja nawe ni wengi mno hata nikawatie Wamidiani katika mikono yao, wasije Israeli wakajivuna juu yangu wakisema, Mkono wangu mwenyewe ndio ulioniokoa.
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.
Basi sasa enda, tangaza habari masikioni mwa watu hawa, na kusema, Mtu awaye yote anayeogopa na kutetemeka, na arudi aondoke katika mlima wa Gileadi. Ndipo watu ishirini na mbili elfu wakarudi katika watu hao, wakabaki watu elfu kumi.
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.
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni; Hata sasa watu hawa ni wengi mno; uwalete chini majini, nami nitawajaribu huko kwa ajili yako; kisha itakuwa ya kwamba yule nitakayekuambia, Huyu atakwenda pamoja nawe, ndiye atakayekwenda pamoja nawe; na mtu yule nitakayekuambia, Huyu hatakwenda pamoja nawe, basi mtu huyo hatakwenda.
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.
Basi akawaleta watu chini majini. Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, Kila mtu atakayeyaramba maji kwa ulimi wake, kama vile arambavyo mbwa, huyo utamweka kando; kadhalika kila mtu apigaye magoti kunywa.
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.
Na hesabu ya hao waliokunywa kwa kuramba-ramba, wakipeleka mkono kinywani, ilikuwa watu mia tatu; bali watu wengine wote walipiga magoti kunywa maji.
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.
Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, Kwa watu hawa mia tatu walioyaramba maji nitawaokoa, nami nitawatia Wamidiani katika mikono yako; lakini watu hawa wote wengine na waende zao, kila mtu mahali pake.
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.
Basi wale watu wakachukua vyakula vyao mikononi mwao, na tarumbeta zao; naye akawapeleka watu wote wa Israeli, kila mtu hemani kwake; bali aliwazuia wale watu mia tatu; na kambi ya Wamidiani ilikuwa chini yake, bondeni.
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.
Ikawa usiku uo huo Bwana akamwambia, Ondoka, shuka kambini; maana nimeitia katika mikono yako.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Lakini, ukiogopa kushuka, shuka pamoja na Pura mtumishi wako kambini;
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.
nawe utasikia wanayoyasema, na baada ya haya mikono yako itatiwa nguvu; ushuke kambini. Ndipo akashuka pamoja na Pura mtumishi wake hata kufikilia mwisho wa watu wenye silaha waliokuwa kambini.
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.
Nao Wamidiani na Waamaleki na, hao wana wa mashariki walikuwa wametua bondeni, mfano wa nzige kwa wingi; na ngamia zao walikuwa hawana hesabu; mfano wa mchanga wa ufuoni, kwa wingi.
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.
Hata Gideoni alipofika, tazama, palikuwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa akimhadithia mwenziwe ndoto, akasema, Tazama, naliota ndoto, na tazama, mkate wa shayiri ulianguka katika kambi ya Wamidiani, ukafika hata hema moja, ukaipiga hata ikaanguka, nao ukaipindua, hata ikalala chini.
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.
Mwenzake akamjibu akasema, Habari hii haikosi kuwa upanga wa Gideoni, mwana wa Yoashi, mtu wa Israeli. Mungu amewatia Wamidiani na jeshi lote katika mkono wake.
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.
Ikawa, aliposikia habari ya ile ndoto, na kufasiriwa kwake, akasujudu; akarudi katika jeshi la Israeli akasema, Inukeni, kwa maana Bwana amelitia jeshi la Midiani mikononi mwenu.
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.
Kisha akawapanga wale watu mia tatu wawe vikosi vitatu, akatia tarumbeta katika mikono ya watu wote, na mitungi isiyo maji, na mienge ndani ya hiyo mitungi.
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.
Akawaambia, Nitazameni, mkafanye kama nifanyavyo mimi; angalieni, nitakapofika mwisho wa kambi, itakuwa, nifanyavyo mimi nanyi fanyeni kadhalika.
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.
Nitakapopiga tarumbeta, mimi na wote walio pamoja nami, basi ninyi nanyi zipigeni tarumbeta pande zote za kambi, mkaseme, Kwa Bwana, na kwa Gideoni.
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.
Basi Gideoni, na wale watu mia waliokuwa pamoja naye, wakafika mwisho wa kambi, mwanzo wa zamu ya kati, wakati walipokuwa wamebadili wenye zamu; wakazipiga hizo tarumbeta, wakaivunja vipande vipande ile mitungi iliyokuwa mikononi mwao.
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.
Vile vikosi vitatu wakapiga tarumbeta, wakaivunja mitungi, wakaishika mienge kwa mikono yao ya kushoto, na zile tarumbeta katika mikono yao ya kuume ili kuzipiga; wakapiga kelele, Upanga wa Bwana na wa Gideoni.
21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.
Wakasimama kila mtu mahali pake kuizunguka kambi pande zote; jeshi lote wakakimbia; nao wakapiga kelele, wakawakimbiza.
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.
Wakazipiga zile tarumbeta mia tatu, naye Bwana akaufanya upanga wa kila mtu uwe juu ya mwenziwe, na juu ya jeshi lote, jeshi likakimbia mpaka Bethshita, kuendelea Serera, hata mpaka wa Abel-Mehola, karibu na Tabathi.
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.
Wanaume wa Israeli walikuwa wamekusanyika kutoka Naftali, na kutoka Asheri, na kutoka Manase yote, wakawafuata Midiani.
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.
Kisha Gideoni akapeleka wajumbe katika nchi yote ya vilima vilima ya Efraimu, akisema, Haya, telemkeni juu ya Midiani, na kuyashika hayo maji mbele yao, mpaka Bethbara, maana, huo mto wa Yordani. Basi watu waume wote wa Efraimu walikutana pamoja, wakayashika maji mpaka Bethbara, maana, huo mto wa Yordani.
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.
Wakawashika hao wakuu wawili wa Midiani, Orebu na Zeebu; wakamwua huyo Orebu pale penye jabali la Orebu, na huyo Zeebu wakamwua hapo penye shinikizo la divai la Zeebu, kisha wakawaandamia Wamidiani; vichwa vya Orebu na Zeebu wakamletea Gideoni huko ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani.
