7UNdikhoyo ke wathi kuGidiyon: “Uyabona ke ngoku ndiza kunihlangula ngala makhulu mathathu axhapha amanzi, ndiwanikele ezandleni zakho la maMidiyan. Amanye la amadoda makagoduke.” 8Ngoko ke uGidiyon wawagodusa amaSirayeli, ngaphandle kwalaa makhulu mathathu awawugcina umphako ngokunjalo nezigodlo ebezize namanye. Ke wona amaMidiyan ayemise kwintili esezantsi kwabo.
9Ngobo busuku ke uNdikhoyo wathetha noGidiyon wathi: “Yihla uye ekampini yamaMidiyan; ndiwanikela esandleni sakho. 10Kambe ke, ukuba uyoyika, khawuthathe isicaka sakho uPura, niye kuwakrobela. 11Uya kuthi wakuziva iincoko zawo utsho ube nesibindi, uwahlasele.”
Ngoko ke uGidiyon noPura isicaka sakhe behla baya kutsho emdeni wekampu yotshaba. 12AmaMidiyan nama-Amaleki nezizwe zasempumalanga babethe saa kuloo ntili, sebengathi libubu leenkumbi; kanti ke neenkamela zabo zaziyinyambalala engenakubalwa enjengentlabathi elunxwemeni lolwandle.
13Wafika uGidiyon xa kanye indoda ilawulela uwayo iphupha layo, isithi: “Ndiphuphe kuqengqeleka isonka serhasi; senze uqulukubhode sada saza kufika apha kulo mkhosi wethu, sabhodloza enye intente, sayibetha yasisicaba.”
14Uwayo lowo ke uthe ukuphendula: “Tyhini, mfondini; nanjani na, lowo ngumkhonto kaGidiyon unyana kaJowashe, umfo wakwaSirayeli. Loo nto ke ithetha ukuba lo mkhosi wamaMidiyan uphela uThixo uwunikela kuye.”
15UGidiyon akuliva eli phupha lalo mfo ngokunjalo nokuchazwa kwalo, wasuka wee guqaqa wanqula uThixo. Emva koko ke wabuyela kwakumaSirayeli, wafika wathi: “Qulani niye; uNdikhoyo uwunikele esandleni senu umkhosi wamaMidiyan.”
