Ndị Ikpe 7
1 Jerub-Baal, onye bụkwa Gidiọn, na ndị agha ya niile biliri nʼisi ụtụtụ, maa ụlọ ikwu ha nʼisi iyi Harod. Ma ndị agha Midia mara ụlọ ikwu nke ha nʼakụkụ ugwu ebe ndị Izrel nọ, nʼime ndagwurugwu nke dị nso nʼugwu nta More.
Then Ierubbaal (who is Gideon) rose vp early, and all the people that were with him, and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the hoste of the Midianites was on the Northside of them in the valley by the hill of Moreh.
2 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Gidiọn okwu sị ya, “Lee, ndị ikom gị dị ọtụtụ. Agaghị m enyefe ndị Midia nʼaka ha, ma ọ bụghị otu a, Izrel ga-anya isi megide m, sị, ‘Ike aka m azọpụtala m.’
And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people that are with thee, are too many for me to giue the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel make their vaunt against me, and say, Mine hand hath saued mee.
3 Ugbu a, maa ọkwa nye ndị agha sị ha, ‘Onye ọbụla ụjọ na-atụ, ya hapụ ugwu Gilead laghachi azụ.’” Nʼihi nke a, iri puku ndị agha abụọ na abụọ laghachiri azụ nʼụlọ nke aka ha. Ma ndị agha dị puku iri nʼọnụọgụgụ fọdụrụ.
Now therefore proclaime in the audience of the people, and say, Who so is timerous or fearefull, let him returne, and depart earely from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people which were at mount Gilead, two and twentie thousand: so ten thousand remayned.
4 Ma Onyenwe anyị gwara Gidiọn, sị ya, “Lee, ndị agha gị ka dị ọtụtụ. Duru ha gbada na mmiri ala, m ga-anwale ha ma webilatara gị ọnụọgụgụ ha nʼebe ahụ. Ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Onye nke a ga-eso gị jee,’ ọ ga-eje, ma ọ bụrụ na m sị, ‘Onye nke a agaghị eso gị jee,’ ọ gaghị eso jee.”
And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people are yet too many: bring them downe vnto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and of whome I say vnto thee, This man shall goe with thee, the same shall go with thee: and of whomsoeuer I say vnto thee, This man shall not goe with thee, the same shall not go.
5 Ya mere, Gidiọn duuru ha bịa na mmiri ala ahụ. Nʼebe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara ya okwu sị ya, “Kewapụ ndị ji ire ha rachara mmiri dịka nkịta, site na ndị ahụ gburu ikpere nʼala ịṅụ mmiri.”
So he brought downe the people vnto the water. And the Lord sayd vnto Gideon, As many as lap the water with their tongues, as a dog lappeth, them put by themselues, and euery one that shall bow downe his knees to drinke, put apart.
6 Ọ bụ naanị narị ndị agha atọ ji ọbụ aka ha kwọlịte mmiri ha ṅụrụ. Ma ndị agha fọdụrụ gburu ikpere ha abụọ nʼala tinye ọnụ ha na mmiri, ṅụọ mmiri.
And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpon their knees to drinke water.
7 Onyenwe anyị sịrị Gidiọn, “Ọ bụ narị ndị ikom atọ ndị a raara mmiri ka m ga-eji zọpụta gị, ma rarakwa ndị Midia nye gị nʼaka. Zilaga ndị fọdụrụ ka ha laa nʼụlọ nke aka ha.”
Then the Lord sayde vnto Gideon, By these three hundreth men that lapped, will I saue you, and deliuer the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go euery man vnto his place.
8 Gidiọn zilagara ndị Izrel ndị a nʼụlọ ikwu ha ma hapụ naanị narị mmadụ atọ ndị napụtara ndị ahụ na-ala ala ngwongwo niile ha ji ebu agha, na opi ike. Ndị Midia mara ụlọ ikwu ha na ndagwurugwu, nʼebe na-adịghị anya site nʼebe Gidiọn nọ.
So the people tooke vitailes with them, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel, euery man vnto his tent, and reteined the three hundreth men: and the hoste of Midian was beneath him in a valley.
9 Nʼabalị ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Gidiọn okwu sị ya, “Bilie, gaa lụso ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ agha, nʼihi na ana m aga inyefe ha nʼaka gị.
And the same night the Lord sayde vnto him, Arise, get thee downe vnto the hoste: for I haue deliuered it into thine hand.
10 Ma ọ bụrụ na ụjọ na-atụ gị ibuso ha agha, duru Pura onyeozi gị gaa nso nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ,
But if thou feare to go downe, then go thou, and Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste,
11 ṅaa ntị, nụrụ ihe ha na-ekwu. Emesịa, ị ga-abụ onye a gbara ume ibu agha megide ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ.” Ya mere, ya na Pura onyeozi ya gara nʼebe dị nso, nʼebe ndị nche ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ nọ.
And thou shalt hearken what they say, and so shall thine handes be strong to go downe vnto the hoste. Then went he downe and Phurah his seruant vnto the outside of the souldiers that were in the hoste.
12 Ma lee, usuu ndị agha Midia, na ndị Amalek, na ndị obodo ndị ọzọ ahụ si nʼọwụwa anyanwụ bịa jupụtara na ndagwurugwu ahụ dị ka igurube. Nʼezie, ịnyịnya kamel ha dị ọtụtụ, dịka aja dị nʼakụkụ oke osimiri.
And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.
13 Gidiọn rutere mgbe otu onye nọ na-akọrọ enyi ya banyere nrọ ọ rọrọ. Ọ na-asị, “Arọrọ m nrọ, ebe otu ogbe achịcha dị gburugburu, e ji ọka balị mee dabatara nʼime ụlọ ikwu ndị Midia. O ji ike dị egwu tie ụlọ ikwu a, nke mere na ụlọ ikwu a dajiri, kpuo ihu nʼala.”
And when Gideon was come, beholde, a man tolde a dreame vnto his neighbour, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dreame, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled from aboue into the hoste of Midian, and came vnto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and ouerturned it, that the tent fell downe.
14 Onye ibe ya zara sị, “Nke a abụghị ihe ọzọ karịa mma agha Gidiọn nwa Joash, onye Izrel na-aga ịbịakwute anyị nʼebe a. Chineke enyefeela ndị Midia na ụlọ ikwu ya niile nʼaka ya.”
And his fellow answered, and sayde, This is nothing els saue the sworde of Gideon the sonne of Ioash a man of Israel: for into his hande hath God deliuered Midian and all the hoste.
15 Mgbe Gidiọn nụrụ nrọ ahụ, na nkọwa ya, ọ kpọrọ isiala kelee Chineke. Ọ laghachiri na ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị Izrel sị ha, “Bilienụ ọtọ! Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị enyefeela unu ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị Midia nʼaka.”
When Gideon heard the dreame tolde, and the interpretation of the same, he worshipped, and returned vnto the hoste of Israel, and said, Vp: for the Lord hath deliuered into your hande the hoste of Midian.
16 O kewara ndị agha ya ụzọ atọ, nyekwa onye ọbụla nʼime ha opi ike, na ite aja nke iheọkụ dị nʼime ya.
And hee deuided the three hundreth men into three bandes, and gaue euery man a trumpet in his hande with emptie pitchers, and lampes within the pitchers.
17 Ọ sịrị ha, “Unu na-ele m anya, meekwa ihe m na-eme. Mgbe anyị bịaruru nso na mpụta ebe ụlọ ikwu ahụ dị, meenụ ihe ọbụla unu hụrụ m mere.
And he sayd vnto them, Looke on me, and do likewise, when I come to the side of the hoste: euen as I do, so do you.
18 Mgbe ọbụla mụ na ndị so m nʼazụ fụrụ opi ike anyị, unu niile ga-afụkwa opi ike unu nʼakụkụ ọbụla unu nọ, tie mkpu, sị, ‘Anyị dịnyere Onyenwe anyị, dịnyekwara Gidiọn.’”
When I blowe with a trumpet and all that are with me, blowe ye with trumpets also on euery side of the hoste, and say, For the Lord, and for Gideon.
19 Nʼabalị ahụ, mgbe etiti abalị ahụ gabigasịrị, Gidiọn na narị ndị agha ya gbeere egbere ruo na mpụta ebe ndị agha Midia mara ụlọ ikwu ha. Nʼoge a, ha ka gbanwere ndị agha na-eche nche.
So Gideon and the hundreth men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the hoste, in the beginning of the middle watche, and they raised vp the watchmen, and they blew with their trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their handes.
20 Ụzọ ndị agha Gidiọn atọ ahụ fụrụ opi ike ha, tiwakwaa ite aja ha. Ha ji ọwaọkụ ndị ahụ nʼaka ekpe ha na opi ike ha gaje igbu nʼaka nri ha, ha tiri mkpu sị, “Mma agha Onyenwe anyị, na mma agha Gidiọn!”
And the three companies blew with trumpets and brake the pitchers, and helde the lampes in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right. handes to blowe withall: and they cryed, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.
21 Onye ọbụla nʼime ha guzoro nʼebe o kwesiri ịnọ gburugburu ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ. Ndị Midia niile malitere ịgba ọsọ, na-etikwa mkpu akwa mgbe ha na-agbalaga.
And they stoode, euery man in his place round about the hoste: and all the hoste ranne, and cryed, and fled.
22 Mgbe ha fụrụ narị opi ike atọ ndị ahụ, Onyenwe anyị mere ka ndị ikom niile nọ nʼakụkụ niile nke ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ahụ tụgharịa were mma agha gburịta onwe ha. Ndị agha ahụ gbapụrụ ọsọ gbara gaa Bet-Shita nʼụzọ Zerera, gbarukwaa nke oke ala Ebel-Mehola, nke dị nso Tabat.
And the three hundreth blewe with trumpets, and the Lord set euery mans sworde vpon his neighbour, and vpon all the hoste: so the hoste fled to Beth-hashittah in Zererah, and to the border of Abel-meholah, vnto Tabbath.
23 A kpọpụtara ndị Izrel si Naftalị, na Asha na Manase niile ka ha pụta chụso ndị Midia ọsọ.
Then the men of Israel being gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, pursued after the Midianites.
24 Gidiọn ziri ozi nʼala ugwu ugwu Ifrem sị ha, “Pụtanụ gbochie ụzọ niile ndị Midia si agbafe. Cheenụ ọnụ mmiri Jọdan niile nche ruo na Bet-Bara.” Ya mere, a kpọpụtara ndị ikom niile nọ na Ifrem, bụ ndị gbochiri mmiri Jọdan ruo na Bet-Bara.
And Gideon sent messengers vnto all mount Ephraim, saying, Come downe against the Midianites, and take before them the waters vnto Beth-barah, and Iorden. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and tooke the waters vnto Beth-barah, and Iorden.
25 Ha jidekwara ọchịagha ndị Midia abụọ, ndị aha ha bụ Oreb na Zeeb. Ha gburu Oreb nʼelu nkume nke na-aza aha ya ruo taa. E gbukwara Zeeb nʼebe a na-azọcha vaịnị. Ebe ahụ na-azakwa aha Zeeb ruo taa. Ha bipụrụ Oreb na Zeeb isi buru ha jekwuru Gidiọn nʼakụkụ osimiri Jọdan.
And they tooke two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb vpon the rocke Oreb, and slewe Zeeb at the winepresse of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyonde Iorden.
