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 Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
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 unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
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 go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
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 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 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 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 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 number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink 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.”
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 people go every man unto 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 took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the 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 it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered 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 fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
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 hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.
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 the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea shore 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, 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 camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it that it fell, and turned it upside down, that the tent lay along.
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 said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.
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.”
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host 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 he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches 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 said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
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 blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, 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 hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
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 the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches 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 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 stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran; and they shouted, and put [them] to flight.
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 they blew the three hundred trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host: and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
23 A kpọpụtara ndị Izrel si Naftalị, na Asha na Manase niile ka ha pụta chụso ndị Midia ọsọ.
And the men of Israel were gathered together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after Midian.
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 throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth-barah, even Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth-barah, even Jordan.
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 took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond Jordan.
