Waamuzi 7 – NEN & NIV

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Waamuzi 7:1-25

Gideoni Awashinda Wamidiani

17:1 Amu 6:32; 6:11; 2Sam 23:25; Mwa 25:2; 12:6Ndipo Yerub-Baali (yaani Gideoni) na lile jeshi lililokuwa pamoja naye, wakaondoka asubuhi na mapema na kupiga kambi kando ya chemchemi ya Harodi. Kambi ya Wamidiani ilikuwa kaskazini yao katika bonde karibu na kilima cha More. 27:2 Kum 8:17; 2Kor 4:7Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Jeshi lililo pamoja nawe ni kubwa sana kwa mimi kuwatia Wamidiani mikononi mwao. Ili kwamba Israeli asije akajisifu juu yangu akisema, ‘Mkono wangu ndio ulioniokoa, 37:3 Kum 20:8; Yos 12:2kwa hiyo sasa tangaza jeshi lote likiwa linasikia, kwamba: Yeyote anayeogopa na kutetemeka, yeye na arudi nyumbani, aondoke katika Mlima Gileadi.’ ” Hivyo watu 22,000 walirudi, wakabaki 10,000.

47:4 1Sam 14:6Lakini Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Idadi ya jeshi bado ni kubwa. Wapeleke chini katika maji nami nitawajaribu huko kwa ajili yako. Kama nikikuambia, ‘Huyu atakwenda pamoja nawe,’ yeye atakwenda; lakini kama nikisema, ‘Huyu hatakwenda pamoja nawe,’ yeye hatakwenda.”

5Hivyo Gideoni akalileta lile jeshi chini kwenye maji naye Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Watenge upande mmoja wale wote wanywao maji kwa ulimi, kama vile mbwa anywavyo, wale wote wapigao magoti ili kunywa wakipeleka mikono yao vinywani mwao, waweke upande mwingine.” 67:6 Mwa 14:14Idadi ya wale waliokunywa kwa kuramba ramba walikuwa 300, lakini wengine wote katika jeshi walipiga magoti ili kunywa.

77:7 Yos 8:7; 1Sam 14:6Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Kwa hao watu 300 walioramba maji nitawaokoa ninyi, nami nitawatia Wamidiani mkononi mwako. Waache hao watu wengine wote warudi kila mmoja nyumbani mwake.” 8Hivyo Gideoni akawaacha wale Waisraeli wengine kila mmoja aende kwenye hema yake. Akabakia na wale 300, ambao walichukua vyakula na tarumbeta za wale wenzao.

Basi kambi ya Wamidiani ilikuwa chini yake bondeni. 97:9 Yos 2:24; Amu 1:2Usiku ule ule Bwana akamwambia Gideoni, “Ondoka, ushuke kambini, kwa kuwa nimeitia mkononi mwako. 10Lakini kama unaogopa kushambulia, shuka kambini pamoja na mtumishi wako Pura, 11nawe sikiliza wanayosema. Hatimaye, utatiwa moyo kushambulia kambi.” Basi yeye na Pura mtumishi wake wakashuka na kufikia walinzi wa mbele wenye silaha waliokuwa mle kambini. 127:12 Hes 13:29; Kum 28:42; Yer 46:23; 49:29; Yos 11:4Wamidiani, Waamaleki na mataifa mengine yote ya mashariki walikaa bondeni, nao walikuwa mfano wa nzige kwa wingi wao. Ngamia zao hazikuhesabika, wingi wao ulikuwa kama mchanga wa ufuoni mwa bahari.

13Gideoni alifika wakati huo huo kukiwa na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa anamweleza mwenzake ndoto yake, akisema, “Niliota ndoto: Tazama mkate wa shayiri ulioviringana ulianguka katika kambi moja ya Wamidiani, ukaipiga na ikaanguka nao ukaipindua juu chini na hema ikaporomoka chini.”

147:14 Amu 6:11Rafiki yake akamjibu, “Habari hii si kitu kingine zaidi ya upanga wa Gideoni mwana wa Yoashi, Mwisraeli. Mungu amewatia Wamidiani na jeshi lote mkononi mwake.”

157:15 1Sam 15:31Gideoni alipoisikia hiyo ndoto na tafsiri yake, akamwabudu Mungu. Akarudi kwenye kambi ya Israeli na kusema, “Inukeni! Bwana amelitia jeshi la Wamidiani mikononi mwenu.” 167:16 Mwa 14:15; Amu 9:43; 1Sam 11:11; 2Sam 18:2; Law 25:9; Mwa 24:14; 15:17Akawagawa wale watu 300 katika makundi matatu, akawakabidhi tarumbeta mikononi mwao wote na mitungi isiyokuwa na maji yenye mienge ndani yake.

17Akawaambia, “Nitazameni, fanyeni kama nitakavyofanya, nitakapofika mwisho wa kambi mfanye kama nitakavyofanya. 187:18 Amu 3:27Wakati mimi na wale walio pamoja nami wote, tutakapopiga tarumbeta zetu, ninyi nanyi pigeni tarumbeta pande zote za kambi na mpige kelele, mseme, ‘Upanga wa Bwana na wa Gideoni.’ ”

19Gideoni na wale watu 100 waliokuwa pamoja naye wakafika mwisho wa kambi usiku mwanzoni mwa zamu ya kati, mara tu walipokuwa wamebadili zamu. Wakapiga zile tarumbeta zao na kuvunja ile mitungi iliyokuwa mikononi mwao. 207:20 Mwa 15:17; Kum 32:41Yale makundi matatu yakapiga tarumbeta na kuvunja mitungi. Wakashika mienge kwa mikono yao ya kushoto na katika mikono yao ya kuume tarumbeta ili kuzipiga, wakapaza sauti zao, “Upanga wa Bwana na wa Gideoni!” 217:21 2Fal 7:7Wakasimama kila mtu mahali pake kuizunguka kambi pande zote, Wamidiani wote wakakimbia, huku wakipiga kelele.

227:22 Yos 6:20; 1Sam 14:20; 2Nya 20:23; Isa 9:21; 19:2; Eze 38:21; Hag 2:22; Zek 14:13; Hab 3:14; 1Sam 18:19; 1Fal 4:12; 2Fal 19:16Walipozipiga zile tarumbeta 300, Bwana akafanya watu katika kambi yote kugeuziana upanga kila mmoja na mwenziwe. Jeshi likakimbia mpaka Beth-Shita kuelekea Serera7:22 Au: Seretha. hadi mpakani mwa Abel-Mehola karibu na Tabathi. 237:23 Yos 17:7; Amu 6:35; Za 83:9Watu wa Israeli wakaitwa kutoka Naftali, Asheri na Manase, wakawafuatia Wamidiani. 247:24 Yos 2:7Gideoni akatuma wajumbe katika nchi yote ya vilima vya Efraimu akisema, “Teremkeni dhidi ya Wamidiani na mkazuie vivuko vya maji mbele yao hadi Beth-Bara na pia Yordani.”

Hivyo watu wote wa Efraimu wakakutanika pamoja na kuzingira mto wa Yordani hadi Beth-Bara. 257:25 Amu 8:3; Za 83:11; Isa 10:26; 9:4; Amu 8:4; Za 106:43Wakawakamata wakuu wawili wa Midiani, Orebu na Zeebu. Wakamuulia Orebu pale penye mwamba wa Orebu, na Zeebu wakamuulia penye shinikizo la kukamulia divai la Zeebu. Wakawafuatia Wamidiani na kuleta vichwa vya Orebu na Zeebu kwa Gideoni, huko ngʼambo ya Yordani.

New International Version

Judges 7:1-25

Gideon Defeats the Midianites

1Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ 3Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

4But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

5So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the Lord told him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.” 6Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

7The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” 8So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites home but kept the three hundred, who took over the provisions and trumpets of the others.

Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11and listen to what they are saying. Afterward, you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he and Purah his servant went down to the outposts of the camp. 12The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.

13Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. “I had a dream,” he was saying. “A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.”

14His friend responded, “This can be nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has given the Midianites and the whole camp into his hands.”

15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down and worshiped. He returned to the camp of Israel and called out, “Get up! The Lord has given the Midianite camp into your hands.” 16Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside.

17“Watch me,” he told them. “Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then from all around the camp blow yours and shout, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon.’ ”

19Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. 20The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” 21While each man held his position around the camp, all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled.

22When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. 23Israelites from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites. 24Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth Barah.”

So all the men of Ephraim were called out and they seized the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth Barah. 25They also captured two of the Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan.