¹Zvino varume vaEfuremu vakati kwaari, Watiitireiko, zvausina kutidana nguva yawakandorwa naMidhiani? Vakamupopotera kwazvo.

¹And the men of Ephraim say unto him, `What [is] this thing thou hast done to us — not to call for us when thou didst go to fight with Midian?` and they strive with him severely;

²Akati kwavari, Ini zvino ndaiteiko hangu, kana ndichizvifananidza nemi? Handiti zvakaunganidzwa naEfuremu zvinopfuura kukohwa kose kwaAbhiezeri here?

²and he saith unto them, `What have I done now like you? are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the harvest of Abi-Ezer?

³Mwari wakaisa machinda maviri aMidhiani, Orebhi naZeebhi, mumaoko enyu; zvino ini ndaigona kuiteiwo, kana ndichizvifananidza nemi? Ipapo kutsamwa kwavo kwakanyarara kwaari, avaudza izvozvo.

³Into your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?` Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.

⁴Gidheoni akasvika paJoridhani, akayambuka, iye navarume vana mazana matatu vaakanga anavo; vakanga vaneta, kunyange zvakadaro vakanga vachiteverera havo.

⁴And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who [are] with him — wearied, and pursuing,

⁵Akati kuvarume veSukoti, Ipai henyu vanhu ava vanonditevera mapundu ezvingwa, nekuti vaneta; ndinoteverera Zebha naZarimuna, madzimambo aMidhiani.

⁵and he saith to the men of Succoth, `Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who [are] at my feet, for they [are] wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.`

⁶Machinda eSukoti akati, Ko Zebha naZarimuna vatokundwa newe here, zvowoti, tipe hondo yako chingwa?

⁶And the heads of Succoth say, `Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?`

⁷Gidheoni akati, Saka, kana Jehovha akaisa Zebha naZarimuna muruoko rwangu, ndichapura nyama yenyu nemhinzwa yomurenje norukato.

⁷And Gideon saith, `Therefore — in Jehovah`s giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand — I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.`

⁸Akabvapo, akakwira Penueri, akandotaura navo saizvozvo. Varume vePenueri vakamupindura sezvakapindura varume veSukoti.

⁸And he goeth up thence [to] Penuel, and speaketh unto them thus; and the men of Penuel answer him as the men of Succoth answered.

⁹Akataurawo navarume vePenueri, akati, Kana ndikadzoka norugare, ndichaputsa rusvingo urwu.

⁹And he speaketh also to the men of Penuel, saying, `In my turning back in peace, I break down this tower.`

¹⁰Zvino Zebha naZarimuna vakanga vari Karikori, vane hondo dzavo varume vane zviuru zvine gumi nezvishanu; ndivo vose vakanga vakasara pahondo yose yavana vamabvazuva; nekuti varume vane zviuru zvina makumi matatu, vaigona kurwa nomunondo, vakanga vaurawa.

¹⁰And Zebah and Zalmunna [are] in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who are left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those falling [are] a hundred and twenty thousand men, drawing sword.

¹¹Gidheoni akakwira nenzira yavaigara pamatende, nokumabvazuva kweNobha neJogobheha, akakunda hondo, nekuti hondo yakanga yakafara.

¹¹And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;

¹²Ipapo Zebha naZarimuna vakatiza, iye akavateverera; akabata madzimambo maviri aMidhiani, Zebha naZarimuna, akavhundusa hondo yose.

¹²and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble.

¹³Gidheoni, mwanakomana waJoashi, akadzoka pakurwa pamukwidza weHeresi.

¹³And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

¹⁴Akabata jaya ravarume veSukoti, akamubvunzisisa; iye akamunyorera mazita amachinda eSukoti, navakuru varo, varume vana makumi manomwe navanomwe.

¹⁴and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders — seventy and seven men.

¹⁵Akasvika kuvarume veSukoti, akati, Tarirai, Zebha naZarimuna, vamakandiseka pamusoro pavo, muchiti, Ko Zebha naZarimuna vatokundwa newe here, zvowoti, tipe varume vako vaneta chingwa?

¹⁵And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who [are] wearied bread?`

¹⁶Ipapo akatora vakuru veguta, nemhinzwa yomurenje norukato, akapura varume veSukoti nazvo.

¹⁶And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

¹⁷Akaputsa rusvingo rwePenueri, akauraya varume veguta.

¹⁷and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

¹⁸Ipapo akati kuna Zebha naZarimuna, Varume vamakauraya paTabhori vakanga vakadiniko? Vakapindura, vakati, Sezvamakaita imwi, ndizvo zvavakanga vakaita ivo; mumwe nomumwe wakange akafanana nomwana wamambo.

¹⁸And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How — the men whom ye slew in Tabor?` and they say, `As thou — so they, one — as the form of the king`s sons.`

¹⁹Akati, Vakanga vari vanin'ina vangu, vanakomana vamai vangu; naJehovha mupenyu, dai makavarega vari vapenyu, ndingadai ndisina kukuurayai imwi.

¹⁹And he saith, `My brethren — sons of my mother — they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive — I had not slain you.`

²⁰Zvino akati kuna Jeteri, dangwe rake, Simuka, uvauraye. Asi jaya harina kuvhomora munondo waro, nekuti rakatya, zvarakanga richiri mukomana.

²⁰And he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;` and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he [is] yet a youth.

²¹Ipapo Zebha naZarimuna vakati, Simukai imwi, mutiuraye, nekuti sezvakaita murume, ndizvo zvakaita simba rake. Ipapo Gidheoni akasimuka, akauraya Zebha naZarimuna, akatora zvishongo zvakanga zvakafanana nomwedzi, zvakanga zviri pamitsipa yamakamera avo.

²¹And Zebah saith — also Zalmunna — `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man — his might;` and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which [are] on the necks of their camels.

²²Zvino varume vaIsiraeri vakati kuna Gidheoni, Mutibate ushe imwi nomwanakomana wenyu, nomwanakomana womwanakomana wenyuwo, nekuti makatiponesa pamaoko avaMidhiani.

²²And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son`s son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.`

²³Gidheoni akati kwavari, Ini handingakubatiyi ushe, kunyange mwanakomana wangu haangakubatiyi ushe; Jehovha ndiye uchakubatai.

²³And Gideon saith unto them, `I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.`

²⁴Gidheoni akati kwavari, Ndinoda kukumbira chinhu chimwe kwamuri: Mumwe nomumwe wenyu ngaandipe zvindori zvemhino zviri pakati pezvakapambwa zvake. (Nokuti vakanga vane zvindori zvemhino zvendarama, nekuti vakanga vari vaIshimaeri.)

²⁴And Gideon saith unto them, `Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they [are] Ishmaelites.`

²⁵Vakapindura vakati, Tichakupai izvo nomoyo wose! Ipapo vakawarira nguvo, mumwe nomumwe akakandirapo zvindori zvemhino, zvakanga zviri pakati pezvakapambwa zvavo.

²⁵And they say, `We certainly give;` and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

²⁶Zvindori izvo zvemhino zvendarama, zvaakakumbira kwavari, pakurema kwazvo zvikasvika mashekeri ane chiuru chimwe namazana manomwe endarama; asi havana kuverenga zvishongo zvakanga zvakafanana nomwedzi, nezvindori zvaishongwa, nenguvo shava dzaifukwa namadzimambo aMidhiani; havana kuverengawo uketani hwakanga hwuri pamitsipa yamakamera avo.

²⁶and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred [shekels] of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which [are] on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which [are] on the necks of their camels,

²⁷Gidheoni akaita efodhi nazvo, akaiisa muguta rake, ipo paOfura; vaIsiraeri vose vakapata vachiitevera ipapo; ukava musungo kuna Gidheoni nokuna veimba yake.

²⁷and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

²⁸Saizvozvo vaMidhiani vakakundwa pamberi pavana vaIsiraeri, havana kuzosimudzazve misoro yavo. Nyika ikazorora makore ana makumi mana pamazuva aGidheoni.

²⁸And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.

²⁹Zvino Jerubhaari, mwanakomana waJoashi, akandogara mumba make.

²⁹And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,

³⁰Gidheoni wakange ana vanakomana vana makumi manomwe vakanga vaberekwa naye, nekuti wakange ana vakadzi vazhinji;

³⁰and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

³¹uye nomurongo wake, wakange ari paShemi, wakamuberekera mwanakomana, akamutumidza zita rinonzi Abhimereki.

³¹and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him — even she — a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

³²Gidheoni, mwanakomana waJoashi, akafa akwegura, akavigwa muguva raJoashi baba vake paOfura revaAbhiezeri.

³²And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.

³³Zvino Gidheoni wakati achangofa, vana valsiraeri vakadzokera shure, vakapata vachitevera vaBhaari, vakaita Bhaari-bheriti mwari wavo.

³³And it cometh to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

³⁴Vana vaIsiraeri vakasarangarira Jehovha Mwari wavo, iye wakange avarwira mumaoko avavengi vavo vose kunhivi dzose;

³⁴and the sons of Israel have not remembered Jehovah their God, who is delivering them out of the hand of all their enemies round about,

³⁵uye havana kuitira veimba yaJerubhaari, iye Gidheoni, zvakanaka pamusoro pezvose zvakanaka zvaakanga aitira vaIsiraeri.

³⁵neither have they done kindness with the house of Jerubbaal — Gideon — according to all the good which he did with Israel.