4. Gideone ha a fihla Jordane, a e tshela a ena le banna ba makgolo a mararo bao a nang le bona, ba se ba kgathetse, ba mpa ba ntse ba phallela Bamidiane.
5. Ebile o re ho batho ba Sukkothe: Neang banna bao ke nang le bona bohobe, etswe ba kgathetse, ke tle ke phallele Seba le Tsalmunna, marena a Midiane.
6. Baholo ba Sukkothe, ba re: Hleka diatla tsa Seba le Tsalmunna di se di le letsohong la hao, haele moo o re, re nee makgotla a hao bohobe?
7. Gideone a re: Ha ho le jwalo, mohla Jehova a neelang Seba le Tsalmunna matsohong a ka, ke tla pola dinama tsa lona ka meutlwa ya nahathothe le ka bobatshi.
8. Ha a tloha teng, a fihla Penuele, a bua le ba teng ka wona mokgwa oo, mme batho ba Penuele ba mo fetola jwalokaha batho ba Sukkothe ba ne ba mo fetotse.
9. Yaba o bolella batho ba Penuele, a re: Ha ke kgutla ka kgotso, ke tla heletsa tora eo.
10. Haele Seba le Tsalmunna, ba ne ba fihlile Karkore le makgotla a bona, e leng bohle ba setseng ba makgotla wohle a bana ba Botjhabela, e batlile ho ba batho ba dikete tse leshome le metso e mehlano, ho bolailwe ba dikete tse lekgolo le nang le mashome a mabedi a ba pshemolang sabole.
11. Jwale, Gideone a nyoloha ka tsela ya ba ahileng ditenteng, nqa botjhabela ho Noba le Jogbeha, mme a qhala makgotla wohle, makgotla a sa iketlile.
12. Seba le Tsalmunna ba baleha, mme Gideone a ba phallela, a tshwara marena ao a mabedi a Midiane, Seba le Tsalmunna, mme a qhalanya makgotla wohle.
13. Yaba Gideone, mora Joase, o kgutla ntweng ka moepa wa Herese.
14. A tshwara mohlankana e mong wa Sukkothe, a mmotsa; eo a moo nea lengolo la mabitso a dikgosana le a baholo ba Sukkothe, batho ba mashome a supileng a metso e supileng.
15. A fihla ho batho ba Sukkothe, a re ho bona: Seba le Tsalmunna ke bana, bao le nkomantseng ka baka la bona, la re: Hleka diatla tsa Seba le tsa Tsalmunna di se di le letsohong la hao, ha o re, re nee banna ba hao ba kgathetseng bohobe na?
16. Yaba o nka baholo ba motse, a nka le meutlwa ya nahathothe le bobatshi, mme a shapa ba Sukkothe ka tsona.