15. UGidiyon akuliva eli phupha lalo mfo ngokunjalo nokuchazwa kwalo, wasuka wee guqaqa wanqula uThixo. Emva koko ke wabuyela kwakumaSirayeli, wafika wathi: “Qulani niye; uNdikhoyo uwunikele esandleni senu umkhosi wamaMidiyan.”
16. Loo madoda omkhosi wakhe omakhulu mathathu wawahlula-hlula kathathu, waza indoda nganye wayinika isigodlo nengqayi enesikhuni esivuthayo ngaphakathi.
17. Wawayala wathi: “Ze nindiqwalasele, nithi sakusondela phaya ekampini yotshaba, nenze loo nto ndiyenzayo.
18. Xa mna neqela lam sikhalisa izigodlo nani ze nenjenjalo, nijikeleze loo kampu, ngokunjalo nikhwaze nithi: ‘Iwu-u-u, watsh' umkhonto kaNdikhoyo nokaGidiyon!’ ”
19. UGidiyon nelo khulu lakhe lamadoda waya kufika emdeni wekampu yotshaba, kancinane nje phambi kobhadakazi ebusuku, kanye emva kokutshintshwa kwabalindi. Ke kaloku basuka batsho ngomtyangampo bekhalisa amaxilongo, bazikroboza nezo ngqayi babeziphethe.