28 Kwaba njalo ke ukoyiswa kwamaMidiyan, akaba savusa mnyele. Ilizwe elo ke lafumana amashumi amane eminyaka yenzolo ngemihla kaGidiyon.
29 Ke kaloku uJerubhali, uGidiyon unyana kaJowashe, wagoduka waya kuhlala ekhaya.
30 Oonyana bakhe babengamashumi asixhenxe; kuba kaloku wayenabafazi abaninzi.
31 Futhi ke wayenenkazana eShekem; yona ke yazala unyana, waza wamthiya igama elinguAbhimeleki.
32 UGidiyon ke unyana kaJowashe wasweleka selekhulile, waza wafihlwa kwingcwaba likayise uJowashe eOfra, idolophu yama-Abhiyezere.
33 Emva kokusweleka kukaGidiyon ke amaSirayeli zange anyaniseke kuThixo, asuka anqula ooBhali. Asuka athi phithi nguBhali womnqophiso, emenza isithixo sawo,
34 akaba samkhumbula *uNdikhoyo uThixo wawo, owayewahlangule kuzo zonke iintshaba ezaziwaphahlile.