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Zebah An Zalmunna
1 Da Efraim ohana peopo talk strong to Gideon. Dey aks him, “How come you wen make lidis to us guys?! You neva call us wen you go out fo fight da Midian guys!”
2 But he tell dem, “Eh, you guys wen do mo den me, you know. Az jalike da grapes dat lef ova from you guys grape farms, dey mo betta den all da grapes from oua Abiezer ohana! 3 ✡God let you guys win ova Oreb an Zeeb, da Midian leada guys. You guys do plenny mo den me!” Wen dey hear dat, dey no stay huhu wit him no moa.
4 Gideon an da three hundred guys wit him, dey stay wore out. But still yet dey stay chase da Midian guys. Dey come da Jordan Riva, an cross um. 5 Gideon tell da Sukkot guys, “Try give my army guys some bread. Dey all had it. An still yet we stay chase Zebah an Zalmunna, da Midian king guys.”
6 But da Sukkot leada guys tell him, “You awready cut da hands off Zebah an Zalmunna, o wat?! How come we suppose to give yoa army guys bread, aah?!”
7 Gideon tell dem, “Cuz you guys talk lidat, I stay shua dat wen Da One In Charge let us guys win ova Zebah an Zalmunna, I goin rip you guys skin wit sharp thorns from da boonies!”
8 From ova dea Gideon go Peniel town an aks dem fo bread too, but dey tell da same ting jalike da Sukkot guys. 9 So he tell da Peniel guys same ting: “Wen I come back afta I win, I goin broke down dis towa ova hea.”
10 Dat time Zebah an Zalmunna stay inside Karkor wit ony bout 15,000 army guys in dea camp. Az was all da guys dat still stay alive from da east side peopos, afta 120,000 guys wit swords wen mahke awready. 11 Gideon go up da road da peopo use dat live in tents an no stay one place long time cuz dey need grass fo dea animals, da east side a Nobah an Jogbehah. Cuz da Midian guys dea donno Gideon stay come, da Gideon guys wack dea army camp. 12 So Zebah an Zalmunna, da two Midian king guys, run away fas, but Gideon guys chase um an catch um. An Gideon dem make all da Midian army guys run all ova da place.
13 Den Gideon, Joash boy, come back from da fight on top Heres Pass. 14 He catch one young guy from Sukkot town, an aks him fo tell um stuff. Da young guy write da names fo da 77 older leada guys inside Sukkot. 15 Den Gideon go tell da guys from Sukkot, “Look! Dis Zebah an Zalmunna. You guys wen make fun a me bout dem, befo time. You guys wen tell, ‘You awready cut da hands off Zebah an Zalmunna, o wat?! How come we suppose to give yoa wore out guys bread, aah?!’ ” 16 So he take da older leadas fo Sukkot, an punish dem wit sharp thorns from da boonies, fo teach da Sukkot guys someting. 17 An he broke down da towa Peniel side, an kill da guys from ova dea.
18 Den he aks Zebah an Zalmunna, “Wat kine guys you wen kill Mount Tabor side?”
Dey tell um, “Guys jalike you, dat look jalike dey one king kids.”
19 Gideon tell um, “Dose guys my braddahs, my muddah boys. Jalike fo shua Da One In Charge stay alive, I stay shua too, dat I goin kill you guys, cuz you guys wen kill dem, az why!” 20 An he turn to his numba one boy Jeter, an tell him, “Kill um!” But Jeter no pull out his sword, cuz he still young, an he sked.
21 Den Zebah an Zalmunna tell Gideon, “Come. You wack us. One guy dass fo real, he strong.” So Gideon go kill dem. An he take da jewelry off dea camels.
Gideon Make One Pries Kine Ves
22 Da Israel peopo tell Gideon, “Go come! Be da leada ova us—you an yoa boy an yoa grankid. Cuz you wen get us outa da Midian guys powa.”
23 But Gideon tell dem, “I no goin be yoa leada. An my boy no goin be yoa leada. Cuz Da One In Charge goin be yoa leada.” 24 Den he tell, “I goin tell you guys fo do one ting. Erybody give me one earring from da stuff you wen take from da mahke Midian guys.” (Cuz dey Ishmael guys, dey erytime wear one gold earring.)
25 Dey tell him, “Shoots! We give um to you.” So dey spread out one cloth, an erybody throw down one earring on top um, from da stuff dey rip off from da mahke guys. 26 Togedda, da gold earrings he tell um fo give weigh 43 poun. Get odda stuffs too: da odda jewelry, an da purple clotheses from da Midian kings, an da gold chains on top dea camels neck. 27 Gideon make one pries kine ves wit da gold. He put da ves inside Ofrah, his town. All da Israel peopo make jalike dey fooling aroun wit anodda god, cuz dey go ova dea fo go down an pray in front da ves. Da ting come one trap fo Gideon an his ohana.
Gideon Mahke
28 Az how da Israel peopo wen win ova da Midian peopo, an da Midian peopo no mo powa one mo time. Wen Gideon stay alive, da Israel peopo neva fight fo forty year.
29 Jerub-Baal, az Gideon, Joash boy, go back home fo live. 30 He get seventy boys, cuz he get plenny wifes. 31 His odda kine wife, dat live Shekem side, get one boy too, an he give him da name Abimelek. 32 Gideon, Joash boy, mahke wen he stay real ol. Dey bury him inside his faddah Joash tomb inside Ofrah town wea da Abiezer ohana peopo live.
33 Right den an dea afta Gideon mahke, da Israel peopo fool aroun an go down in front da Baal gods one mo time. Dey put up Baal-Berit fo come dea god. 34 Dey foget bout dea God, Da One In Charge, dat wen get dem out from da powa a all da peopo dat stay agains dem an live all aroun dem. 35 An dey no stay tight wit da Jerub-Baal ohana (az da Gideon ohana) fo all da good kine stuff he wen do fo da Israel peopo.
✡ 8:3 8:3: Songs 83:11