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Gideon Win Ova Da Midian Army
1 Early in da morning, Jerub-Baal, (dass Gideon), an all his guys make camp by da Harod puka fo watta. Da Midian guys make camp north a dem inside da valley nea da Moreh hill. 2 Da One In Charge tell Gideon, “You get mo plenny army guys den you need! If I make dem win ova da Midian guys, da Israel guys goin talk big, but not bout me. Dey goin tink dey da awesome guys, cuz dey da ones wen bus up da Midian guys wit da powa dey get, an dey da ones do stuff dat get dem outa trouble. 3 ✡So tell da army guys, ‘Anybody stay sked an shaking, okay fo dem go back, an go way from Mount Gilead.’ ” Az why 22,000 guys go back, an 10,000 guys stay.
4 But Da One In Charge tell Gideon, “Still yet, get mo plenny army guys den you need. Take um down by da watta. I goin make one tes fo dem ova dea. If I tell, ‘Dis one goin go wit you,’ den he goin go. But if I tell, ‘Dis one no goin go wit you,’ den he not goin go.”
5 So Gideon take da guys down by da watta. Ova dea Da One In Charge tell him, “Split da guys dat lick da watta wit dea tongue jalike one dog, from da guys dat go down on top dea knees fo drink.” 6 Get three hundred guys get watta in dea hands an lick wit dea tongue jalike one dog. All da odda guys go down on top dea knees fo drink.
7 Da One In Charge tell Gideon, “I goin get you outa da Midian guys powa, an give you guys da powa fo win ova dem, wit da three hundred guys dat lick da watta wit dea tongue. All da odda guys, dey go home.” 8 So Gideon tell da odda guys go back dea place. But he keep da three hundred guys wit him. An dey take ova da food an da sheep horn trumpets from da odda guys.
Da camp fo da Midian guys stay mo low den Gideon, da bottom a da valley. 9 Nite time, Da One In Charge tell Gideon, “Stan up. Go down by da camp. Cuz I goin make you guys win ova da Midian guys. 10 If you sked fo attack um, den go down wit Purah, yoa helpa guy, 11 an lissen wat dey tell. Den you goin stay good inside fo attack dem.” So Gideon an Purah, his helpa guy, go down by da edge a dea camp. 12 Da Midian guys, da Amalek guys, an da odda guys from da east side wen stay inside da valley. Dey get plenny guys, jalike locust kine grasshoppas. No can count dea camels, jalike no can count da sand on top da beach.
13 Gideon come jus wen one guy tell his fren bout one dream. He tell, “You know wat? I get one dream. One roun barley bread come rolling down da hill inside da Midian camp, turn dis side an dat side. Go come all da way to dis tent, an wack um wit plenny powa, so da tent huli an fall down!”
14 His fren tell, “Fo shua, dat gotta be da army wit Gideon, Joash boy, da Israel guy. God goin let him win ova us Midian guys an all da res a da army!”
15 Wen Gideon hear da dream, an wat dat mean, he go down in front God. He go back by da Israel camp, an yell, “Get up! Cuz Da One In Charge goin make you guys win ova da Midian guys!” 16 Gideon split da three hundred guys in three. He give erybody sheep horn trumpets an empty clay jars wit torches inside.
17 He tell, “Watch me! Do wat I goin do! Wen I come by da edge a da camp, make jalike me!” 18 Wen me an da odda guys wit me blow oua sheep horn trumpets, den from all aroun da camp, you guys blow yoa trumpets too, an yell, “Fo Da One In Charge! An fo Gideon!”
19 Right afta midnite wen da Midian guys change dea guard guys, Gideon an da one hundred guys wit him come by da edge a da camp. Dey blow dea sheep horn trumpets, an smash da jars dey get inside dea hands. 20 Den all da three parts a da Israel army blow dea trumpets, an smash dea jars. Dey get da torch in dea lef hand, an da trumpet dey goin blow in dea right hand. An dey yell, “One sword fo Da One In Charge an fo Gideon!” 21 All dem stay wea dey stan aroun da camp. But all da Midian guys run away, yelling.
22 Wen da three hundred trumpets make noise, Da One In Charge make da Midian guys inside dea camp attack each odda wit dea swords. Dea army guys run away to Bet-Shittah nea Zerarah to da edge a Abel-Meholah, nea Tabbat. 23 Gideon call back da odda Israel army guys from Naftali, Asher, an all da Manasseh guys, an dey go chase da Midian guys too. 24 Gideon sen messenja guys all ova up country Efraim. Dey tell, “Go down an attack da Midian guys! Go da Jordan Riva befo dey reach dea! Take ova da Jordan Riva all da way to Bet-Barah!”
So dey tell all da Efraim guys fo come. Dey take ova da Jordan Riva all da way to Bet-Barah. 25 Dey catch two Midian leada guys too, Oreb an Zeeb. Dey kill Oreb by da rock dey call da “Oreb Rock.” Dey kill Zeeb by da place dat get da name “Zeeb” wea dey press da grapes. Dey chase da Midian guys. Den dey bring Oreb an Zeeb heads by Gideon, from da odda side a da Jordan Riva.
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