Vatongi 7:9-15

Usiku hwakarehwo Tenzi akamuti, “Simuka uende kumatendhe avo nokuti ndaaisa mumaoko ako. Kana uchitya kudzikako, chiperekedzanai nomuranda wako Pura, mundonzwa zvavari kutaura, unobva wasimba mwoyo, wozodzika kundorwisa hondo yavo.” Saka iye nomuranda wake Pura vakaenda kumapeto kwamatendhe kwaiva navarume vehondo. VaMidhiani nevaAmareki navanhu vose vokumabvazuva vakanga vagara vachitevedzana nebani iroro vakaita semhashu kuwanda. Ngamera dzavo dzakanga dzisingaverengeki dzakangoita sejecha repamahombekombe pegungwa. Gidheoni paakasvikako, mumwe murume akanga achirondedzera mumwe wake hope dzake achiti, “Mufungeka ndarota hope. Ndarota ndichiona chingwa chebhari chauya kumatendhe avaMidhiani chichiita zvokukunguruka. Chasvikorova rimwe tendhe rikati pasi bvu-u.” Mumwe wake ndokuti, “Hakuna chimwe. Ibakatwa raGidheoni mwanakomana waJoashi muIsiraeri. Tenzi atoisa vaMidhiani nehondo yavo yose mumaoko ake.” Gidheoni paakanzwa hope idzi nokududzirwa kwadzo akapfugama akanamata. Akadzokera kumatendhe avaIsiraeri akati, “Handei nokuti Tenzi atoisa hondo yavaMidhiani mumaoko enyu.”