VHARANGAPHANḒA 11

₁Zwino ho vha hu na munna a no pfi Jefutha, muhali muhulwane wa henefho Giliadi. Mme awe o vha e phombwe. Khotsi awe Giliadi ₂o vha e na vhaṅwe vhana vha vhatuka vhe a beba na musadzi wawe vhukuma. Musi vho no aluwa, vha thatha Jefutha vha mu vhudza vha ri, “U nga si ḽe ifa na ḽithihi ḽa khotsi ashu, u ṅwana wa muṅwe musadzi.” ₃Jefutha a shavha vhana vha khotsi awe, a yo dzula shangoni ḽa Tobo. Henefho a kunga tshigwada tsha vhanna vha sa ḓivhalei, vha tshimbila nae.

₄Hó no fhela maḓuvhanyana Vhaamoni vha bvela Vhaisraele pfumo. ₅Zwenezwo vhahulwane vha Giliadi vha ṱuwa vha yo dzhia Jefutha shangoni ḽa Tobo, ₆vha ri, “Iḓa u vhe murangaphanḓa washu ri tshi yo lwa na Vhaamoni.”

₇Jefutha a fhindula a ri, “Hufha no vha ni tshi mmbenga na vhuya na nthatha nḓuni ya khotsi anga. Ndi mini ni tshi ḓa ha nṋe zwino no welwa nga khombo?”

₈Vhone vha vhudza Jefutha vha ri, “Ri tshi ḓa ha inwi zwino ndi uri ri ṱoḓa ni tshi ṱuwa na riṋe ra yo lwa na Vhaamoni; ni ḓo vha murangaphanḓa wa vhathu vhoṱhe vha Giliadi.”

₉Jefutha a vha vhudza a ri, “Arali na nnzhia ra humela hayani ra yo lwa na Vhaamoni, Muṋe washu a ita uri ndi vha kunde, ndi ḓo ni vhusa.”

₁₀Vhone vha fhindula vha ri, “Ri a tenda. Muṋe washu ndi ṱhanzi yashu.”

₁₁Ndi hone Jefutha a tshi ṱuwa na vhahulwane vha Giliadi, vhathu vha mu ita muvhusi wavho, a vha ranga phanḓa. Jefutha a dovholola maipfi awe phanḓa ha Muṋe washu muḓini wa Mitsipha.

₁₂Ndi hone Jefutha a tshi ruma vhaḓinḓa ha khosi ya Amoni uri vha ri, “Ni lwelani na riṋe? Ndi mini no ḓa u dia shango ḽashu!”

₁₃Khosi ya Amoni ya fhindula vhaḓinḓa vha Jefutha ya ri, “Zwiḽa Vhaisraele vha tshi pfuluwa Egipita vho dzhia shango ḽanga u bva mulamboni wa Arinoni u swika mulamboni wa Jaboko na Jorodani. Zwino ni fanela u ḽi humisa nga mulalo.”

₁₄Jefutha a dovha a ruma vhaḓinḓa vha humela ha khosi ya Amoni ₁₅na phindulo i no ri, “Vhaisraele a vho ngo vhuya vha dzhia shango ḽa Muaba kana ḽa Amoni. ₁₆Zwo iteaho ngezwi: musi Vhaisraele vha tshi pfuluwa Egipita vho buḓekanya phanga vha ya Lwanzheni lwa Dziṱhanga vha swika Kadeshe. ₁₇Ndi hone vha tshi ruma vhaḓinḓa ha khosi ya Edomo uri vha wane thendelo ya u fhira nga vhukati ha shango ḽawe. Hone khosi ya Edomo ya si tende. Vha humbela na khosi ya Muaba, hone ha si vhe na muthihi a no tenda vha tshi fhira shangoni ḽawe. Ndi hone Vhaisraele vha tshi dzula Kadeshe. ₁₈Vha tshimbila phangani vha tshi mona shango ḽa Edomo na shango ḽa Muaba, vha vhuya vha swika vhubvaḓuvha ha Muaba, seli ha mulambo wa Arinoni. Vha ṱoka mishasha henefho, hone vha si wele mulambo wa Arinoni ngauri wo vha u masakha a Muaba. ₁₉Ndi hone Vhaisraele vha tshi ruma vhaḓinḓa ha Sihoni khosi ya Vhaamori we a vha a tshi vhusa Hesheboni, vha mu humbela thendelo ya u fhira shangoni ḽawe vha tshi ya shangoni ḽavho. ₂₀Hone Sihoni a si fulufhele Vhaisraele uri vha funa u tou fhira fhedzi shangoni ḽawe. A ramba mmbi yawe yoṱhe, a ṱoka mishasha Jahatsi, a lwa na Vhaisraele. ₂₁Huno Muṋe washu Mudzimu wa Israele a ita uri Vhaisraele vha kunde Sihoni na mmbi yawe. Vhaisraele vha dzhia shango ḽoṱhe ḽa Vhaamori vhe vha vha vha tshi dzula khaḽo, ḽa vha ḽavho. ₂₂Vha dzula shangoni ḽoṱhe ḽa Vhaamori u bva mulamboni wa Arinoni thungo ya tshipembe u swika Jaboko thungo ya devhula na u bva phangani thungo ya vhubvaḓuvha u swika mulamboni wa Jorodani thungo ya vhukovhela. ₂₃Ndi Muṋe washu Mudzimu wa Israele we a thatha Vhaamori vha ṱuwa, a tshi itela vhathu vhawe Vhaisraele. ₂₄Ni khou linga uri ni ḽi dzhie ḽi vhuelele kha vhoinwi naa? Khezwi ni sa dzhii zwe na ṋewa nga mudzimu waṋu Khemosho. Na riṋe zwoṱhe zwe Yahavee Mudzimu washu a ri ṋea zwi ḓo vha zwashu. ₂₅Nṋa ni vhona unga ni fhira Balaka ṅwana wa Tsiphoro khosi ya Muaba? Ene o vhuya a luṱana na Vhaisraele? O vhuya a lwa navho naa? ₂₆Ho fhela miṅwaha ya 300 Vhaisraele vho dzula Hesheboni na Aruere na miḓanani yo i tangaho, na miḓi yoṱhe i re lumemeni lwa bama ḽa Arinoni. No litshelani u i dzhia misi yeneyo? ₂₇Nṋe a tho ngo ni khakhela nga tshithu. Inwi ni khou khakha nga u lwa na nṋe. Muṋe washu ndi Ene muhaṱuli, ṋamusi u ḓo haṱula ha vhonala uri vha re ngohoni ndi vhafhio kha Vhaisraele na Vhaamoni.”

₂₈Hone khosi ya Vhaamoni a yo ngo vhuya ya londa hayo a Jefutha.

₂₉Ndi hone Muya wa Muṋe washu a tshi ḓa kha Jefutha. Jefutha a buḓekanya ḽa Giliadi na ḽa Manase a humela Mitsipha kha ḽa Giliadi, a livha Amoni. ₃₀Jefutha a fulufhedzisa Muṋe washu a ri, “Arali wa kumedza Vhaamoni zwanḓani zwanga, ₃₁muthu wa u thoma ane a bva nḓuni yanga a tshi ḓa u nṱanganedza ndi ḓo mu fhisa musi ndi tshi bva ndo kunda, ndi ḓo u ṋekedza onoyo muthu a vha tshiṱhavhelo.”

₃₂Ndi hone Jefutha a tshi wela mulambo u yo lwa na Vhaamoni, Muṋe washu a vha kumedza zwanḓani zwawe. ₃₃O vha dia u bva Aruere u swika tsini ha Minithi, a phusukanya miḓi ya 20, u vhuya u swika Abele Kheramimu. Vho vhulawaho vho vha vhanzhi, Vhaamoni vha kundwa nga Vhaisraele.

₃₄Musi Jefutha a tshi humela hayani Mitsipha, a vhona ṅwananyana wawe a tshi bva a tshi ḓa a mu ṱanganedza, a tshi khou tshina a tshi lidza simbala. O vha e ṅwana wawe muthihi fhedzi. O vha a si na muṅwe ṅwana wa mutuka kana musidzana. ₃₅Huno Jefutha a tshi vhona uyo ṅwananyana, a kherukanya zwiambaro zwawe nga u ṱungufhala, a ri, “Yawee ṅwananga! U khou mmbaisa mbilu! Ndi mini a tshi vha iwe ane wa mpfisa vhuṱungu? Ndo anela Muṋe washu zwine nda si kone u zwi pfuka!”

₃₆Ṅwananyana a mu vhudza a ri, “Arali vho anela Muṋe washu nga vha nnyite zwe vha ri vha ḓo ita, tenda Muṋe washu o lifhedza Vhaamoni maswina avho.” ₃₇Hone a humbela khotsi awe a ri, “Nga vha ntendele ndi ite tshithu tshithihi ngetshi. Nga vha nnditshe miṅwedzi mivhili ndi range u ṱuwa na khonani ri tendeleke dzithavhani, ri lile, ngauri ndi ḓo fa ndi sa ḓivhi munna.” ₃₈Khotsi awe a tenda, a mu litsha a ṱuwa a vhuya a fhedza miṅwedzi mivhili. Uyo musidzana na khonani dzawe vha ṱuwa vha gonya mivhundu, a lila ngauri o vha a tshi ḓo fa a songo dzewa, a si na ṅwana. ₃₉Musi ho no fhela miṅwedzi mivhili a humela ha khotsi awe, khotsi awe a mu ita zwe a anela Muṋe washu, a fa a tshee musidzana a sa athu ḓivha munna.

Henefho ndi hone he ha thoma maitele a Vhaisraele ₄₀a uri vhasidzana vha Israele vha ṱuwe vha ye ḓakani vha fhedze maḓuvha maṋa, ṅwaha muṅwe na muṅwe, vha elelwe ṅwananyana wa Jefutha wa Giliadi.