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₁UJefta wakwaGileyadi wayeyiqhawe elinamandla; wayeyindodana yesifebe; uGileyadi wamzala uJefta.

₂UmkaGileyadi wamzalela amadodana; esekhulile amadodana omkakhe amxosha uJefta, athi kuye: Awuyikulidla ifa endlini kababa, ngokuba uyindodana yomunye owesifazane.

₃UJefta wabalekela abafowabo, wahlala ezweni laseThobi; kwabuthana kuJefta amayiyane, aphuma naye.

₄Kwathi emva kwesikhashana abantwana bakwa-Amoni balwa noIsrayeli.

₅Bathi abantwana bakwa-Amoni belwa noIsrayeli, amalunga akwaGileyadi aya amlanda uJefta ezweni laseThobi.

₆Athi kuJefta: Woza ube-ngumholi wethu, silwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni.

₇UJefta wathi kumalunga akwaGileyadi: Aningizondanga yini, nangixosha endlini kababa na? Nizelani kimi manje nisekuhluphekeni na?

₈Amalunga akwaGileyadi athi kuJefta: Sibuyele kuwe manje ngalokhu ukuba uhambe nathi, ulwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, ube-yinhloko phezu kwabo bonke abakhé kwaGileyadi.

₉Wayesethi uJefta kumalunga akwaGileyadi: Uma ningibuyisa ukulwa nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, uJehova abanikele phambi kwami, ngiyakuba-yinhloko yenu.

₁₀Amalunga akwaGileyadi athi kuJefta: UJehova makabe-ngufakazi wethu; impela siyakwenza njengezwi lakho.

₁₁UJefta wayesehamba namalunga akwaGileyadi; abantu bamenza inhloko nomholi phezu kwabo; uJefta wakhuluma onke amazwi akhe phambi kukaJehova eMispa.

₁₂UJefta wathuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni, wathi: Unamsebenzi muni nami ukuba uzé kimi ukulwa nezwe lakithi na?

₁₃Inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni yathi kuzo izithunywa zikaJefta: Ngokuba uIsrayeli walithatha izwe lakithi ekukhuphukeni kwakhe eGibithe, kusukela eArinoni kuze kube-seJaboki naseJordani, buyisani lawomazwe ngokuthula.

₁₄UJefta wabuye wathuma izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni,

₁₅wathi kuyo: Usho kanje uJefta, uthi: UIsrayeli akathathanga izwe lakwaMowabi nezwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni.

₁₆Ngokuba ekukhuphukeni kwabo eGibithe, uIsrayeli ehamba ehlane waze wafika eLwandle oluBomvu, wafika naseKadeshi,

₁₇uIsrayeli wathuma izithunywa enkosini yakwaEdomi, wathi: Ake ngidabule izwe lakho; kepha inkosi yakwaEdomi ayilalelanga; nasenkosini yakwaMowabi wathuma kanjalo; kepha ayivumanga; uIsrayeli wayesehlala eKadeshi.

₁₈Wayesehamba ehlane, wazungeza izwe lakwaEdomi nezwe lakwaMowabi, weza ngasempumalanga kwezwe lakwaMowabi, wamisa ngaphesheya kweArinoni; kepha abangenanga emkhawulweni wakwaMowabi, ngokuba iArinoni lalingumkhawulo wakwaMowabi.

₁₉UIsrayeli wayesethuma izithunywa kuSihoni inkosi yama-Amori, inkosi yaseHeshiboni; uIsrayeli wathi kuye: Ake sidabule izwe lakho, siye endaweni yethu.

₂₀Kodwa uSihoni akamethembanga uIsrayeli ukuba ababule emkhawulweni wakhe; kepha uSihoni wabutha bonke abantu bakhe, wamisa eJahasi, walwa noIsrayeli.

₂₁UJehova uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli wanikela uSihoni nabo bonke abantu bakhe esandleni sakwaIsrayeli, bababulala; uIsrayeli wadla izwe lonke lama-Amori, abantu balelozwe.

₂₂Badla izwe lonke lama-Amori, kusukela eArinoni kuze kube-seJaboki, kusukela ehlane kuze kube-seJordani.

₂₃Manje uJehova uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli uwaxoshile ama-Amori phambi kwabantu bakhe uIsrayeli; wena uyakulidla izwe na?

₂₄Awuyikudla lelo uKemoshi unkulunkulu wakho akunika lona ukuba ulidle na? Kanjalo bonke uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu abaxosha phambi kwethu siyalidla elabo.

₂₅Pho, ungcono yini kunoBalaki indodana kaSipori, inkosi yakwaMowabi, na? Wake waphikisana noIsrayeli, wake walwa nabo na?

₂₆UIsrayeli esahlala eHeshiboni nasemizaneni yalo, naseAroweri nasemizaneni yalo, nasemizini yonke engaseceleni kweArinoni iminyaka engamakhulu amathathu, anisaphucanga ngani yona ngalesosikhathi na?

₂₇Mina angikonanga, kepha wena wenza okubi kimi ngokulwa nami; uJehova uMahluleli makahlulele namuhla phakathi kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli nabantwana bakwa-Amoni.

₂₈Kodwa inkosi yabantwana bakwaAmoni ayilalelanga amazwi kaJefta awathuma kuyo.

₂₉Khona uMoya kaJehova wafika kuJefta, wadlula kwaGileyadi nakwaManase, wadlula naseMispa lakwaGileyadi; esuka eMispa lakwaGileyadi wadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni.

₃₀UJefta wenza isithembiso kuJehova, wathi: Uma uyakunikela impela abantwana bakwa-Amoni esandleni sami,

₃₁kuyakuthi noma yikuphi okuphuma eminyango yendlu yami ukungihlangabeza, lapho ngibuya ngokuthula kubantwana bakwa-Amoni, kube-ngokukaJehova, nginikele ngakho kube-ngumnikelo wokushiswa.

₃₂UJefta wayesedlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni ukulwa nabo; uJehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe.

₃₃Wababulala kusukela eAroweri kuze kufike eMiniti, imizi engamashumi amabili, naseAbela-Keramimi ngokuceka okukhulu kakhulu. Kanjalo abantwana bakwa-Amoni banqotshwa phambi kwabantwana bakwaIsrayeli.

₃₄UJefta weza eMispa endlini yakhe; bheka, indodakazi yakhe yaphuma ukumhlangabeza, iza nezigubhu nokusina; yayingumntwana oyedwa; ngaphandle kwakhe wayengenandodana nandodakazi.

₃₅Kwathi lapho eyibona, waklebhula izingubo zakhe, wathi: Hawu, mntanami, ungithobisile kakhulu, ungomunye wabangihluphayo, ngokuba ngivulile umlomo kuJehova, angisenakubuya.

₃₆Wathi kuye: Baba, uvulile umlomo wakho kuJehova; yenza kimi njengokuphumileyo emlonyeni wakho, lokhu uJehova ekuphindisele ezitheni zakho, abantwana bakwa-Amoni.

₃₇Yathi kuyise: Mangenzelwe lokhu: ngiyeke izinyanga ezimbili ukuba ngiye, ngehlele ezintabeni, ngililele ubuntombi bami, mina nabangane bami.

₃₈Wathi: Hamba. Wayimukisa izinyanga ezimbili; yamuka yona nabangane bayo, yalilela ubuntombi bayo ezintabeni.

₃₉Kwathi ngasekupheleni kwezinyanga ezimbili, yabuyela kuyise owenza kuyo njengokwesithembiso sakhe asethembisileyo; ayiyazanga indoda.

₄₀Kwaba-yisimiso kwaIsrayeli ukuba amadodakazi akwaIsrayeli aye yonke iminyaka ukuyitusa indodakazi kaJefta wakwaGileyadi izinsuku ezine ngomnyaka.