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| 1. | Emva kukaAbhimeleki kwasekuvela uThola indodana kaPhuwa indodana kaDodo, indoda yakoIsakari ukukhulula uIsrayeli; wayehlala eShamiri entabeni yakoEfrayimi. |
| 2. | Wasesahlulela uIsrayeli iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lantathu. Wafa, wangcwatshelwa eShamiri. |
| 3. | Lemva kwakhe kwavela uJayiri umGileyadi, wahlulela uIsrayeli iminyaka engamatshumi amabili lambili. |
| 4. | Wayelamadodana angamatshumi amathathu agada amathole abobabhemi angamatshumi amathathu, elemizi engamatshumi amathathu, abayithi yiHavothi-Jayiri kuze kube lamuhla, eselizweni leGileyadi. |
| 5. | UJayiri wasesifa, wangcwatshelwa eKamoni. |
| 6. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebebuya besenza okubi emehlweni e Nkosi, bakhonza oBhali laboAshitarothi *, labonkulunkulu beSiriya labonkulunkulu beSidoni labonkulunkulu bakoMowabi labonkulunkulu babantwana bakoAmoni labonkulunkulu bamaFilisti; bayitshiya i Nkosi, kabaze bayikhonza. |
| 7. | Ulaka lwe Nkosi lwaselumvuthela uIsrayeli, yabathengisa ezandleni zamaFilisti lezandleni zabantwana bakoAmoni. |
| 8. | Asebachitha abacindezela abantwana bakoIsrayeli ngalowomnyaka - iminyaka elitshumi leyisificaminwembili, bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli ababengaphetsheya kweJordani elizweni lamaAmori eliseGileyadi. |
| 9. | Njalo abantwana bakoAmoni bachapha iJordani ukuze balwe ngitsho bemelene loJuda njalo bemelene loBhenjamini bemelene lendlu kaEfrayimi; ngalokho uIsrayeli wacindezeleka kakhulu. |
| 10. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebekhala e Nkosi ni besithi: Sonile kuwe, njalo ngoba sitshiyile uNkulunkulu wethu, sasesikhonza oBhali. |
| 11. | I Nkosi yasisithi ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli: Kangi likhulula nga yini kumaGibhithe lakumaAmori lakubantwana bakoAmoni lakumaFilisti? |
| 12. | AmaSidoni lawo lamaAmaleki lamaMahoni alicindezela, laselikhala kimi, ngalikhulula esandleni sawo. |
| 13. | Kanti lina lingitshiyile lakhonza abanye onkulunkulu; ngakho kangisayikulikhulula. |
| 14. | Hambani liyekhala kubonkulunkulu elibakhethileyo; kabalikhulule bona ngesikhathi sokuhlupheka kwenu. |
| 15. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli-ke bathi e Nkosi ni: Sonile; yenza wena kithi njengakho konke okuhle emehlweni akho; kuphela sikhulule, siyakuncenga, lamuhla. |
| 16. | Basebesusa onkulunkulu bezizweni phakathi kwabo, bakhonza i Nkosi; umphefumulo wayo wasudabuka ngohlupho lukaIsrayeli. |
| 17. | Kwasekubizelwa ndawonye abantwana bakoAmoni, bamisa inkamba eGileyadi, labantwana bakoIsrayeli babuthana bamisa inkamba eMizipa. |
| 18. | Labantu, iziphathamandla zeGileyadi, bathi omunye komunye: Ngubani umuntu ozaqala ukulwa emelene labantwana bakoAmoni? Uzakuba yinhloko phezu kwabo bonke abahlali beGileyadi. |
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