Inkosi yasivuka ebusuku, yathi ezincekwini zayo: “Ake nginitshele lokho ama-Aramu akwenza kithi. Bayazi ukuthi silambile; ngalokho baphuma ekamu ukuze bacashe endle, bathi: “Uma bephuma emzini, siyakubamba bephila, singene emzini;
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Inkosi yasivuka ebusuku, yathi ezincekwini zayo: “Ake nginitshele lokho ama-Aramu akwenza kithi. Bayazi ukuthi silambile; ngalokho baphuma ekamu ukuze bacashe endle, bathi: “Uma bephuma emzini, siyakubamba bephila, singene emzini;
Kepha uJerobowamu wathuma abaqamekeli emva kwabo; bona babephambi kukaJuda, abaqamekeli babesemva kwabo.
Ngase ngithi: “Ukuhlakanipha kungcono kunamandla; nokho ukuhlakanipha kompofu kuyadelelwa, namazwi akhe awezwakali.
Kodwa ungabayekeli, ngoba kubo bamqamekele amadoda angaphezu kwamatshumi amane, azibophe ngesifungo ukuthi kabayikudla lokunatha aze ambulale; kalokhu aselungile, akhangele. Ngesithembiso esivela kuwe.
Bonke abantu ababese-Ayi babizelwa ndawonye ukuba babaxoshe, bamxosha uJoshuwa, basuka emzini.
UJoshuwa nabo bonke abantu bempi bazilungiselela ukukhuphukela e-Ayi; uJoshuwa wakhetha amadoda anamandla ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu, wawamukisa ebusuku.
Abantwana bakwaBenjamini babona ukuthi banqotshiwe, ngokuba amadoda akwa-Israyeli ahlubuka kwabakwaBenjamini, ngokuba babethembele kwabaqamba amanga ababehlezi ngaseGibeya.
Abantu baseShekemi esiqongweni sezintaba bammisele amanga, baphanga bonke ababehamba ngendlela, kwabikwa ku-Abimeleki.
Usho kanje uJehova Sebawoti, uthi: “Ngikhumbula lokho u-Amaleki akwenza ku-Israyeli, ukuthi wamlinda endleleni ekukhuphukeni kwakhe eGibithe.