26 “Ngako ngatfumela titfunywa ngesikhatsi siseseHlane laseKhedemothi, taya enkhosini Sihoni, eHeshboni, ngatsi tibofike tikhulume ngemavi ekuthula titsi:
Lencwadzi yayicondziswe kuwo onkhe emaJuda, yase itfunyelwa nakuto tonkhe tifundza letatili-127 embusweni wonkhe wasePheresiya. Yayifisela emaJuda kuthula nenhlalakahle,
Sive saka-Israyeli satfumela titfunywa kuSihoni, inkhosi yema-Amori, satsi:
Loko wakwenta emvakwekuba asehlule Sihoni, inkhosi yema-Amori, leyayibusa eHeshboni. Emphini yase-Edreyi abehlule Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani, leyayibusa e-Ashtarothe.
‘Sicela kwendlula sidzabule lelive lakho. Sitawuhamba ngemgwaco, singeke siphambukele ngesekudla nome ngesancele.
neJahasi, neKhedemothi, neMefathi,
neKhedemothi, neMefathi, akanye nemadlelo awo; kwaba ngemadolobha lamane.
“ ‘Baka-Israyeli base batfumela tigijimi kuSihoni, inkhosi yema-Amori, labebusa eHeshboni, batsi kuye: “Sicela mane sendlule eveni lakho, siye eveni letfu.”