31 Ngako-ke leyo ndzawo yabitwa ngekutsi yiBherisheba; ngobe ngulapho benta khona sifungo bobabili.
Ngakusasa ekuseni Abrahama wavuka kuseluvivi, watsatsa sinkhwa nesigubhu semanti wakwetjatsisa Hagari, wamnika nemntfwana wabahambisa. Wahamba-ke Hagari azulazula ehlane laseBherisheba.
Batsi kube basente lesivumelwane eBherisheba, bo-Abimeleki nendvuna yakhe, Phikoli, besuka kuleyo ndzawo babuyela eveni lemaFilisti.
Isaka wesuka lapho, waya eBherisheba.
Ekuseni kuseluvivi ngakusasa bavuka benta sivumelwane lomunye kulomunye, basibeka luphawu ngesifungo. Isaka wabavalelisa, bahamba ngekuthula.
Lesicobho wasetsa watsi yiSheba; ngako-ke libito lalelo dolobha sekwaba yiBherisheba kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Ngako Israyeli watsatsa konkhe labenako wahamba, waze wefika eBherisheba, lapho efike wanikela iminikelo kuNkulunkulu wa-Isaka, uyise.
“Ngako mine ngikweluleka ngitsi: Onkhe ema-Israyeli kusukela kaDani kuze kuyewuphuma eBherisheba, ngebunyenti bawo angangesihlabatsi saselwandle, akabutselwe lapha kuwe, wena cobo lwakho uwahole niye emphini.
Base baya ngasenqabeni yaseThire nakuwo onkhe emadolobha emaHivi, newemaKhenani. Ekugcineni base baya eBherisheba, eningizimu nelive lakaJuda.
Elija wesaba wabalekela kusindzisa imphilo yakhe. Watsi kube efike eBherisheba kulakaJuda, wayishiya lapho inceku yakhe,
Ngesikhatsi sekuphila kwaSolomoni, Juda na-Israyeli, kusukela kaDani kuye eBherisheba, babehleti ngekuthula, nguleyo naleyo ndvodza itibhekele umvini wayo kanye nemkhiwa wayo.
naseHasari Shuwali, eBherisheba nasetabelweni tayo,
Ningangifuni eBetheli, ningayi naseGilgali, ningayi ngisho naseBherisheba. Ngobe iGilgali ngempela itawudzingiswa, kutsi iBetheli incishiswe ize ibe lite.”
neHasari Shuwali, neBherisheba, neBhisiyothiya,
Ngako sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli kusukela kaDani kuze kuyewufika eBherisheba, nekusukela kulakaGileyadi babophana baba ngumuntfu munye, bashulungana bayawubutsana eMispa embikwaSimakadze.