31 nencenye yaseGileyadi, ne-Ashtarothe, ne-Edreyi, emadolobha a-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani. Lelo-ke laba ngeletitukulwane taMakhire, umsa waManase, incenye yemadvodzana aMakhire, lusendvo ngelusendvo.
BakaGeshoni banikwa nankha emadolobha: Elusendvweni lwencenye yesive sakaManase babelwa iGolani leseBhashani ne-Ashtarothe kanye nemadlelo awo.
Live laGileyadi lami, nelive laManase lami, Efrayimu usivikelo senhloko yami, Juda uyindvuku yami yebukhosi.
“Manase uyawuba nesabelo sinye; siyawugudla umnyele welive lakaNaftali kusukela ngasemphumalanga kuye ngasenshonalanga.
Ema-Israyeli aphindza ancoba Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani, lomunye wemaRefa ekugcina labebusa i-Ashtarothe ne-Edreyi.
lokusho kutsi ngiwo wonkhe umbuso wa-Ogi eBhashani, labeke wabusa e-Ashtarothe nase-Edreyi, labenguyena asesele angulomunye webekugcina besive semaRefa. Mosi abesincobile wabe sewutsatsa lelive laso.
Leli-ke lifa Mosi labelabile ngesikhatsi asesematsafeni akaMowabi ngesheya kweJordane, emphumalanga neJerikho.
Sabelo saManase saba tindzima letilishumi, ngaphandle kweGileyadi neBhashani emphumalanga neJordane,
ngobe emadvodzakati esive sakaManase emukela sabelo kanye nemadvodzana akhe. Live lakaGileyadi bekulalawa lamanye emadvodzana akaManase.
nako konkhe lakwenta kulamakhosi lamabili ema-Amori ngasemphumalanga kweJordane, boSihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, na-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani, labebusa e-Ashtarothe.
Baka-Israyeli baphindza benta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze. Bakhonta boBhali, nabo-Ashtarothe, nabonkulunkulu base-Aramu, nabonkulunkulu baseSidoni, nabonkulunkulu baseMowabi, nabonkulunkulu bema-Amoni, nabonkulunkulu bemaFilisti. Baka-Israyeli bafulatsela Simakadze, bamyekela, bangabe basamkhonta,
Gileyadi abehlala ngesheya kweJordane. Kepha Dani abentiwa yini kutsi azulazule ngasemikhunjini? Asheri wasala ngaselusentseni lwelwandle, wahlala akhululekile ematubukweni alo.
Bakhala kuSimakadze batsi: ‘Sonile; simkhohliwe Simakadze, sakhonta boBhali nabo-Ashtarothe. Kodvwa manje sicela usikhulule esandleni setitsa tetfu, sesitawukhonta wena.’
Samuweli wakhuluma esiveni sonkhe saka-Israyeli, watsi: “Naniphendvukela kuSimakadze ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yenu, kufanele nitisuse tonkhe letithico tebetive kanye nabo-Ashtarothe benu, bese nitinikela kuSimakadze nikhonte yena yedvwa, yena-ke utawube sewuyanikhulula esandleni semaFilisti.”