17 Kwatsi ema-Amoni nakamenyetwa kutsi akahlome ayewumisa eGileyadi, baka-Israyeli nabo bahlangana bayawumisa eMispa.
Lelinye libito laso watsi yiMispa, ngobe abetsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angasigcina sobabili nome sesehlukene.
nekusukela eHeshboni kuye eRamathi Mispa naseBhetonimu, nekusuka eMahanayimu kuye eveni laseDebiri,
Baholi besive sakaGileyadi bakhulumisana bodvwa, batsi: “Lowo loyawucala kucala agadle nakuhlaselwa ema-Amoni, nguye loyawuba ngumholi wabo bonkhe labahlala kulelive lakaGileyadi.”
Ngako Jeftha wahamba naletibondza takaGileyadi, sive sonkhe safike samenta inhloko nemholi waso. Jeftha wawaphindzaphindza lamagama akhe aseMispa embikwaSimakadze.
Moya waSimakadze wase wehlela kuJeftha. Wahamba wadzabula kulakaGileyadi nakulakaManase, wewelela ngesheya eMispa yakaGileyadi, wendlula lapho washuca wayawuhlasela ema-Amoni.
Jeftha nase achamuka ekhaya lakhe lelaliseMispa, ngubani lobekangaphuma kucala amhlangabete ngaphandle kwentfombi yakakhe, leyaphuma igiya, itjakadvula, ishaya makhoyane wayo. Kwakukuphela kwayo vo! Ngaphandle kwayo abengenandvodzana nandvodzakati.
Kwatsi ngalesinye sikhatsi sive saka-Amoni nasiyawuhlasela ema-Israyeli,
tafike tatsi: “Wota utewuba yindvuna yetfu, kuze sikwati kulwa nema-Amoni.”
Samuweli wase ukhuluma utsi: “Hlanganisani onkhe ema-Israyeli eMispa, mine ngitawube sengiyanincusela kuSimakadze.”