Ʋatoŋgi 12 - Baiberi Magwaro Matȿene aMŋari 1949 (Doke)

ƲaEfraimi ʋanopopotera Jefta.

¹ Ɀino ʋarume ʋaEfraimi ʋakaʋuŋgana, ʋakapfuʋurira kurutiʋi rwokumsoro, ʋakati kunaJefta: Wakapfuʋurireiko kundorwa naʋana ʋaAmoni, ukasatiɗana isu kuti tiende ʋo newe? Ticapisa imba yako pamsoro pako nomŋoto.

² Jefta akati kwaʋari: Ini naʋanhu ʋaŋgu takaŋga ticitambudzika kwaɀo naʋana ʋaAmoni; ɀino paŋguʋa yandakakuɗanai, imi hamuna‐kundiponesa pamaʋoko aʋo.

³ Ɀino ndakati ndiciʋona kuti hamuna‐kundiponesa, handina‐kuraŋgarira ʋupenyu bgaŋgu, asi ndakapfuʋura ndikandorwa naʋana ʋaAmoni, Jehova akaʋaisa muruʋoko rwaŋgu; ɀino makwirireiko nhasi kwandiri kuzorwa neni?

⁴ Ipapo Jefta akaʋuŋganidza ʋarume ʋose ʋeGireadi, akarwa naEfraimi, ʋarume ʋeGireadi ʋakakunda Efraimi, nokuti ʋakati: Muri ʋanhu ʋakatiza kunaEfraimi, imi ʋaGireadi, mucigara pakati paEfraimi, napakati paManase.

⁵ Ipapo ʋaGireadi ʋakandogarira mazambuko aJoridani paiyambukira ʋaEfraimi. Ɀino kana mumŋe waʋakatiza kunaEfraimi akati: Nditenderei kuti ndiyambuke, ʋarume ʋeGireadi ndokuti kwaari: Uri muEfraimi here? Kana akati, kwete,

⁶ ipapo ʋakati kwaari: Ɀino citi: Shiboreti; iye ndokuti: Siboreti, nokusagona kureʋa kwaɀo; ipapo ʋakamuɓata, ʋakamuʋuraya pamazambuko aJoridani; neŋguʋa iyo ʋaEfraimi ʋaneɀuru ɀinamakumi manna neɀiʋiri ʋakaʋurawa.

⁷ Jefta akatoŋga Israeri makore matanhatu. Ipapo Jefta muGireadi akafa, akaʋigwa munerimŋe ramaguta aGireadi.

Ibzani, naEroni, naAbdoni.

⁸ Shure kwake Ibzani weBeti‐rehemi wakatoŋga Israeri.

⁹ Iye wakaŋga anaʋanakomana ʋanamakumi matatu; ʋanasikana ʋake ʋanamakumi matatu akaʋatuma ʋakandowanikwa kumŋe, akandotora ɀe kumŋe ʋamŋe ʋanasikana ʋanamakumi matatu ʋakawanikwa naʋanakomana ʋake. Iye akatoŋga Israeri makore manomŋe.

¹⁰ Ibzani akafa, akaʋigwa paBeti‐rehemi.

¹¹ Shure kwake Eroni muZeburuni wakatoŋga Israeri; akatoŋga Israeri makore anegumi.

¹² Eroni muZeburuni akafa, akaʋigwa paAjaroni, panyika yaZeburuni.

¹³ Shure kwake Abdoni mŋanakomana waHireri, muPiratoni, wakatoŋga Israeri.

¹⁴ Iye wakaŋga anaʋanakomana ʋanamakumi manna, naʋazukuru ʋanamakumi matatu, ʋaitaȿa ʋana ʋembongoro ʋanamakumi manomŋe; iye akatoŋga Israeri makore masere.

¹⁵ Abdoni mŋanakomana waHireri, muPiratoni, akafa, akaʋigwa paPiratoni, panyika yaEfraimi, panyika yamakomo yaʋaAmareki.