5 nenyika yevaGebhari, neRebhanoni reshe, ngokumabvazuva, kubvira Bhaarigadhi ngepashi poMutunhu Hermoni metsa kuguma Rebhohamathi,
Ndizvo vaaki vaSoromoni nevaHiramu, pamwepo nevaGebhari, vakanasira miti nemapuwe kuti vaake mhatso.
Ngouwo mukuwo Soromoni wakaita dhiri, pamwepo nevaIsuraeri veshe naye, mushongano mukuru, vanhu vakabva Rebhohamathi, metsa kuguma kurwizi rweEgipite, pamberi paMambo Mwari, Mwari wedu, kupedza mazuva manomwe, eya namanomwezve, mazuva gumi namarongomuna.
vaGebhari, vaAmoni, vaAmareki, vaFiristia, nevagari vomuThire;
Kharino arizi kudai ngeKharkhemishi here? Hamathi arizi kudai ngeAriphadhi here? Samaria arizi kudai ngeDhamasekusi here?
Zvino vakabata mambo, vakaenda naye kunamambo weBhabhuroni paRibra munyika yeHamathi, naye wakamutonga.
Vasharuka veGebhari nevanhu ngwazi dzaro vaiya mukati mwako, vechitsiira ndutwe dzako; ngarava dzeshe dzomuruandhle pamwepo nevahluzi vadzo vaiya mwouri, kuti vatenge zvokutengesa zvako.
Ambukai kuenda Kharine, muone; kubvapo endai Hamathi gurutu; zvino mworomwodzaka kuGathi revaFiristia. Vakapinda kunaka here kuno uhwu umambo? Nenyika yavo yakapinda kukura here kunenyika yenyu,
Ndizvo vakakwira, vakanengera nyika kubvira mushango reZini metsa kuguma Rehobhi, pasinde pamusiwo weHamathi.
Kubva kuMutunhu Hori munozogura mugano wenyu kururamisa ngokupotera Rebho-Hamathi, nokudarika kwomugano unozoguma Zedhadhi;
Kunukukai zvino muhambe kuenda kumutunhu wevaAmori nokundau dzeshe dziri pasinde, Arabha, nyika yezvimitunhu, Shefera, Negebhi, nokumhiri kworuandhle, kunyika yevaKhenani neRebhanoni, metsa kumukova mukuru, rwizi Yufratesi.
Ndinokupota, nganditenderwe kuti ndiambuke, ndione nyika yakanaka iri ngoruseri rweJorodhani, uwo mutunhu wakanaka neRebhanoni.”
kubva kuMutunhu Haraki, unokwira kuenda Seira, metsa kuguma kuBhaarigadhi mubani reRebhanoni ngepashi poMutunhu Hermoni. Madzimambo ayo eshe wakavatora, wakavabaya, akavauraya.
nokuna vaKhenani vaiya ngokumabvazuva nokumabirirazuva, nokuvaAmori, nokuvaHiti, nokuvaPherizi, nokuvaJebhusi vaiya kunyika yemitunhu, nokuvaHivhi, vaigara ngepashi pomutunhu Hermoni munyika yeMizipha.
Naaya ndiwo madzimambo enyika aakauraya Joshua nevaIsuraeri ngoruseri rwouno rweJorodhani ngokumabirirazuva, kubvira Bhaarigadhi mubani reRebhanoni metsa kuguma kuMutunhu weHaraki, uwo unokwira kuguma Seira; nyika yaakapa Joshua kuvaIsuraeri kuita nhaka yavo kudai ngokukoanisirwa kwavo,