8 keyakwa-Efrayimu kunguHosiya umsa kaNuni,
uyise kaNuni onguyise kaJotjhuwa.
Yeke uMosi wazilungiselela ukukhuphuka nencekwakhe uJotjhuwa bona baye entabeni kaZimu.
Kwathi lokha uJotjhuwa nezwa itjhada labantu nabalokhu barhuwelela, wathi kuMosi: “Baba-ke! Kunetjhada lepi ekampeni!”
UJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni noyinceku kaMosi ukusukela ebutjheni bakhe, gade angomunye wamadoda akhethiweko, wathi kuMosi: “Kosami, Mosi, bathulise!”
Lawo-ke bekumabizo wamadoda uMosi awathuma bona ayokuhlola inarha. UMosi wathiya uHosiya umsa kaNuni bona nguJotjhuwa.
keyakwa-Isakari kunguYigali umsa kaJosefa,
keyakwaBhenjamini kunguPalithi umsa kaRafu,
USomnini wathi kuMosi: “Qala, amalanga wokuhlongakala kwakho sele afikile. Biza uJotjhuwa nize nijame ngetendeni lokuhlanganela ukuze ngimthume.” UMosi noJotjhuwa bakhamba-ke bajama ngetendeni lokuhlanganela.
USomnini wayala uJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni wathi: “Qina, ube nesibindi ngombana uzakungenisa ama-Israyeli enarheni engafunga bona ngizawanikela yona. Mina ngizakuba nawe.”
UMosi wakhuluma woke amezwi wengoma leyo eendlebeni zabantu ngokusekelwa nguJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni.
UJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni wayezele ngommoya wokuhlakanipha ngombana uMosi wayembeke izandla. Yeke ama-Israyeli amlalela, enza njengombana uSomnini ayale uMosi.
Baphendula uJotjhuwa bathi: “Koke osiyala ngakho sizakwenza nalapha usithuma khona sizakuya.
Ngokomyalo kaSomnini ama-Israyeli amnikela idorobho alikhombelako, okuyiTimnathi-Serarhi ngeentatjaneni zakwa-Efrayimu. Wavuselela idorobhelo, wahlala kilo.