17 “Naka amabizo wamadoda azakwaba inarha yelifa lenu: Ngu-Elazara umphristi kanye noJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni.
USomnini wakhuluma noMosi wathi:
Lawo-ke bekumabizo wamadoda uMosi awathuma bona ayokuhlola inarha. UMosi wathiya uHosiya umsa kaNuni bona nguJotjhuwa.
Nje-ke uMosi wathuma amadoda lawo asuka erhalawumbeni leParana njengokomyalo kaSomnini. Boke bekumadoda aziinhloko zeenkoro zakwa-Israyeli.
keyakwa-Efrayimu kunguHosiya umsa kaNuni,
Ekorweni ngayinye thathani umrholi abe munye ukuze asize ekwabiweni kwelifa lenarha.
UJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni omsizakho, nguye ozakungena. Yena-ke mkhuthaze ngombana nguye ozokuthumbisa ama-Israyeli inarha leyo.
La mamafa ama-Israyeli awafumana enarheni yeKanana abawabelwa ngu-Elazara umphristi, uJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni kanye neenhloko zemindeni yaboyise beenkoro zama-Israyeli.
Ilifa labo labiwa ngefumbe njengombana uSomnini ayala uMosi mayelana neenkoro ezilithoba nesiquntu.
Lawo-ke mamafa u-Elazara umphristi noJotjhuwa umsa kaNuni kanye neenhloko zemindeni yaboyise beenkoro zama-Israyeli abawaba ngefumbe eTjhilo phambi kwakaSomnini emnyango wetende lokuhlanganela. Baqeda njalo-ke ukwaba inarha.