18 Lamhlanje uzakweqa umkhawulo waseMowabi eAri,
18 ‘Lamuhla uzakwedlula emangweni waseMowabi ngase-Ari.
Leli yilizwi ngeMowabi. Ngobusuku iAri elanqotshwa ngabo loMowabi wachitheka; langobusuku iKiri elanqotshwa ngabo loMowabi wachitheka.
Basuka lapho, bayamisa ngaphetsheya kweArinoni enkangala efika elizweni lamaAmori; ngoba iArinoni lingumkhawulo welaseMowabi, liphakathi kwelaseMowabi lamaAmori.
leliwa lezihotsha elehlela endaweni yaseAri, likhothamele emkhawulweni welaseMowabi.
Kodwa uSihoni kamvumelanga uIsrayeli ukudabula elizweni lakhe. Wabuthanisa bonke abantu bakhe, waphuma ukuyahlasela uIsrayeli enkangala, wafika eJahazi, walwa loIsrayeli.
iNkosi yathi kimi:
INkosi yasisithi kimi: Ungabakhathazi abaseMowabi, ungalwi labo; ngoba kangisoze ngikunike ilizwe labo libe ngelakho, ngoba ngibanikile abantwana bakaLoti iAri ibe yindawo yabo.
Basebedabula enkangala, balibhoda ilizwe laseEdoma lelaseMowabi, bafika ngasempumalanga kwelizwe laseMowabi. Bahlala ngaphetsheya kweArinoni, kodwa kabangenanga elizweni laseMowabi ngoba iArinoni lalingumngcele waseMowabi.