12 Pavuli Jefta wangutuma mathenga ku karonga wa Amoni, wanguti, “Wenane ndi chifukwa uli, pakuti waza kwangu kurwana ndi charu changu?”
Sono Mosese wangutuma zinthumi kutuliya pa Kadeshe kuya ku Karonga waku Edomu, wanguti, “Mbali wako Yisraele watiti: Masuzgu ghose gho ghakutiwiya muziŵa;
Ndipo Yisraele wangutuma mathenga kwaku Sihoni karonga wa Amori, kuti,
Ndipo awonani, ŵangubongo, “Tatinjinamwe, mwa Mwana waku Chiuta? Mwaziya kuno kuzachitisuzga, yeche yindafike nyengo?”
“Viyo ndingutuma mathenga ndi mazu gha chimangu, kuturiya mu mabozwa ghaku Kedemoti, kwaku Sihoni fumu yaku Heshiboni, kuti,
Viyo Jefta wanguruta pamoza ndi ŵaraŵara ŵamu Gileada ndipo ŵanthu ŵangumumika kuŵa mutu ndi murongozgi paku iwo, ndipo Jefta wangurongoro mazu ghake ghose paurongo pa Ambuya pa Mizipa.
Ndipo karonga wa Amoni wangwamuka mathenga ghaku Jefta, “Chifukwa Yisraele wachituwa ku Egipiti wangupoka charu changu, kwamba ku Arnoni mpaka ku Jaboko ndi ku Yordane, chifukwa cho sono uchiwezge charu mu chimangu.”
Ndipo Jefta wanguti, “Ine ndi ŵanthu ŵangu tenga pa mphindanu ndi Amoni, ndipo po ndingumudanani, kuti mungundipozomoska cha ku janja lawo.