3 Sono Jefta wanguthaŵa ku ŵana ŵanyake, ndi wajanga mu charu cha Tobo, ndipo ŵanthu ŵa uliuli ŵangujiwungang'a kwaku Jefta ndipo ŵarutanga nayo kwachichita vivwamba.
Ndipo muwoli waku Gileada nayo wangumupapiya ŵana ŵanthurumi, ndipo penipo ŵana ŵanthurumi ŵa muwoli wake ŵanguti ŵakuwa, wangudikiskamo Jefta, ndi wanguti kwaku iyo, “Kuti ukaharanga mu nyumba ya auskefwe cha; pakuti we mwana wa munthukazi munyake.”
Ndipo ŵangumpaska machumi ghankhonde ndi ghaŵi (70) gha vimbanduka vya siliva vyo wangutuzga mu nyumba yaku Bala-beriti vyo Abimeleke wangulembere ŵanthu ŵauliuli ndi ŵambura kuphwere, wo ŵangumulondo.
Munthu yose yo wanguŵa mu masuzgu ndi yose yo wanguŵa ndi mlandu wangungole, ndi yose yo wangupwetekeka mtima, ŵanguwunjikana kwaku iyo; ndipo wanguŵa nduna yawo. Ndipo kwenga pamoza nayo ŵanthu akhumba machumi pe chumi ghanayi (400).