9 AbakoEfrayimi sebehlomile ngemitshoko, babaleka mhla wempi.
9 Amadoda ako-Efrayimi, loba ayehlomile ngemitshoko, afulathela mhla welanga lempi;
Babengabatshoki bekwazi ukutshoka imitshoko lokujikijela amatshe ngezavutha ngesandla sangasokunene ingabe sangasokhohlo. BabengabakoBenjamini, izihlobo zikaSawuli.
babuyela emuva, bakhohlisa njengabokhoko babo, baba njengedandili elitshilekileyo elikhohlisayo.
Wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngilungele ukuya lawe entolongweni lasekufeni.
abakoIsrayeli baphenduke balwe. AbakoBenjamini baqalisa ukubabulala, babulala abakoIsrayeli abaphosa baba ngamatshumi amathathu, bathi: Impela sibaqedile njengasempini yakuqala.
UGali indodana kaEbedi wathi: Ungubani uAbimeleki, singobani thina abaseShekema ukuba asibuse na? Indodana kaJerubali loZebuli induna yayo babengabuswa ngabantu bakaHamori uyise kaShekema na? Pho, thina uzasibusa njani na?
AmaFilistiya alwa loIsrayeli; abakoIsrayeli behlulwa, abanengi bafela entabeni yaseGilibowa.
Ngakho amaFilistiya alwa, abakoIsrayeli behlulwa, babalekela emizini yabo. Kwabulawa abanengi, ngoba kwafa koIsrayeli abayizinkulungwane ezingamatshumi amathathu abangamabutho.