Bahlala phansi ukuba badle isinkwa ; baphakamisa amehlo abo , babona; bheka, kwafika ihele labakwa -Ishmayeli livela kwaGileyadi , linamakamela alo ethwele inhlaka nebhalisamu nemure, likwewusela eGibithe.

Amadodana kaManase : kwaMakiri: ngumndeni wakwaMakiri ; uMakiri wazala uGileyadi; kwaGileyadi: ngumndeni wakwaGileyadi.

Abantwana bakwaMakiri indodana kaManase baya kwaGileyadi , balithatha, baxosha ama-Amori ayekulo.

Kusukela e -Aroweri elisosebeni lomfula i-Arinoni nasemzini osesigodini kuze kube kwaGileyadi akubangakho muzi owasahlula ngokuphakama ; uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu wayinikela yonke phambi kwethu;

AbakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi ngabanika okusukela kwaGileyadi kuze kube sesigodini sase-Arinoni phakathi nesigodi kwaba ngumkhawulo nasemfuleni iJakobi elingumkhawulo wabantwana bakwa-Amoni,

Phesheya kweJordani ngaseJeriko ngasempumalanga bamisa iBeseri ehlane ethafeni esizweni sakwaRubeni, neRamoti kwaGileyadi esizweni sakwaGadi , neGolanu eBashani esizweni sakwaManase.

Esizweni sakwaGadi : iRamoti kwaGileyadi namadlelo alo , umuzi wokuphephela wombulali, neMahanayimi namadlelo alo,

Kwabuthwa aba ntwana bakwa -Amoni, bamisa kwaGileyadi . Kepha abantwana bakwa-Israyeli babuthana, bamisa eMispa.

Abantu, izikhulu zakwaGileyadi , bathi omunye komunye : Ngumuphi umuntu oyakuqala ukulwa nabantwana bakwa -Amoni na ? Yena uyakuba yinhloko yabo bonke abakhe kwaGileyadi.

Amalunga akwaGileyadi athi kuJefta: Sibuyele kuwe manje ngalokhu ukuba uhambe nathi, ulwe nabantwana bakwa -Amoni, ube yinhloko phezu kwabo bonke abakhe kwaGileyadi.

Khona uMoya kaJehova wafika kuJefta , wadlula kwaGileyadi nakwaManase, wadlula naseMispa lakwaGileyadi ; esuka eMispa lakwaGileyadi wadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni.

wambeka inkosi kwaGileyadi , nakuma-Ashurimi, naseJizreyeli, nakwa- Efrayimi noBenjamini, nakwa-Israyeli wonke.

base befika kwaGileyadi nasezweni laseTahetimi Hodishi ; bafika naseDani Jahani nangaseSidoni,

U-Eliya waseThishibi, owayengowabagogobeleyo kwaGileyadi , wathi ku - Ahabi: Kuphila kuk aJehova, uNkulunkulu ka -Israyeli, engimi phambi kwakhe, akuyikubakho mazolo namvula kule minyaka , kuphela ngesiyalezo sezwi lami.

Bahlala kwaGileyadi eBashani nasemizini yalo nasemadlelweni onke aseSharoni kwaze kwaba semikhawulweni yawo.

nasesizweni sakwaGadi iRamoti kwaGileyadi namadlelo alo, neMahanayimi namadlelo alo,

KumaHebroni uJeriya wayeyinhloko , kumaHebroni njengezizukulwane zawo ngezindlu zawoyise . Ngomnyaka wamashumi amane wokubu sa kukaDavide kwafunwa , kwafunyanwa phakathi kwawo amaqhawe anamandla eJazeri kwaGileyadi.

Ibhalisamu alikho kwaGileyadi na ? Inyanga ayikho lapho na ? Pho, ayipheleliswa ngani impilo yendodakazi yabantu bami na?

Khuphukela kwaGileyadi , uthathe ibhalisamu , wena ntombi , ndodakazi yaseGibithe; usebenzisela ize imithi eminingi, ukuphuluka akukho kuwe.

Usho kanje uJehova , uthi: Ngenxa yeziphambeko ezintathu zabantwana bakwa-Amoni, yebo, ngenxa yezine , angiyikuguquka, ngokuba baqaqile abakhulelweyo kwaGileyadi ukuba bayenze banzi imikhawulo yabo.