Usuzakuphuma umphefumulo wakhe, ngokuba wafa, waqamba igama lakhe ngokuthi uBenoni; kepha uyise wamqamba ngokuthi uBenjamini.

Kepha uBenjamini umfowabo kaJosefa uJakobe akamthumanga nabafowabo, ngokuba wathi: Angahle ehlelwe ngokubi.

UJosefa esembona uBenjamini enabo , wathi kophezu kwendlu yakhe : Ngenisa lawa madoda endlini , uhlabe, ulungise, ngokuba lawa madoda ayakudla nami emini.

Bhekani, amehlo enu ayabona kanye namehlo omfowethu uBenjamini ukuthi yiwo umlomo wami okhuluma kinina.

Wayesewa entanyeni yomfowabo uBenjamini , wakhala; noBenjamini wakhala ngasentanyeni yakhe.

Kubo bonke , kwaba yilowo nalowo , wanika izingubo zokuphendulela ; kepha uBenjamini wamupha izinhlamvu ezingamakhulu amathathu zesiliva nezingubo eziyisihlanu zokuphendulela.

UBenjamini uyimpisi ehomfuzayo ; ekuseni uyadla impango , kusihlwa uyahlukanisa akuphangileyo.

Ngalokho khiphani labo bantu , abantu ababi , abaseGibeya, ukuba sibabulale, sixoshe ububi kwa -Israyeli. Kepha uBenjamini kavumanga ukulalela izwi labafowabo, abantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

UBenjamini waphuma eGibeya ukuhlangabezana nabo ngosuku lwesibili , wabuye wabulala kubantwana bakwa -Israyeli amadoda ayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili; bonke labo babehlome inkemba.

UJehova wanqoba uBenjamini phambi kuka -Israyeli; abantwana bakwa - Israyeli babulala ngalolo suku kwaBenjamini abayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu nekhulu; bonke labo babehlome inkemba.

Base bebona abantwana bakwaBenjamini u kuthi banqotshiwe ; abantu bakwa-Israyeli bamdela uBenjamini lokhu bebebethemba abaqamekeli ababebabekile ngaseGibeya.

Abantu bakwa -Israyeli babuyela emuva empini ; uBenjamini wayeseqalile ukubulala nokuceka kubantu bakwa -Israyeli kungathi abantu abangamashumi amathathu, ngokuba bathi: Impela babulewe phambi kwethu njengasekulweni kwakuqala.

Abantwana bakwa -Israyeli bamhawukela uBenjamini umfowabo , bathi: Kunqunyiwe namuhla esinye isizwe kwa-Israyeli.

UBenjamini wabuya ngaleso sikhathi ; babanika abesifazane ababebasindisile kwabesifazane baseJabeshi Gileyadi; kepha ababanelanga.

Abantu bamhawukela uBenjamini, ngokuba uJehova wayenze ukwahlukana ezizweni zakwa-Israyeli.

UBenjamini wazala uBela izibulo lakhe , no-Ashibeli owesibili , no-Ahara owesithathu,

Nango uBenjamini, omncane, umbusi wabo, neviyo lezikhulu zakwaJuda, izikhulu zakwaZebuloni nezikhulu zakwaNafetali.

Izizwe eziseleyo -ke: kusukela ohlangothini lwasempumalanga kuze kube sohlangothini lwasentshonalanga uBenjamini uyakuba nesabelo.

Abaseningizimu bayakudla ifa lentaba yakwa -Esawu, nabasehlanzeni ifa lamaFilisti, badle ifa lezwe lakwa -Efrayimi nezwe laseSamariya , uBenjamini adle iGileyadi.