UBawo wethu uvelisa uTola ukuba asindise amaSirayeli
UTola noYahire bagweba ngokuzolileyo phakathi kweziphango. Emva koko amaSirayeli akhonza oothixo bawo wonke ummelwane ngaxeshanye, aze acinezelwe ngama-Amon iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo. Xa ekhala, uBawo wethu udwelisa lonke uhlangulo lwangaphambili, ale—khalani koothixo enibanyulileyo. Inkxwaleko yabo iyamkhathaza.
10 1Emva kuka-Abhimeleki kwavela uTola unyana kaPuwa, unyana kaDodayi, indoda yakwaIsakare, ukuba asindise amaSirayeli; wayehleli eShamire kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim. 2Wawalawula amaSirayeli iminyaka emashumi mabini anamithathu; waza wafa, wangcwatyelwa eShamire.
UYahire ulawula amaSirayeli
3Emva kwakhe kwavela uYahire umGiliyadi, owawalawula amaSirayeli iminyaka emashumi mabini anamibini. 4Ebenoonyana abamashumi mathathu abakhwela kumaesile amashumi mathathu, benemizi emashumi mathathu kwelaseGiliyadi, ebizwa ngokuba yiHavoti-yahire unanamhla. a a v4 IHavoti-yahire ithetha ukuthi "iilali zikaYahire" — loo mizi yathiywa ngegama lakhe. 5Wathi akufa uYahire, wangcwatyelwa eKamon.
AmaSirayeli abuya amlahla uBawo wethu
6Abuya oonyana bakaSirayeli benza okubi emehlweni kaBawo wethu, bakhonza ooBhahali, nooAshtaroti, noothixo bama-Aram, nabaseTsidon, nabamaMowabhi, nabakoonyana baka-Amon, nabamaFilisti. Bamshiya uBawo wethu, ababa sambukhonza. 7Wavutha ke umsindo kaBawo wethu kumaSirayeli, wathengisa ngawo esandleni samaFilisti noonyana baka-Amon. 8Ngaloo mnyaka bawaqhekeza bawatyumza oonyana bakaSirayeli—iminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo bacinezela onke amaSirayeli abephesheya kweYordan ezweni lama-Amori, eGiliyadi. 9Oonyana baka-Amon bayiwela neYordan ukuya kulwa noYuda, noBhenjamin, nendlu kaEfrayim, axineka kakhulu ke amaSirayeli. 10Bakhala ke oonyana bakaSirayeli kuBawo wethu, bathi: “Sonile kuwe, ngokumshiya kwethu uBawo wethu sakhonza ooBhahali.”
11Wathi uBawo wethu koonyana bakaSirayeli: “Andanisindisa na esandleni samaYiputa, nama-Amori, noonyana baka-Amon, namaFilisti? 12AmaTsidon, nama-Amaleki, namaMahon anicinezela; nakhala kum, ndanisindisa ke esandleni sawo. 13Kanti ke nina nindilahlile, nakhonza thixo bambi; ngenxa yoko andisayi kuphinda ndinisindise. 14Hambani niye kukhala koothixo enibanyulileyo; mabanisindise bona xa nisembandezelweni.”
15Bathi oonyana bakaSirayeli kuBawo wethu: “Sonile. Yenza kuthi konke okulungileyo emehlweni akho; kuphela nje sihlangule namhla.” 16Babasusa oothixo basemzini, bamkhonza uBawo wethu, ingasanyamezeli intliziyo yakhe ukubandezeleka kwamaSirayeli.
17Babizelana ndawonye oonyana baka-Amon, bamisa iintente eGiliyadi; bahlanganisana noonyana bakaSirayeli, bamisa eMizpa. 18Bathetha abantu, izikhulu zaseGiliyadi, omnye komnye: “Ngubani na oya kuqala ukulwa noonyana baka-Amon? Woba yintloko yabo bonke abemi baseGiliyadi.”
