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.

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

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

nasesizweni sakwaGadi iRamoti kwaGileyadi namadlelo alo, neMahanayimi namadlelo alo,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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,

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

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