Kwafika uGali indodana ka -Ebedi nabafowabo , waya eShekemi ; abaseShekemi bamethemba.

UGali indodana ka-Ebedi wathi: Ngubani u-Abimeleki, ngubani uShekemi, ukuba simkhonze, na? Akasiyo indodana kaJerubali, noZebule yinduna yakhe na? Khonzani abantu bakaHamori uyise kaShekemi. Thina siyakumkhonzelani yena na?

Wathuma iz ithunywa ku -Abimeleki ngobuqili , wathi: Bheka, uGali indodana ka-Ebedi nabafowabo bafikile eShekemi; bheka, bakuvusela umuzi.

UGali indodana ka -Ebedi waphuma , wema esikhaleni sesango lomuzi ; u- Abimeleki wayeseqhamuka nabantu ababenaye ekuqamekeleni.

Lapho uGali ebona abantu , wathi kuZebule : Bheka, kwehla abantu eziqongweni zezintaba . UZebule wathi kuye : Uyabona amathunzi ezintaba kungathi ngabantu.

UGali wabuye wakhuluma, wathi: Bheka, kwehla abantu eNkabeni yezwe , esinye isigaba sifika ngendlela ye-oki lokuhlola imihlola.

UGali waphuma phambi kwabantu baseShekemi, walwa no-Abimeleki.

U-Abimeleki wahlala e-Aruma; uZebule wamxosha uGali nabafowabo ukuba bangahlali eShekemi.