Abagwebi
10:1 Emveni kuka-Abhimeleki, kwavela uTola, unyana kaPuwa, ukuba akhusele uSirayeli;
unyana kaDodo, indoda yakwaIsakare; ebehlala eShamire entabeni
Efrayim.
10:2 Wawalawula amaSirayeli iminyaka emashumi mabini anamithathu, wafa, wangcwatyelwa
Shamir.
10:3 Emva kwakhe kwavela uYahire waseGiliyadi, wawalawula amaSirayeli amashumi amabini anamabini
iminyaka.
10:4 Wayenoonyana abamashumi mathathu, bekhwele emaesileni amashumi mathathu, bawagalela.
imizi emashumi mathathu, kuthiwa yiHavoti-yahire unanamhla, ekhoyo
ilizwe laseGiliyadi.
10:5 Wafa uYahire, wangcwatyelwa eKamon.
10:6 Baphinda oonyana bakaSirayeli benza ububi emehlweni kaYehova
bakhonza ooBhahali, nooAshtaroti, noothixo bakwa-Aram, noothixo bawo
iTsidon, noothixo bakwaMowabhi, noothixo boonyana baka-Amon, kunye
Bamlahla oothixo bamaFilisti, bamshiya uYehova, abamkhonza.
10:7 Wavutha ke umsindo kaYehova kumaSirayeli, wathengisa ngawo
esandleni samaFilisti, nasezandleni zoonyana baka;
uAmon.
10:8 Babaxina ke, babaxina oonyana bakaSirayeli ngaloo mnyaka, ishumi elinesibhozo
iminyaka, bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli ababephesheya kweYordan phakathi
ilizwe lama-Amori eliseGiliyadi.
10:9 Kananjalo oonyana baka-Amon bayiwela iYordan, ukuba balwe nayo
noYuda, noBhenjamin, nendlu kaEfrayim; lo nto
USirayeli wayebandezelekile kakhulu.
10:10 Bakhala oonyana bakaSirayeli kuYehova, bathi, Sonile
ngokuba simshiyile uThixo wethu, sakhonza wena
ooBhahali.
10:11 Wathi uYehova koonyana bakaSirayeli, Andinihlangulanga na?
kumaYiputa, nakuma-Amori, koonyana baka-Amon;
nakumaFilisti?
10:12 Axina ke amaTsidon, nama-Amaleki, namaMahon
wena; nakhala kum, ndanihlangula esandleni sabo.
10:13 Nindilahlile nina, nakhonza thixo bambi; ndiya kunihlangula ke mna
awusekho.
10:14 Hambani niye kukhala koothixo enibanyulileyo; mabakungenise
ixesha lembandezelo yenu.
10:15 Bathi oonyana bakaSirayeli kuYehova, Sonile;
kuthi, konke okulungileyo emehlweni akho; sihlangule kuphela, siyathandaza
wena, namhlanje.
10:16 Babasusa oothixo bolunye uhlanga phakathi kwabo, bakhonza uYehova.
Umphefumlo wakhe waba buhlungu ngenxa yokubandezeleka kukaSirayeli.
10:17 Bahlanganisana oonyana baka-Amon, bamisa
eGiliyadi. Bahlanganisana oonyana bakaSirayeli, bahlanganisana
iintente eMizpa.
10:18 Bathi abantu nabathetheli baseGiliyadi omnye komnye, Ngubani na umntu?
oya kuqala ukulwa noonyana baka-Amon? woba yintloko yena
phezu kwabemi bonke baseGiliyadi.