Abahluleli 11:1 Manje uJefta, wakwaGileyadi, wayeyiqhawe elinamandla, futhi yena uGileyadi wazala uJefta. 11:2 UmkaGileyadi wamzalela amadodana; amadodana omkakhe akhula, wona wamxosha uJefta, wathi kuye: “Awuyikulidla ifa ezweni lethu indlu kababa; ngoba wena uyindodana yowesifazana wezizwe. 11:3 UJefta wabaleka phambi kwabafowabo, wahlala ezweni laseThobi. kwabuthana amadoda ayize kuJefta, aphuma naye. 11:4 Kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukuthi abantwana bakwa-Amoni benza impi no-Israyeli. 11:5 Kwathi lapho abantwana bakwa-Amoni belwa no-Israyeli. amalunga akwaGileyadi ahamba ukumlanda uJefta ezweni laseThobi; 11:6 Bathi kuJefta, "Woza ube induna yethu, ukuze silwe kanye nabantwana bakwa-Amoni. 11:7 Wathi uJefta kubadala bakwaGileyadi, "Aningizondanga yini? ungixoshe endlini kababa? nizeleni kimi manje nini nisosizini na? " 11:8 Abadala bakwaGileyadi bathi kuJefta: "Ngakho-ke siyabuyela manje, ukuze uhambe nathi, ulwe nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli Amoni, ube yinhloko yethu phezu kwabo bonke abakhileyo kwaGileyadi. " 11:9 Wathi uJefta emadodeni amadala akwaGileyadi, "Uma ungibuyisela ekhaya ukuze balwe nabantwana bakwa-Amoni, futhi uJehova wabanikela phambi kwabo mina, ngizoba yinhloko yakho? " 11:10 Abadala bakwaGileyadi bathi kuJefta: "UJehova makabe ngufakazi phakathi kwabo thina, uma singenzi njengokwamazwi akho. 11:11 Khona-ke uJefta wahamba namadoda amadala akwaGileyadi, futhi abantu bamenza inhloko nenduna phezu kwabo; uJefta wawakhuluma onke amazwi akhe ngaphambili uJehova eMispa. 11:12 Futhi uJefta wathumela izithunywa enkosini yabantwana bakwa-Amoni. wathi: “Uhlangene ngani nami, uze ungihlasele ukulwa ezweni lami? 11:13 Inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni yaphendula izithunywa Jefta, ngokuba u-Israyeli wathatha izwe lami ekukhuphukeni kwakhe eGibithe, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kufike eJabhoki naseJordani; abuyisele lawo mazwe ngokuthula. 11:14 Futhi uJefta wathumela izithunywa futhi enkosini yabantwana U-Amoni: 11:15 Wathi kuye: "Usho kanje uJefta, 'U-Israyeli akalithathanga izwe iMowabi, nezwe labantwana bakwa-Amoni; 11:16 Kodwa lapho u-Israyeli ekhuphuka eGibhithe, futhi wadabula ehlane waze wafika eLwandle Olubomvu, wafika eKadeshi; 11:17 Khona-ke u-Israyeli wathumela izithunywa enkosini yakwa-Edomi, wathi: "Ngivumele ake udabule izwe lakho, kepha inkosi yakwa-Edomi ayilalelanga lapho. Kanjalo bathumela enkosini yakwaMowabi, kepha yona akavumanga; u-Israyeli wahlala eKadeshi. 11:18 Khona-ke badabula ehlane, futhi wazungeza izwe lase Edomi, nezwe lakwaMowabi, bafika ngasempumalanga yezwe abakwaMowabi bamisa ngaphesheya kwe-Arinoni, kepha kabangenanga phakathi kwayo Umkhawulo wakwaMowabi, ngokuba i-Arinoni ingumkhawulo wakwaMowabi. 11:19 U-Israyeli wathuma izithunywa kuSihoni, inkosi yama-Amori, inkosi yase-Aramu iHeshiboni; u-Israyeli wathi kuye: “Ake siwele izwe lakho endaweni yami. 11:20 Kodwa uSihoni akamethembanga u-Israyeli ukuba adlule umngcele wakhe, kodwa uSihoni wabutha bonke abantu bakhe, wamisa eJahazi, walwa ngokumelene no-Israyeli. 11:21 Futhi uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli wanikela uSihoni nabo bonke abantu bakhe esandleni isandla sika-Israyeli, babanqoba; u-Israyeli walidla izwe lonke lase-Israyeli ama-Amori, abakhileyo kulelo zwe. 11:22 Futhi badla yonke imingcele yama-Amori, kusukela e-Arinoni kuze kube eJabhoki, kusukela ehlane kuze kufike eJordani. 11:23 Ngakho, manje uJehova, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uye waxosha ama-Amori kusukela ekuqaleni abantu bakhe u-Israyeli, wena uyakulidla na? 11:24 Ngeke yini ulidle lokho uKemoshi unkulunkulu wakho akunika kona? Kanjalo labo uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu ayabaxosha phambi kwethu, bona siphethe. 11:25 Manje wena ungcono kunoBhalaki, indodana kaSipori, inkosi yase-Israel Mowabi? Wake waphikisana no-Israyeli, noma wake walwa naye na? bona, 11:26 Kwathi u-Israyeli esahlezi eHeshiboni nasemizaneni yalo, nase-Aroweri nemizana yalo, nasemizini yonke engaseceleni kwe-Arinoni, mithathu iminyaka eyikhulu? anibakhululanga ngani ngaleso sikhathi na? 11:27 Ngakho mina angonanga kuwe, kodwa wena wenza okubi kimi ngokulwa ngokumelene nami: uJehova uMahluleli makabe ngumahluleli namuhla phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli u-Israyeli nabantwana bakwa-Amoni. 11:28 Nokho, inkosi yabantwana bakwa-Amoni akalalelanga amazwi likaJefta amthuma lona. 11:29 Khona-ke uMoya kaJehova wehlela phezu kukaJefta, futhi wawela kwaGileyadi noManase, badabula eMispa yakwaGileyadi naseMispa wakwaGileyadi wawelela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni. 11:30 UJefta wenza isithembiso kuJehova, wathi: "Uma wenza ahluleke ukunikela abantwana bakwa-Amoni esandleni sami, 11:31 Khona-ke kuyokwenzeka, ukuthi noma yini ephuma eminyango yendlu yami ukungihlangabeza lapho ngibuya ngokuthula ngivela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni impela kube ngokukaJehova, ngiyakunikela ngakho kube ngumnikelo wokushiswa. 11:32 Ngakho uJefta wadlulela kubantwana bakwa-Amoni ukuze alwe bona; uJehova wabanikela esandleni sakhe. 11:33 Wababulala kusukela e-Aroweri kwaze kwaba seMiniti, imizi engamashumi amabili, nasethafeni lezivini, ngobuningi obukhulu hlaba. Bathotshiswa kanjalo abantwana bakwa-Amoni phambi kwabantwana yakwa-Israyeli. 11:34 UJefta wafika eMispa endlini yakhe; waphuma ukumhlangabeza enezigubhu nokusina; ingane; ngaphandle kwakhe wayengenandodana nandodakazi. 11:35 Kwathi lapho embona, waklebhula izingubo zakhe, futhi wathi, Maye, ndodakazi yami! ungehlise kakhulu, wena munye kwabangihluphayo, ngokuba ngivulé umlomo wami kuJehova, mina ayikwazi ukubuyela emuva. 11:36 Wathi kuye, "Baba, uma uvule umlomo wakho kuJehova." Jehova, yenza kimi njengokuphuma emlonyeni wakho; ngokuba uJehova ukuphindisele ezitheni zakho; ngisho nabantwana bakwa-Amoni. 11:37 Wathi kuyise: "Mangenzele lokhu izinyanga ezimbili kuphela, ukuze ngehle ngehle ezintabeni, futhi khala ubuntombi bami, mina nabangane bami. 11:38 Wathi, Hamba. Wayimukisa izinyanga ezimbili; wahamba nayo abangane bakhe, bakhalela ubuntombi bakhe ezintabeni. 11:39 Kwathi ekupheleni kwezinyanga ezimbili, wabuyela kuye uyise, owenza kuye ngokwesithembiso sakhe asefungile; wayengazi ndoda. Futhi kwaba umkhuba kwa-Israyeli, 11:40 ukuthi amadodakazi akwa-Israyeli ayehamba iminyaka ngeminyaka ukuyolilela indodakazi ka-Israyeli uJefta wakwaGileyadi izinsuku ezine ngomnyaka.