5 ndipo kunatero, pamene ana a Amoni anathira nkhondo pa Israyeli, akuru a Gileadi anamuka kutenga Yefita m'dziko la Tobu;
6 nati kwa Yefita, Tiye ukhale kazembe wathu kuti tilimbane ndi ana a Amoni.
7 Ndipo Yefita anati kwa akulu a Gileadi, Simunandida kodi, ndi kundicotsa m'nyumba ya atate wanga? ndipo mundidzeraoji tsopano pokhala muli m'kusauka?
8 Ndipo akuru a Gileadi ananena ndi Yefita, Cifukwa cace cakuti takubwerera tsopano ndico kuti umuke nafe ndi kucita nkhondo ndi ana a Amoni, nudzakhala mkuru wathu wa pa onse okhala m'Gileadi.
9 Ndipo Yefita anati kwa akuru a Gileadi, Mukaodifikitsanso kwathu kucita nkhondo ndi ana a Amoni, nakawapereka Yehova pamaso panga, ndidzakhala mkuru wanu kodi?
10 Ndipo akuru a Gileadi anati kwa Yefita, Yehova ndiye wakumvera pakati pa ife, tikapanda kucita monga momwe wanena.
11 Pamenepo Yefita anamuka ndi akuru a Gileadi, ndipo anthu anamuika mkuru wao ndi mtsogoleri wao; ndipo Yefita ananena mau ace onse pamaso pa Yehova ku Mizipa.