7 Ndipo ana a Israyeli anacita coipa pamaso pa Yehova, naiwala Yehova Mulungu wao, natumikira Abaala ndi zifanizo.
8 Pamenepo mkwiyo wa Mulungu unayakira Israyeli ndipo anawagulitsa m'dzanja la KusaniRisataimu, mfumu ya Mesopotamiya; ndi ana a Israyeli anatumikira Kusani-Risataimu zaka zisanu ndi zitatu.
9 Ndipo pamene ana a Israyeli anapfuula kwa Yehova, Yehova anaukitsira ana a Israyeli mpulumutsi amene anawapulumutsa, ndiye Otiniyeli mwana wa'Kenazi, mng'ono wace wa Kalebe.
10 Ndipo unamdzera mzimu wa Yehova, iye naweruza Israyeli, naturuka kunkhondo; napereka Yehova Kusani-Risataimu mfumu ya Mesapotamiya m'dzanja lace; ndi dzanja lace linamlaka Kusani-Risataimu.
11 Pamenepo dziko linapumula zaka makumi anai; ndi Otiniveli mwana wa Kenazi anafa.
12 Koma ana a Israyeli anaonjezanso kucita coipa pamaso pa Yehova; pamenepo Yehova analimbitsa Egiloni mfumu ya Moabu pa Israyeli, popeza anacita coipa pamaso pa Yehova.
13 Ndipo anadzisonkanitsira ana a Amoni ndi a Amaleki, namuka nakantha Israyeli, nalanda mudzi wa m'migwalangwa nakhalamo.