1 Jefuta muGireadhi, akanga ari murwi ane simba. Baba vake vainzi Gireadhi; mai vake vakanga vari chifeve.
2 Mukadzi waGireadhi akamuberekerawo vanakomana, uye vakati vakura, vakadzinga Jefuta. Vakati, “Iwe hauna nhaka ipi zvayo yauchawana mumhuri yedu, nokuti uri mwanakomana womumwe mukadzi.”
3 Saka Jefuta akatiza kubva pavanun'una vake akandogara munyika yeTobhi, uko kwaakandounganirwa navarume vakaipa uye vakamutevera.
4 Mushure menguva yakati kuti, vaAmoni vakarwa navaIsraeri,