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,
5 Vakuru veGireadhi vakaenda kundotora Jefuta kubva kunyika yeTobhi.
6 Vakati, “Uya uzova mutungamiri wehondo, kuti tigorwa navaAmoni.”
7 Jefuta akati kwavari, “Hamuna kundivenga here mukandidzinga mumba mababa vangu? Sei mava kuuya kwandiri zvino, imi mava munhamo?”
8 Vakuru veGireadhi vakati kwaari, “Zvisinei hazvo, isu hedu tiri kudzokera kwamuri iye zvino; handei tose kundorwa navaAmoni, uye muchava mukuru wedu pamusoro pavose vagere muGireadhi.”
9 Jefuta akapindura akati, “Ngatimboti madzokera neni kundorwa navaAmoni uye Jehovha akavapa kwandiri, ndichava mukuru wenyu zvechokwadi here?”