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?”
10 Vakuru veGireadhi vakapindura vakati, “Jehovha ndiye chapupu chedu; zvirokwazvo tichaita sezvaunoreva.”
11 Saka Jefuta akaenda navakuru veGireadhi, uye vanhu vakamuita mukuru wavo uye mutungamiri wehondo. Uye akadzokorora mashoko ake ose pamberi paJehovha muMizipa.