1 Eitse hobane Joshua a timele, bana ba Iseraele ba botsa Jehova, ba re: Ke mang ho rona ya tla simolla ho futuhela Bakanana le ho ba lwantsha?
2 Jehova a araba, a re: Ho futuhe Juda; bonang, ke neetse lefatshe matsohong a hae.
3 Juda a bolella Simeone ngwanabo, a re: A re nyolohele le wena fatsheng leo ke le abetsweng, re tle re futuhele Bakanana, re ntoo ya le wena ho le abetsweng wena. Mme Simeone a ya le yena.
4 Juda a nyoloha, mme Jehova a neela Bakanana le Baferese matsohong a bona, mme ba bolaya banna ba kete tse leshome Beseke.
5 Ba fihlela Adoni-Beseke motseng wa Beseke, ba mo lwantsha, mme ba qhala Bakanana le Baferese.
6 Adoni-Beseke a baleha, mme ba mo phallela, ba mo tshwara, ba mo poma menwana e metona ya matsoho le ya maoto.