52 Abimeleke a atamela tora, a e lwantsha, mme a atamela pela monyako wa tora, ka ho re, o a o tjhesa.
53 Empa mosadi e mong a akgela lelwala la ho sila hloohong ya Abimeleke, a mo pshatla lehata.
54 Abimeleke, a phakisa a bitsa mohlankana ya jereng dibetsa tsa hae, a re ho yena: Pshemola sabole ya hao, o mpolaye, esere mohlomong batho ba re: O bolailwe ke mosadi. Mohlankana a mo hlaba, a shwa.
55 Mme banna ba Iseraele, eitse ha ba bona hobane Abimeleke o timetse, ba ikela e mong le e mong hae ha hae.
56 Modimo wa busetsa jwalo ho Abimeleke bobe boo a bo entseng ho ntatae, ha a ne a bolaile banababo ba mashome a supileng.
57 Modimo wa busetsa le dihloohong tsa banna ba Sikeme bobe bohle boo ba bo entseng. Thohako ya Jothame, mora Jerubbaale, ya ba hlahela jwalo.