1 Banna ba Efraime ba kopana hammoho, ba tshelela Safone, ba re ho Jafeta: “Ke hobaneng o ileng wa futuhela Baamone, mme wa se ke wa re mema ho ya le wena? Re tla o tjheseletsa ka tlung ya hao.”
2 Jafeta a re ho bona: “Nna le setjhaba sa ka, re ile ra ba le qabang e kgolo le Baamone. Ke ile ka le mema, empa ha le a ka la nnamolela matsohong a bona.
3 E ile yare ha ke bona hore ha le mphallele, yaba ke a itela, ke tshelela ho Baamone, mme Morena a neelana ka bona matsohong a ka. Jwale ke hobaneng ha le mphutuhela kajeno?”
4 Jafeta a kgobokanya banna bohle ba Gileade, a lwantsha ba morabe wa Efraime. Banna ba Gileade ba hlola ba morabe wa Efraime, hobane bano ba ne ba re: “Lona, Bagileade, le babalehi ba tswang morabeng wa Efraime, le morabeng wa Manase.”
5 Bagileade ba hapa madiboho a Jorodane ho thibela ba morabe wa Efraime, mme e ne e ye ere ha e mong wa ba morabe wa Efraime, ba phonyohileng, a re: “Ntumelleng ke tshele,” ebe banna ba Gileade ba re ho yena: “Na o wa morabe wa Efraime?” Ha a re: “Tjhe,”
6 ebe ba re ho yena: “Ere Shibolethe;” ebe o re “Sibolethe,” hobane a ne a sitwa ho le bitsa hantle. Jwale ebe ba a mo tshwara, mme ba mmolaele ledibohong la Jorodane. Ka yona nako eo ha bolawa ba morabe wa Efraime ba dikete tse mashome a mane a metso e mmedi.
7 Jafeta ya eba moahlodi wa Baiseraele ka dilemo tse tsheletseng. Yaba Jafeta wa Mogileade o a shwa, mme a epelwa ho o mong wa metse ya Gileade.
8 Kamora Jafeta, Ibesane wa Betlelehema ya eba moahlodi wa Baiseraele.
9 Ibesane o ne a ena le bara ba mashome a mararo le baradi ba mashome a mararo. Baradi ba hae ba mashome a mararo ba nyalwa ke ba morabe osele, le yena a nyadisa bara ba hae barwetsana ba mashome a mararo ba morabe osele. Ya eba moahlodi wa Baiseraele ka dilemo tse supileng.
10 Ibesane a shwa, mme a epelwa Betlelehema.
11 Kamora Ibesane moahlodi ya eba Elone, wa morabe wa Sebulone; a ahlolela Baiseraele ka dilemo tse leshome.
12 Yaba Elone wa morabe wa Sebulone o a shwa, mme a epelwa Aiyalone e naheng ya Sebulone.
13 Kamora Elone, Abadone, mora wa Hilele, wa Mopiratone, ya eba yena moahlodi wa Baiseraele.
14 O ne a ena le bara ba mashome a mane, le ditloholo tse mashome a mararo, mme ba ne ba palama dipetsana tsa ditonki tse mashome a supileng. Abadone ya eba moahlodi wa Baiseraele ka dilemo tse robedi.
15 Yaba Abadone, mora wa Hilele wa Mopiratone, o a shwa. A epelwa Piratone e naheng e maralla ya Efraime, naheng ya Baamaleke.