37 Ba laletseng ba potlakela ho futuhela Gibea. Bao ba laletseng ba ropoha, ba bolaya bohle ba motseng oo ka sabole.
38 Ho ne ho ena le tumellano ya pontsho pakeng tsa banna ba Iseraele le ba neng ba laletse, ya hore ha mosi o foqoha motseng,
39 banna ba Iseraele ba boye sekwele.Ba morabe wa Benjamine ba bolaya banna ba Iseraele ba mashome a mararo, hobane ba ne ba re: “Ruri re ba hlotse jwaloka ntweng ya pele.”
40 Mosi wa foqoha motseng o entse leru le lopaletseng. Ha ba morabe wa Benjamine ba hetla, ba bona motseng ho foqoha mosi o lebang hodimo.
41 Jwale banna ba Iseraele ba boya sekwele, ba morabe wa Benjamine ba kgathala matla, hobane ba ile ba bona hore koduwa e ba wetse hodimo.
42 Ba morabe wa Benjamine ba baleha banna ba Baiseraele, ba nka tsela e lebang lehwatateng, empa dira tsa ba bea merebele, mme ba neng ba etswa motseng ba kena hara bona, ba ba fekefa.
43 Ba etsetsa ba morabe wa Benjamine sakanalankope ba ntse ba ba phaladisa. Ba ba etsa mofela ho ya fihla ka botjhabela ho Gibea.