2 “Yitsho kumaSirayeli abuye umva, afike athi xha phambi kwePi-hahiroti phakathi kweMigdoli noLwandle oluBomvu ngaseBhali-zefon.
3 Yena ukumkani waseJiputa uza kucinga ukuba niyabhadula, nivalelwe yintlango.
4 Ndisaza kumqaqadekisa anisukele, ndize ndithi ndakumoyisa ndawonye nemikhosi yakhe ndizuze udumo. NamaJiputa aya kutsho aqonde ukuba ndinguNdikhoyo.” Okunene ke amaSirayeli enza ngokomyalelo lowo.
5 Ukumkani ndawonye namaphakathi akhe bathi, bakuva ukuba ngenene amaSirayeli emkile, bajibilika. Ewe, suka bazisola, bathi: “Besingenwe yini kakade, ukuze senze into enje? Bekutheni ukuze siwayeke amakhoboka ethu emke?”
6 Ngoko ke ukumkani waxhoba, wabopha iinqwelo zakhe zokulwa, waphuma nomkhosi wakhe.
7 Wakhupha nezona nqwelo zithembekileyo zimakhulu omathandathu, zibhexeshwa ziingqwayi-ngqwayi ezaziwayo. Akashiyanga nanye kwiinqwelo zaseJiputa.
8 UNdikhoyo wamenza waneenkani ukumkani waseJiputa, wawasukela amaSirayeli; aye wona phofu ehamba ngesibindi.