1 Ke kaloku uYifeta, umGiliyadi, ebeligorha elinobukroti; ke ubengunyana wenkazana elihenyukazi. UGiliyadi wazala uYifeta.
2 UmkaGiliyadi wamzalela oonyana; bakhula oonyana bomkakhe, bamgxotha uYifeta, bathi kuye, Akuyi kudla lifa endlwini kabawo, ngokuba ungunyana wankazana yimbi wena.
3 Wabaleka uYifeta phambi kwabazalwana bakhe, wahlala ezweni laseTobhi. Kwathuthelana kuYifeta amadoda angenabuntu, aphuma naye.
4 Kwathi, kwakuba ntsuku, balwa oonyana baka-Amon noonyana bakaSirayeli.
5 Kwathi, bakuba besilwa oonyana baka-Amon namaSirayeli, amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi aya kumthabatha uYifeta ezweni laseTobhi;
6 athi kuYifeta, Yiza ube ngumphathi wethu, silwe noonyana baka-Amon.
7 Wathi uYifeta kumadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi, Asinini yini na abandithiyáyo, bandigxotha endlwini kabawo? Kungani na ukuba nize kum kaloku, nakuba nibandezelekile?