6. athi: “Yiba yinjengele yethu, khon' ukuze sibe nako ukulwa nama-Amon.”
7. Waphendula ke yena wathi: “Andithi na kanene nandithiya kangangokuba nada nandigxotha endlwini kabawo. Ngani ke ngoku ukuba nithi nakuba sengxakini nize kum?”
8. Ke wona azibika kuye athi: “Ewe, naxa kunjalo sibhenela kuwe ngoku, kuba sifuna uhambe nathi, ulwe nama-Amon. Uya kuba yintloko yethu sonke thina maGiliyadi.”
9. UJefta ke wathi kumadoda aseGiliyadi: “Ukuba ndithe ndabuyela kuni, ndaza ngoncedo lukaNdikhoyo ndawoyisa ama-Amon, ngaba niyavuma ngenene ukuba ndibe yintloko yenu?”
10. Aphendula ke athi: “UNdikhoyo lingqina lethu. Inene, siya kwenza njengoko usitsho.”
11. Ngenene ke uJefta wagoduka nawo amadoda amakhulu aseGiliyadi, baza ke abantu bakhona bammisela waba yintloko nenjengele yabo. Ke uJefta wayivakalisa imiqathango yokuvumelana kwabo eMizpa phambi koNdikhoyo.
12. UJefta ke wathumela izigidimi kukumkani wama-Amon, ebuza esithi: “Yintoni isizekabani sokuba ulihlasele ilizwe lakowethu?”
13. Ukumkani wama-Amon waziphendula izigidimi zikaJefta, wathi: “Ngokuya amaSirayeli ayevela eJiputa athatha umhlaba wam, ukusuka kumlambo iAnoni, ukuya kwiJabhoki, kuye kuqhina ngeJordan. Wubuyiseni ke ngoku ngaphandle kokuxambulisana.”
14. UJefta ke wathumela kwaizigidimi, ephendula ukumkani wama-Amon,
15. esithi: “UJefta uthi: ‘Hayi, uyaphazama; uSirayeli zange athathe mhlaba wamaMowabhi namhlaba wama-Amon.
16. Nantsi into eyenzekayo: AmaSirayeli ukuphuma kwawo eJiputa, anqumla intlango, aya kutsho kuLwandle oluBomvu, agaleleka eKadeshe.
17. Athumela izigidimi kukumkani wase-Edom, ecela ukuba awavumele acande emhlabeni wakhe. Kodwa ke yena zange awavumele. Kwakhona athumela kukumkani waseMowabhi, acela ukuba awavumele anqumle emhlabeni wakhe, kodwa naye zange avume. Ngoko ke amaSirayeli ahlala apho eKadeshe.
18. Asuka ke anqumla intlango, awucezela umhlaba wase-Edom nowaseMowabhi, ada aya kufika kwimpuma yeMowabhi, ngaphesheya komlambo iAnoni. Akazange angene kwelaseMowabhi, kuba kaloku iAnoni yayingumda.
19. AmaSirayeli athumela kuSihon ukumkani wama-Amori eHeshbhon, athi: “Sivumele sinqumle siye emhlabeni wethu.”
20. Kambe ke zange uSihon akholiseke ukuba banqumle emhlabeni wakhe. Suka waqokelela umkhosi wakhe eJahazi, waza wahlasela uSirayeli.