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12 Zvino varume vekwaEfremu vakashevedzwa, uye vakayambuka vakaenda kuZafoni,* vakati kuna Jefta: “Nei usina kutishevedza kuti tiende newe pawakayambuka uchinorwa nevaAmoni?+ Tichakupisira mumba mako.” 2 Asi Jefta akati kwavari: “Ini nevanhu vangu takarwa hondo yakakura nevaAmoni. Ndakakukumbirai kuti muzondibatsira, asi hamuna kundiponesa paruoko rwavo. 3 Pandakaona kuti hamusi kuzondibatsira, ndakasarudza kuisa upenyu hwangu pangozi ndikaenda kunorwa nevaAmoni,+ uye Jehovha akavaisa muruoko rwangu. Saka mauyirei kwandiri nhasi kuti murwe neni?”
4 Jefta akabva aunganidza varume vese veGiriyedhi+ vakarwa nevanhu vekwaEfremu; varume veGiriyedhi vakakunda vanhu vekwaEfremu, avo vakanga vati: “Munongovawo vanhu vakatiza kuna Efremu, imi vaGiriyedhi vari muna Efremu naManase.” 5 Varume veGiriyedhi vakanomira pamazambuko aJodhani+ kuti vaEfremu vasayambuka; uye varume vekwaEfremu pavaiedza kutiza vaiti, “Ndibvumirei kuyambuka”; varume veGiriyedhi vaibva vabvunza mumwe nemumwe wavo kuti, “Uri muEfremu here?” Paaiti: “Aiwa!” 6 ivo vaibva vati kwaari, “Taura kuti Shibhoreti.” Asi aiti, “Sibhoreti,” sezvo ainge asingakwanisi kutaura shoko racho nemazvo. Vaibva vamubata vomuuraya pamazambuko aJodhani. Saka panguva iyoyo vaEfremu 42 000 vakafa.
7 Jefta akatonga Israeri kwemakore 6, uye pashure pacho Jefta muGiriyedhi akazofa akavigwa muguta rake muGiriyedhi.
8 Pashure pake, Ibzani wekuBhetrehema akatonga Israeri.+ 9 Aiva nevanakomana 30 nevanasikana 30. Akaita kuti vanasikana vake varoorwe nevarume vakanga vasiri vedzinza rake uye akaunza vakadzi 30 kuti varoorwe nevanakomana vake. Akatonga Israeri kwemakore 7. 10 Ibzani akazofa, akavigwa muBhetrehema.
11 Pashure pake Eroni wekwaZebhuroni akatonga Israeri; akatonga Israeri kwemakore 10. 12 Eroni wekwaZebhuroni akazofa, akavigwa muAijaroni munyika yaZebhuroni.
13 Pashure pake Abdhoni mwanakomana waHireri wekuPiratoni akatonga Israeri. 14 Aiva nevanakomana 40 nevazukurukomana 30 vaitasva madhongi 70. Akatonga Israeri kwemakore 8. 15 Abdhoni mwanakomana waHireri wekuPiratoni akazofa, akavigwa kuPiratoni munyika yaEfremu mugomo raAmareki.+