7 Otu nwoke bụ́ onye nke ezi Chineke+ wee bịakwute ya, sị: “Eze, ka ndị agha Izrel ghara iso gị gaa, n’ihi na Jehova anọnyereghị Izrel,+ ya bụ, ụmụ Ifrem niile.

13 Ekworo Ifrem ga-akwụsị,+ a ga-ebipụkwa ọbụna ndị na-ebuso Juda iro. Ifrem agaghị ekwoso Juda ekworo, Juda agaghịkwa ebuso Ifrem iro.+

16 “Ma gị onwe gị, nwa nke mmadụ, were osisi,+ deekwa n’elu ya, ‘Nke Juda na ụmụ Izrel bụ́ ndị òtù ya.’+ Werekwa osisi ọzọ, dee n’elu ya, ‘Nke Josef, ya bụ, osisi Ifrem,+ na ụlọ Izrel dum bụ́ ndị òtù ya.’+