6 Abalama wakendakana mu buloba abu too ne ku muaba udibu babikila ne: Shekeme,+ pabuipi ne mitshi minene ya Mole.+ Tshikondo atshi bena Kanâna batshivua mu buloba abu.

7 Nunku bakajidila* Kedeshe+ mu Galela mu buloba bua mikuna bua Nafatale, Shekeme+ mu buloba bua mikuna bua Efelayima, ne Kîyata-âba,+ mmumue ne: Hebelone, mu buloba bua mikuna bua Yuda.

9 Ebi biakalua bimenga bivuabu basungule bua bena Isalele bonso ne bua bantu bavua basombe buenyi bavua munkatshi muabu, bua muntu yonso udi ushipa muntu* mukuabu kabiyi ku bukole anyemenamu,+ ne kafu ku tshianza tshia musombuedi wa mashi kayi muanji kuimana kumpala kua tshisumbu bua kulumbulula.+

9 Pakapita matuku, Abimeleke+ muana wa Yelubâla wakaya kudi bana babu ne mamuende ku Shekeme, yeye kubambila bobu ne dîku dijima dia kakuende ne:* 2 “Ebejayiku balombodi* bonso ba mu Shekeme ne: ‘Tshidi tshimpe buenu nuenu ntshinyi? Ntshia bana bonso 70 ba Yelubâla+ banukokeshe anyi ntshia muntu umue anukokeshe? Nuvuluke ne: meme ndi mufuba wenu ne musunyi wenu menemene.’”*

15 Nunku Yakoba wakapueka mu Ejipitu,+ yeye kufuilamu,+ ne bankambua betu bakafuilamu pabu.+ 16 Bakaya nabu ku Shekeme, kubatekabu mu lukita luvua Abalahama musumbe kudi bana ba Hamô mu Shekeme ku bungi kampanda bua makuta a tshiamu tshia arjan.+