18 Kodwa abako-Israyeli abazange bawahlasele ngoba abakhokheli babefunge ngebizo likaJehova+ uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli. Ngakho bonke abantu baqalisa ukukhonona besola lokho okwakwenziwe ngabakhokheli babo. 19 Abakhokheli basebesithi kubo: “Akuvumi ukuthi sibabulale ngoba sifunge ngoJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli. 20 Ngakho asisoze sibabulale ukuze uNkulunkulu angasithukutheleli ngoba sifungile kubo.”+

34 Ngemva kwalokho uJeftha wabuyela emzini wakhe eMizipha.+ Uthe efika nje indodakazi yakhe yaphuma yamhlangabeza, itshaya ithamborini futhi igida. Wayelomntwana oyedwa zwi, engela enye indodakazi loba indodana. 35 Wathi eyibona wadabula izembatho zakhe wathi: “Awu ndodakazi yami! Sungidabule inhliziyo ngoba sengizakwehlukana* lawe. Ngifungile kuJehova, ngeke ngephule isithembiso sami.”+

33 “Lezwa lokuthi abendulo batshelwa ukuthi: ‘Ungafungi ubusuyekela ukwenza lokho okufungileyo,+ kodwa kumele ugcwalise izifungo zakho kuJehova.’*+