18 “Ngalezonsuku abendlu yakoJuda labendlu yako-Israyeli+ bazahamba bonke. Bazabuya bonke bevela elizweni elisenyakatho besiza elizweni engalinika okhokho babo ukuthi libe lilifa labo.+

16 “Ndodana yomuntu, thatha isigodo ubhale kuso ukuthi, ‘EsikaJuda labantu bako-Israyeli abamanyene laye,’+ ubusuthatha esinye ubhale ukuthi, ‘EsikaJosefa esimela u-Efrayimi labo bonke abako-Israyeli abamanyene laye.’+

19 wena baphendule uthi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo yiNkosi Enkulu uJehova: “Ngizathatha isigodo esisesandleni sika-Efrayimi, esikaJosefa lezizwana zako-Israyeli ezimanyene laye, ngisihlanganise lesigodo sikaJuda kube yisigodo esisodwa+ esandleni sami.”’

10 “Abantu bako-Israyeli bazakuba banengi njengetshebetshebe yolwandle engeke ibalwe loba ilinganiswe.+ Lapho okwakuthiwa kubo, ‘Kalisibo bantu bami,’+ kuzatshintshwa kuthiwe kubo, ‘Lingamadodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo.’+ 11 Abantu bakoJuda labako-Israyeli bazabuthaniswa ndawonye bamanyane.+ Bazazikhethela umkhokheli oyedwa njalo baphume elizweni ngoba usuku lukaJeziriyeli+ luzakuba lukhulu.