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10 Pavuli paku Abimeleki, panguza Tola mwana waku Puwa, mwana waku Dodo, wa mu fuku laku Isakara, kuti wawombo Ayisirayeli.+ Iyu wajanga ku Shamiri, muchigaŵa chamapiri chaku Efurayemu. 2 Tola wanguyeruzga Ayisirayeli kwa vyaka 23. Pavuli paki wangufwa ndipu wanguŵikika ku Shamiri.
3 Pavuli paku Tola, panguza Yayiri wa ku Giliyadi, ndipu iyu wanguyeruzga Ayisirayeli kwa vyaka 22. 4 Yayiri wenga ndi ŵana anthulumi 30 wo akweranga pa abulu 30, ndipu yiwu ŵenga ndi matawuni 30. Matawuni ngenanga ngadanika kuti Havoti-yairi+ mpaka msanawale, ndipu nge mucharu cha Giliyadi. 5 Pavuli paki, Yayiri wangufwa ndipu wanguŵikika ku Kamoni.
6 Ayisirayeli angwamba so kuchita vinthu viheni pa masu paku Yehova,+ ndipu angwamba kuteŵete Abala,+ vikozgu va Ashitoreti, achiuta ŵa Aaramu,* achiuta ŵa Asidoni, achiuta ŵa Amowabu,+ achiuta ŵa Aamoni+ kweniso achiuta ŵa Afilisiti.+ Yiwu angumujowo Yehova ndipu anguleka kumuteŵete. 7 Sonu ukali waku Yehova ungukole pa Ayisirayeli, ndipu wanguŵagulisa mu manja mwa Afilisiti kweniso mwa Aamoni.+ 8 Yiwu angusuzga kweniso kukandirizga Ayisirayeli mu chaka chenichi, ndipu kwa vyaka 18 yiwu angukandirizga Ayisirayeli kusirya kwa Yorodani ko kwenga kucharu cha Aamori ku Giliyadi. 9 Aamoni ayambukanga so Yorodani kuti akachiti nkhondu ndi Yuda, Benjamini kweniso nyumba yaku Efurayemu; ndipu Ayisirayeli angusuzgika ukongwa. 10 Sonu Ayisirayeli anguliriya Yehova kuti waŵawovyi,+ ndipu angukamba kuti: “Takunangiyani, chifukwa tajowo Chiuta widu ndi kuteŵete Abala.”+
11 Kweni Yehova wangumuka Ayisirayeli kuti: “Kumbi ndingukutaskani cha ku Ijipiti,+ kweniso kwa Aamori,+ Aamoni, Afilisiti,+ 12 ku ŵanthu a ku Sidoni, kwa Aamaleki ndipuso kwa Amidiyani po akukandirizganingi? Mwati mwandiliriya, ndingukutaskani mu manja mwawu. 13 Kweni yimwi mungundijowo ndi kwamba kuteŵete achiuta anyaki.+ Ndichu chifukwa chaki ndikutaskeningi so cha.+ 14 Lutani kwa achiuta wo mwasankha, ndipu mukaŵapemphi kuti akuwovyeni.+ Yiwu akutaskeni pa nyengu yamasuzgu.”+ 15 Kweni Ayisirayeli angukambiya Yehova kuti: “Takunangiyani. Muchiti nasi chechosi cho yimwi muwona kuti ntchakwenere. Kweni chondi mutitaski msanawale pe.” 16 Ndipu yiwu angutuzgapu achiuta achilendu pakati pawu ndi kwamba kuteŵete Yehova,+ mwakuti iyu wanguzomereza so cha kuti Ayisirayeli alutirizgi kusuzgika.*+
17 Pati pajumpha nyengu, Aamoni+ anguwungana pamoza ndipu angujintha msasa ku Giliyadi. Mwaviyo, Ayisirayeli nawu anguwungana pamoza ndipu angujintha msasa ku Mizipa. 18 Ŵanthu ndi alongozgi a ku Giliyadi angufumbana kuti: “Ndiyani yo watilongozgengi pakuchita nkhondu ndi Aamoni?+ Munthu mwenuyu wajengi mulongozgi wa ŵanthu wosi wo aja ku Giliyadi.”