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21 Sonu ŵanthu a ku Isirayeli angulapizga ku Mizipa+ kuti: “Palivi yumoza waku isi yo wazamupereka mwana waki munthukazi ku munthulumi wa mu fuku laku Benjamini kuti waje muwolu waki.”+ 2 Sonu ŵanthu wo angufika ku Beteli.+ Yiwu anguja kweniko pa masu paku Chiuta wauneneska mpaka mazulu, ndipu anguliya ukongwa. 3 Yiwu akambanga kuti: “Yehova Chiuta waku Isirayeli, ntchifukwa wuli venivi vachitika mu Isirayeli? Ntchifukwa wuli fuku limoza lasoŵa mu Isirayeli msanawale?” 4 Mawa laki, ŵanthu wo anguyuka mlenjilenji ndipu anguzenga guŵa la sembi kweniko kuti aperekiyepu sembi zakupiriza kweniso sembi za chimangu.+
5 Pavuli paki ŵanthu a ku Isirayeli angufumba kuti: “Pa mafuku ngosi nga Ayisirayeli, kumbi mbayani wo anguleka kuza kuziwungana pa masu paku Yehova?” Angufumba viyo chifukwa yiwu angulapizga ukongwa kuti weyosi yo wazengi cha kwaku Yehova ku Mizipa, wabayiki mwambula kutondeka. 6 Sonu ŵanthu wosi a ku Isirayeli anguchita chitima ukongwa chifukwa cha vo vinguchitikiya abali ŵawu a fuku laku Benjamini. Yiwu angukamba kuti: “Msanawale fuku limoza latuzgikamu mu Isirayeli. 7 Kumbi tichiti wuli kuti ŵanthu wo ajaku tiŵasaniriyi anthukazi, pakuti sonu talapizga kwaku Yehova+ kuti tiŵapaskengi cha ŵana ŵidu anthukazi kuti aje awolu ŵawu?”+
8 Yiwu angufumba kuti: “Ndiyani pakati pa mafuku nga Ayisirayeli yo waza cha kwaku Yehova ku Mizipa?”+ Sonu vinguchitika kuti pengavi munthu weyosi wakutuliya ku Yabeshi-giliyadi yo wanguza kumsasa ko kwenga mpingu. 9 Ŵanthu ŵati aŵerengeka, anguwona kuti pengavi munthu weyosi wakutuliya ku Yabeshi-giliyadi yo wenga kweniko. 10 Sonu ŵanthu wo angutuma anthulumi anthazi 12,000 kuti aluti kweniko. Yiwu anguŵalamula kuti: “Lutani kabayeni ndi lipanga munthu weyosi wa ku Yabeshi-giliyadi, kusazgapu anthukazi ndi ŵana.+ 11 Mukachiti ivi: Mukabayi munthulumi weyosi kweniso munthukazi weyosi yo wakugonanapu ndi munthulumi.” 12 Pakati pa ŵanthu a ku Yabeshi-giliyadi, angusaniyapu asungwana 400 wo ŵenga ŵechendagonanepu ndi munthulumi weyosi. Mwaviyo, anguza nawu kumsasa ku Shilo,+ mucharu cha Kanani.
13 Pavuli paki, ŵanthu wosi angutuma uthenga ku ŵanthu a fuku laku Benjamini kujalawi la Rimoni,+ ndipu anguŵalayizga chimangu. 14 Sonu ŵanthu a fuku laku Benjamini anguweku pa nyengu yeniyiya. Yiwu anguŵapaska anthukazi wo anguleka kuŵabaya pakati pa anthukazi a ku Yabeshi-giliyadi,+ kweni anthukazi wo angusaniya angupeleŵere. 15 Ŵanthu anguchita chitima ukongwa chifukwa cha vo vinguchitikiya ŵanthu a fuku laku Benjamini,+ pakuti Yehova wangupatuwa mafuku ngaku Isirayeli. 16 Ŵara ŵa ŵanthu angufumba kuti: “Kumbi tichiti wuli kuti anthulumi wo ajaku tiŵasaniriyi anthukazi, pakuti anthukazi wosi a fuku laku Benjamini akubayika?” 17 Ŵanthu wo angumuka kuti: “Patenere kuja chihara cha ŵanthu akujaku a fuku laku Benjamini, kuti fuku lileki kutuzgikamu mu Isirayeli. 18 Kweni isi te akuzomerezeka cha kuŵapaska anthukazi kutuliya pa ŵana ŵidu anthukazi, chifukwa ŵanthu a ku Isirayeli alapizga kuti: ‘Ngwakutembeka munthu yo waperekengi munthukazi ku ŵanthu a fuku laku Benjamini.’”+
19 Sonu yiwu angukamba kuti: “Awonani! Ku Shilo kuchitika phwandu laku Yehova chaka ndi chaka.+ Shilo we kunkhondi* kwa Beteli ndipuso kuvuma* kwa msewu ukulu wo ukwera kutuliya ku Beteli kuluta ku Sekemu kweniso we kumwera kwa Lebona.” 20 Yiwu angulamula anthulumi a fuku laku Benjamini kuti: “Lutani, ndipu mukabisami muminda ya mphereska. 21 Ndipu asani mwachiwona asungwana* a ku Shilo achiza kuzivina mwakuzunguliya, weyosi waku yimwi wakasotopoki muminda ya mphereska ndi kuko munthukazi yumoza pakati pa asungwana a ku Shilo, kuti waje muwolu waki. Pavuli paki, mukawere kucharu cha ŵanthu a fuku laku Benjamini. 22 Asani awusewu pamwenga azichi ŵawu azengi kuzitimba mulandu, tiŵakambiyengi kuti, ‘Tichitiyeni lisungu chifukwa chaku yiwu, pakuti tingutondeka kusaniriya munthu weyosi munthukazi waki mwakuchita nkhondu,+ ndipuso yimwi namwi mwatingi muŵapaskengi cha munthukazi chifukwa mwatingi mujengi ndi mulandu.’”+
23 Sonu anthulumi a fuku laku Benjamini anguchita vo anguŵalamula. Weyosi waku yiwu wanguto munthukazi kutuliya pakati pa anthukazi wo avinanga kuti waje muwoli waki. Pavuli paki, anguwere kuchihara chawu ndipu anguchizenga so matawuni ngawu+ ndi kujamu.
24 Pa nyengu yeniyi, Ayisirayeli angumbininika pamalu ngo, weyosi wanguwere ku fuku laki kweniso ku banja laki. Yiwu angutuwaku kweniko, mwakuti weyosi wanguwere kuchihara chaki.
25 Mu mazuŵa ngeningo, mu Isirayeli mwengavi fumu.+ Weyosi wachitanga vo wawonanga kuti vakwenere kwaku iyu.*