1. Eitse hobane Joshua a timele, bana ba Iseraele ba botsa Jehova, ba re: Ke mang ho rona ya tla simolla ho futuhela Bakanana le ho ba lwantsha?
2. Jehova a araba, a re: Ho futuhe Juda; bonang, ke neetse lefatshe matsohong a hae.
3. Juda a bolella Simeone ngwanabo, a re: A re nyolohele le wena fatsheng leo ke le abetsweng, re tle re futuhele Bakanana, re ntoo ya le wena ho le abetsweng wena. Mme Simeone a ya le yena.
4. Juda a nyoloha, mme Jehova a neela Bakanana le Baferese matsohong a bona, mme ba bolaya banna ba kete tse leshome Beseke.
5. Ba fihlela Adoni-Beseke motseng wa Beseke, ba mo lwantsha, mme ba qhala Bakanana le Baferese.
6. Adoni-Beseke a baleha, mme ba mo phallela, ba mo tshwara, ba mo poma menwana e metona ya matsoho le ya maoto.
7. Yaba Adoni-Beseke o re: Marena a mashome a supileng a pomilweng menwana e metona ya matsoho le ya maoto, a ne a thola makumane katlasa tafole ya ka. Modimo o buseditse ho nna seo ke se entseng. Ba mo isa Jerusalema, mme a shwela teng.
8. Yaba bana ba Juda ba futuhela Jerusalema, ba o kena; ba bolaya baahi ba teng ka bohale ba lerumo, mme ba tjhesa motse.
9. Bana ba Juda ba ntoo theoha, ho ya futuhela Bakanana ba ahileng dithabeng, le Borwa, le lehwatateng.