3 Ibi ni byo bihugu Yehova yaretse kugira ngo agerageze Abisirayeli bose batari barigeze bajya ku rugamba ngo barwane n’Abanyakanani.+

3 Ibyo bihugu ni ibi: Abami batanu bishyize hamwe b’Abafilisitiya,+ Abanyakanani bose, Abasidoni,+ Abahivi+ batuye ku musozi wa Libani,+ uhereye ku musozi wa Bayali-herumoni kugera i Rebo-hamati.*+

4 Abami b’Abafilisitiya barababaza bati: “None se ni iki twatanga kugira ngo Imana itubabarire?” Nabo barabasubiza bati: “Muzohereze ibishushanyo bitanu by’ibibyimba n’ibishushanyo bitanu by’imbeba byose bikozwe muri zahabu, mukurikije umubare w’abami b’Abafilisitiya,+ kubera ko buri wese muri mwe n’abami banyu mwahanganye n’icyorezo kimwe.