16 Joale bara ba Josefa ba re: “Sebaka se lithaba ha sea lekana bakeng sa rōna, ’me ho na le likoloi tsa ntoa+ tse nang le mahare a tšepe har’a Bakanana bohle ba lulang naheng ea khohlo, ba leng Bethe-sheane+ le metseng e itšetlehileng ka eona le ba leng khohlong ea Jezriele.”+

3 Bara ba Iseraele ba qala ho hoeletsa ho Jehova,+ hobane o ne a e-na le likoloi tsa ntoa tse nang le mahare a tšepe+ tse makholo a robong, ’me o ne a hateletse bara ba Iseraele+ ka thata ka lilemo tse mashome a mabeli.