19 Ngaloo mihla, xa kwakungekho kumkani kwaSirayeli,+ kwakukho omnye umLevi owayehlala emagqagaleni kummandla weentaba wakwaEfrayim.+ Wathatha intombi yaseBhetelehem*+ kwaYuda yaba ngumfazi wakhe. 2 Kodwa lo mfazi akazange athembeke* kuye, ibe wayishiya indoda yakhe wabuyela endlini katata wakhe eBhetelehem kwaYuda. Wahlala apho iinyanga ezine.