1 WaAyash (And now men) Yashar-Al (Israel) YaNaShabai (sworn) BaMatzapah (in Mizpah), LaAmar (saying), “Ayash (man) Manamanaw (from us) Laa (NOT) YaNathan (give) Banathaw (his daughter) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) LaAyashah (wife).”
2 WaYaBawaa (And came Bethel), HaIm (the people) Al (El beth el) WaYaYashabaw (and sat) Sham (there) Id-HaIrab (as far as the evening) LaPanayam (before) HaAlahayam (the God), WaYaNashaaw (and lifted up) Qawalam (their voices), WaYaBakahaw (and wept) Bakay (severely) Gadawal (very great/important/mighty).
3 WaYaAmaraw (And said), “LaMah (what / why / how) Yahawah (), Alahayam (God) Yashar-Al (Israel), Yashar-Al (why happened Israel), Hayahathah (came to pass) Zaath (this) LaHaPaqad ([causing] lacking) Yashar-Al (Israel) HaYawam (the day) Shabat (tribe) Achad (today one)?”
4 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) MaMacharath (from happened next day) WaYaShakayamaw (and rose early), HaIm (the people) WaYaBanahaw (and built) Sham (there) Mazabach (altar), WaYaIlahaw (and offered) Ilahawath (burnt offerings) Ilahawath (and peace offerings) WaShalamayam (and whole / complete - plural).
5 WaYaAmaraw (And said), Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) “May (Who) AsharaLaa (who/that NOT) YaIlah (come) BaQahal (up in assembly) MaKal (from every) Shabatay (among tribes) Yashar-Al (Israel) Al (to) Yahawah ()?” KayaHaShabawaih (surely the oath) HaGadawalah (the great) Hayahathah (came to pass) LaAsharaLaa (who/that NOT) YaIlah (concerning come up) Al (to) Yahawah () HaMatzapah (the Mizpah), LaAmar (saying), “Mawath (death) YaMawamath (death).”
6 WaYaNaNachamaw (And turn away / repent) Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) Al (to) Achayaw (grieved his brother), WaYaAmaraw (and said), “YaNaGadai (cut off) Yashar-Al (Israel) HaYawam (this day) Shabat (tribe) Achad (one).
7 Mah (What / why / how) NaIshah (make) Lam (for them) LaNaYawatharayam (How provide wives for remain - plural), LaNaAyashahayam (woman - emphatic, plural) WaAnachanaw (and we) NaShabainaw (we since sworn) Yahawah () LaBalathayaNathanath (to/towards gave) Lam (for them) MaBanathawathayanaw (of our daughters) LaNaAyashahayam (wives - emphatic)?”
8 WaYaAmaraw (And said), “May (Who) Achad (one) MaShabatay (of tribes) Yashar-Al (Israel) AsharaLaa (who/that NOT) YaIlah (come up) Al (to) Yahawah () HaMatzapah (the Mizpah)?” WaHanah (And behold), Laa (NOT) YaBawaa (came) Ayash (man) Al-HaMachanah (to the camp) MaYabash (from Jabesh Gilead) Al-HaQahal (to the assembly).
9 WaYaThaPaqad (And [reflexive] numbered), HaIm (the people) WaHanah (and behold), Ayan (NO ONE) Sham (there) Ayash (man) MaYawashabay (of inhabitants) Yabash (Jabesh Gilead).
10 WaYaShalachaw (And sent) Sham (there) HaIdah (the congregation) Shanayam (two) Ishar (ten) Alap (thousand) Ayash (man) MaBanay (of most valiant), HaChayal (the wealth / substance / capability / valor) WaYaTzawahaw (and commanded), Awatham (the entirety of them) LaAmar (saying), “Yalakaw (you go) WaHaNakahayatham (and you [causing] strike) Ath-Yawashabay (the entirety of inhabit/dwell) Yabash (Jabesh Gilead) LaPahay (edge) Charab (sword), WaHaNaAyashahayam (and the women - emphatic) WaHaTap (and the little ones).
11 WaZah (And this / that / these) HaDabar (the word / matter) AsharaThaIshahaw (who/that thing you do): Kal (every) Zakar (male), WaKal (and every) Ayashah (woman) Yadaith (lain know/understand) Mashakab (𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤁) Zakar (male) ThaCharayamaw (you utterly destroy).”
12 WaYaMatzaaw (And found) MaYawashabay (from inhabitants) Yabash (Jabesh Gilead) Arabai (four) Maahawath (hundred - plural) Nairah (young) Bathawalah (virgins), AsharaLaa (who/that NOT) Yadaih (known) Ayash (man) LaMashakab (lying); Zakar (male) WaYaBawayaaw (and brought) Awatham (the entirety of them) Al-HaMachanah (to the camp) Shayalah (Shiloh), AsharaBaAratz (who/that in land) Kanain (Canaan).
13 WaYaShalachaw (And sent) Kal (every) HaIdah (the congregation) WaYaDabaraw (and spoke) Al-Banay (to son) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) AsharaBaSalai (who/that in rock) Ramawan (Rimmon), WaYaQaraaw (and proclaimed) Lam (for them) Shalawam (peace / safety).
14 Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) WaYaShawab (and returned) BaIth (at time); HaHawayaa (which/who/that is) WaYaNathanaw (and gave) Lam (for them) HaNaAyashahayam (the women - emphatic) AsharaChayahaw (who/that they saved alive) MaNaAyashahay (of women - emphatic) Yabash (Jabesh Gilead): WaLaa (And not) Matzaaw (they enough) Lam (for them) Kan (for sure).
15 WaHaIm (And the people grieved) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin), NaNacham (turn away / repent) Kay-YaIshah (surely because made) Yahawah () Paratz (breach) BaShabatay (in tribes) Yashar-Al (Israel).
16 WaYaAmaraw (And said), Zaqanay (elders) HaIdah (the congregation) “Mah (what / why / how) NaIshah (we how provide) LaNaYawatharayam (wives for remain - plural), LaNaAyashahayam (since women - emphatic destroyed) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) Kay-NaShamadah (surely 𐤔𐤌𐤃) Ayashah (woman)?”
17 WaYaAmaraw (And said), “Yarashahath (inheritance) Palayatah (escaped) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin), WaLaa (And not) YaMachah (blotted) Yashar-Al (Israel) Shabat (tribe).
18 WaAnachanaw (And we) Laa (NOT) NaYawakal (𐤉𐤅𐤊𐤋) LaNathanath (However give) ‘Lam (for them) NaAyashahayam (wife - emphatic, plural) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) MaBanathawathayanaw (wives of our daughters), Kay-NaShabaiw (surely sworn), Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) LaAmar (saying), Arawar (cursed) Nathan (gave).’” Ayashah (woman)
19 WaYaAmaraw (And said), “Hanah (Behold), Chag (feast/festival) Yahawah () BaShayalah (in Shiloh), MaYawamayam (from year to year - plural) Yawamayamah (toward day - plural) AsharaMaTzapawanah (who/that from toward north) Bayath-Al (Bethel), MaTzapawanah (from toward on the east side) Al (El beth el) Mazarachah (toward 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤇) HaShamash (the sun) LaMasalah (highway) HaIlah (that goes up) Bayath-Al (Bethel) Shakam (Shechem), WaMaNagab (and from south) LaLabawanah (of Lebonah).”
20 WaYaTzawah (And commanded) Ath-Banay (the entirety of son) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin), LaAmar (saying), “Yalakaw (you go) WaArabatham (and you lie wait) BaKaramayam (in vineyards),
21 WaRaahayatham (And you see), WaHanah (and behold), Am-YaYatzaaw (although - rhetorical come out) Banathawath (daughters) Shayalah (Shiloh) LaChawal (to dance) BaMachawalahawath (in dances), WaYatzaatham (and you come out) Man-HaKaramayam (from the vineyards), WaChatapatham (and you catch) Lakam (for you) Ayash (man) Ayashahathaw (his wife) MaBanathawath (of daughters) Shayalah (Shiloh), WaHalakatham (and you go) Aratz (Earth/land) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin).
22 WaYaHayah (And came to pass) Kay-YaBawaaw (surely come) Abawatham (their fathers) AwaAchayam (or their brothers) LaRayawab (to complain), Alayanaw (to us) WaAmaranaw (and we say), ‘Alayam (to them) Chananawanaw (you grant graciously us), Awatham (the entirety of them) KayaLaa (surely NOT) Laqachanaw (we take) Ayash (man) Ayashahathaw (his wife) BaMalachamah (in battle), KayaLaa (surely NOT) Athaham (you) Nathanatham (you neither give), Lam (for them) KaIth (As time) ThaAshamaw (otherwise you now guilty).’”
23 WaYaIshahaw (And did), Kan (for sure) Banay (son) Ban-Yamayan (Benjamin) WaYaNashaaw (and took) NaAyashahayam (wives - emphatic), LaMasaparam (according to their number), Man-HaMaChawalalawath (from who danced - plural), Ashar (carried off). Gazalaw (𐤂𐤆𐤋) WaYaYalakaw (and went) WaYaShawabaw (and returned) Al-Nachalahatham (to their inheritance), WaYaBanahaw (and built) Ath-HaIyarayam (the entirety of the cities), WaYaYashabaw (and lived) Bam (within him them).
24 WaYaThaHalakaw (And move) MaSham (from there) Banay (son) Yashar-Al (Israel) BaIth (departed at time), HahayaaAyash (𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 man) LaShabataw (to his tribe) WaLaMashapachahathaw (and to his family), WaYaYatzaaw (and went out) MaSham (from there) Ayash (man) LaNachalahathaw (to his inheritance).
25 BaYawamayam (In days) HaHam (the they / them) Ayan (NO ONE) Malak (king) Yashar-Al (Israel): Ayash (man) HaYashar (that right) BaIyanayaw (in his own eyes) YaIshah (did).