Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary all the people, for only a few men are there." 4 So about three thousand men went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai, 5 who killed about thirty-six of them.
Tfumela emadvodza lati-2 000 nome lati-3 000 kuyakuyidla, ungabakhatsati bonkhe bantfu ngekuya khona, ngobe bambalwa bantfu labakuleyo ndzawo." 4Ngako kwakhuphuka emadvodza labengaba ti-3 000; kodvwa ehlulwa ngemadvodza ase-Ayi, 5labulala emadvodza langema-36 aka-Israyeli.