And they came, and besieged him in Abela, and in Bethmaacha, and they cast up works round the city, and the city was besieged: and all the people that were with Joab, laboured to throw down the walls.
Ne bajja ne bamuzingiza mu Aberi eky'e Besumaaka, ne batuuma ekifunvu ku kibuga nga kyolekera ekigo: abantu bonna abaali ne Yowaabu ne bakoonanga bbugwe okumusuula.