¹ Kwayire shirugho shinya Judasa ashuvire vaghuni vendi vavakafumu ghakakare kwaumwe wavakaAdullamite, walidina Hira. ² Akawana mukafumu wamuKanana walidina Shua ogho akaliro namonendi wamukamali, ghamu ghupu, nakukara naye panyama. ³ Ghakara marutu maviri kumwe nakuwana mona wamukafumu. Ava muruku Eri. ⁴ Aya kara marutu maviri ano aya wana mona wamukafumu. Kamuyitanga Onani. ⁵ Shimpe nka aya wana nka mona wamukafumu amuruku Shelani. KuKezibi vakamushampurukilire. ⁶ Judasa ghawanene Eri mukamali, monendi wambeli. Lidina lyendi Tamara. ⁷ Eri, mona waEri wambeli,ghakalire mundjoni kushipara shaHompa. Hompa ghamudipagha. ⁸ Judasa atantere Onani, ''Yenda kwamukamali wamukuroye. Karughane shitumbukira shauswara kukwendi, nakuyitirapo mona mukuroye.'' ⁹ Onani ghayivire ashi mona kapi nga kara wendi. Kehe pano kayendanga kwamukamali wamukurwendi, kakateteranga honde yendi palivhu mposhi kapishi ngatumbapeke mukamali wamukurwendi. ¹⁰ Ovino karughananga vidona kushipara shaHompa. Karunga amu dipagha naye. ¹¹ Judasa atantere Tamara, ngumweyi yendi ashi, ''Kara ngoli mufiti kadi ,mumundi wavasho dogoro mpopo Shela, monande wamukafumu, ngakura.'' Ano ghuye akalire nautjirwe ashi, ''Naye kuvura ghafe, yira vakuru vendi.'' Tamara atundumo ayende mumundi wavashe. ¹² Kuruku yashirugho shashire, mona Shua, mukamali waJudasa, mpo afire. Judasa vamushengawidire ghayende kuTimna nko ghaka shitikita ndwi dendi, naye naunyendi Hira waAdullamite. ¹³ Tamara ghavamutantereshi, ''Kenga, tamweyi yoye kuna kuyenda kuTimna vakakugaunwine ndjwi davo.''' ¹⁴ Ghashutura vyuma vyendi vyarutuvyaufita kadi naumwendi nalikeshe akudingilire naumwendi. Ashungiri paheka yaEnaim, oyo yakarero kushitaura shaTimna. Ghaka mona Shela ana kuru ano ngoli kapi vaghumupire akare mukamali wendi. ¹⁵ Opo ghamumonine Judasa aghayara ashi walye mushondeli mukonda ghakufikilire shipara shendi. ¹⁶ Ghayendi kwendi kushitaura amu yita, ''Yiya, nakanderere renka nirare nove,'' ghuye kapi ayivire ashi ngumweyi yendi ano amupura ashi, ''Nke umpa nange opo urara name?'' ¹⁷ Ghamutantere ashi, ''Kuni kutumina shimpendje shashanuke shamushiunda.'' Ghalimbururashi, kuvura umpe kehe shino nikare nasho dogoro ngaukashitume?'' ¹⁸ ghamupura, ''Yira vinke ngoli evi nikupa?'' ghalimburura, ''Shinongonito shoye naruvya roye, nashinike osho ghuna kwateterere mumaghoko ghoye.'' Avimupa kumwe nakurara naye, ano akara marutu maviri. ¹⁹ Ghashapuka aka yendako. Aghupuko likeshe ghadwatako vyuma vyendi vyamufiti vyendi. Judasa atumu shimpendje naunyendi wakuAdullamite mposhi ²⁰ ghakaghupe vininke vyendi vina karo mumaghoko ghamukamali ghunya, mara kapi aka muwanine. ²¹ Makura mukaAdullamite apura Mukafumu livango, ''Kuniana kara unya mukamali wakukughulita oghunya kakaro kushitaura shaEnaim musheli munya yashitaura?'' ghavamulimburura ashi, ''Kapi pakaranga wakukughulita pano.'' ²² Ghavyuka kwaJudasa nakamutantera ashi, ''Kapi nakamuwana.'' Ntani nka, mukafumu mwenya livango ana ghamba ashi kapi pakara vakamali vakushondera panya.'' ²³ Judasa aghamba ashi, ''Akare ngoli avhulike vininke, kapishi ngavitufite ntjoni. Ano ngoli natumu shino shimpendje shashanuke, ene ngoli kapi una kamuwanapo.'' ²⁴ Kuruku rwashirugho shamakwedi matatu mpo vatantilire Judasa, ''Ngumweyi yoye Tamara, gha shondera, ngoli, namarutu maviri ghendi maviri.'' Judasa a ghamba ashi, ''Muyitenu kuno vamu shore.'' ²⁵ Opo vamurupwitire, ghatumu kwatamweyi yendi mbudi, ''Kumukafumu ogho aweko vino ndje ghantumbapeko.'' Aghamba nka ashi, ''Dimbururenu ashi shidimbulito naruvya ntani neshi shamumaghoko vyare vino.'' ²⁶ Judasa avi dimburura nakughamba ashi, ''Muuhunga ana kara yira ame, kutunda opo nadira kumutapa akare mukamali waShela, monande wamukafumu.'' Kapi arara naye nka. ²⁷ Ghashiya shirugho shakushampuruka, taterera, vamapange vakaliro mulira. ²⁸ Shirugho ashitikimo shakushampuruka umwe arupwita lighoko, mukamali wendi wamukurona aghupu rughodi ghamumanga kulighoko nakughamba ashi, ''Oghuno ndje ana hovo kurupuka.'' ²⁹ Ghavyuta lighoko lyendi, taterera, muunyendi ghakahova kurupukamo. Mukamali aghamba ashi, ''Weni mo una kahova kurupukamo!'' Ano avamuruku Perez. ³⁰ Unyendi naye mbyo gharupukire, ogho akaliro narughodi mulighoko lyendi, mbyo vamurukire Zera.