¹ ''Moneni, nebo nalatuma inkombe yandi; nao akampe kanishisha inshila. Nolu shikulu uo mu fwaya mwebo akesa mukupumikisha kwi tempele lyakwe. Inkombe yaci pangano iyo mwebo mubekelwamo, moneni akesa,'' efyalandile Yawe wamilo. ² Lelo ninani ukashipikisha ubushiku bwakwisa kwakwe? nani akakwanisha ukwiminina ulo akamonaka? pantu akaba kubati mulilo wamwilungu umo bengulwila kabili kubati lisopo lya kuwashisha. ³ Akekala nga kengulula kabili nga kasangulula wa Silfa, kabili akasangulu abana baume bakwa Lebi Akabengulula ifyabupe ifyaboloke kuli Yawe. ⁴ Nolu ubupe bwakwa Yuda na Yerusalemu bukaba ubwa kubekelwamo kuli Yawe kubati ni minshiku shakale namu myaka yakale. ⁵ ''Nolu nebo kuku milubulwisha. Nabo mu kwangufyanya nkesakuba kambone ukushinina bashinganga abacita ubucenda balya abalapa ubufi nabalya abacenjela ababomfi mu malipilo abo abafyenga ba mukamfwilwa na bana banshiwa ukwimina abalukila abalebeshi nokukwimina bonse abashincika, ''efyalanda Yawe wamilalo. ⁶ ''pantunebo, ne Yawe, nshipilibwike, eco mweba bufyashi bwakwa Yakobo mushalobela. Ukufuma kunshiku shabo shinwe mwalipilibuka ukufuma kupipope fyandi kabili mwebo tamwa finsungile. ⁷ Bweleleni kuli nebo, na nebo nka bwela kuli mwebo, ''Tukabwela shani? ⁸ Bushe umuntu kuti aibila Lesa? lelo mwebo mukonjibila. ⁹ lelo mulanda ati, bushe tu kwibila shani? mufyekumi na mufyabupe. Mwalitipwa ne citipo, pantu mwebo mukonjibila, icalo consefye. ¹⁰ Leteni icekumi icituntulu conse mu nganda yakusungilamo, pakweba ati mwingaba ifyakulya munganda, kabili njesheni nomba muli ifi,'' efyalanda Yawe wamilalo, ''umfwa nga nsha kasule insolokoto sha mumyulu noku pongolwela ipalo pali mwebo, mukasuke mukabulwe nomjuputule apabika. ¹¹ Nebo nka kalipila fyonse ifyo naula ifisabo fyenu pakeba ifi fikombo shi mubalo cenu. ifimuti fyenu ifya myangashi mumabala tafyakalukushe ifisabo fyafiko,'' efyalandile Yawe wamilalo. ¹² Ifyalo fyonse fikamita abapalwa, pantu mukaba icalo cakubekelwamo, ''efyalandile Yawe wamicalo. ¹³ Amashiwi yenu mulanda pali nebo yalikalipishe,'' efyalandile Yawe. Lelo mwebo mulanda ati, "Nindo fwebo twalanda pali mwebo? ¹⁴ Mwalanda ati, ''Bawele wele ukubombela Lesa. Bukumu ndo twasangamo mukunga amafunde yakwe nangu mukulaenda abacililishi cakwa Yawe wamilalo? ¹⁵ Eco nomba fyebo tukuta abo aba cita ifibi aba palwa. Bancita tubi tabanonkafye, lelo balyamfwako na Lesa kabili bapusumuka.'' ¹⁶ Nolu balya abatina Yawe balilandile kuli umo no munankwe. Yawe aliposeleko amano nokumfwa, ne citabo cacibukisho calilembelwe pantanshi yakwe pali abo bonse abali kumutima Yawe nokucindika ishina lyakwe. ¹⁷ ''Bena bakaba bandi, '' efyabalandile Yawe wamilalo, ''ifikwafwa fyandi ifyo naci ndamisha, pabushiku ubo nebo nkacitapo cimo. Nebo nka balangulukila, kubati nifiklya umwaume alangulukila umwana wakwe umwaume umu bombela. ¹⁸ Nolu kabili mukeshibe ubupusano bwaba pa balungami naba bifi, ukupushanya ulya uushinshingami naba Lesa na ulya uushimushinshimuna.