¹ Elo abantu na bekashi babo balile apakalamba kuli ba wabo abena Yuda. ² Pakuti kwali bamo abali kulanda ati, "fwebo tuli bengi naba besu baume elo nabana banakashi kanshi lekeni fwebo tupoke ingano nokuti tulye nokuba no mweo." ³ kwali bamo abalandile ati, "tukocita amabala yesu, amabala yesu aya myangashi elo na mayanda yesu ukuba cikatilo cakupokelamo ingano munshita yacipowe. ⁴ Bambi nabo balandile ati, "tulikongwele indalama shakwulipila umusonko wa mfumu pa mabala yesu aya myangashi. ⁵ Elo nomba imibili no mulopa wesu umowine na ba wesu kabili abana besu nabana babo bamobene. Tuli patikishiwe ukushitisha abana baume besu elo na bana banakashi besu ukuba abasha. Bamo abana banakashi besu balibakale mu busha. Lelo ici tacili ca mumaka yesu ukwfwa ici cintu pantu abaume bambi ebakwete amabala yesu elo na mabala yesu aya myangashi." ⁶ Nalifulilwe sana ulo ukulial kwabo na mashiwi aya. ⁷ Elo natontokenye pali ic-i, kabili mucishinka nailishenye ku bacindami na bacilolo. Nalandile kuli beuna, "Mukopoka cikatilo, umo ukufumafye kuli webo." Nalikolonganike ibumba likulu pali bena. ⁸ elo nokulanda kuli bean, "ngani fwebo, tulikwete ukulingana na maka Yesu twalishitile bawesu aba Yuda ukufuma muli bunkole abo abashitishe ku nko nomba namwe mukoshitisha na bawenu ukweab ati babashitishe nakabili kuli fwe!" balikutumenefhe kabili tabamwene neshiwi lyakulandapo. ⁹ Kabili nalilandile, "ifyo mukocita tafiliweme. tekuti mwende mukatina kakwa Lesa Wesu kuku cingilial ukucendwa kwa nko aba abalwani besu? ¹⁰ Nebo naba wesu elo na ba bomfi bandi tukobakongwesha indalama elo nengano. Nomab tufwile ukuleka balundishapo pali shi inkongole. ¹¹ Bweke kulibena buno bwine bushiku amabala ybo amabala ta myangashi yabo, na mabala ya miolifi, na mayanda yabo ne cipendo candalama, na mafuta ayo mwapoka kuli bena." ¹² Elo balandile, "takabwekeshe ifyo twasendele ukufuma kuli bene, kabili tatwakafwaye cintu ukufuma kuli bena., Tukacita fyekafyo mwalanda." Elo nakutile bashimapepo nokubalenga ukuloap ukucita ifyp balaile. ¹³ Nalikuntile insempe ya mwingial wandi nokulanda ati, "kanshi efyo Lesa akunte ukufuam mu nganda nefikwatwa umuntu onse utakosunga amalayo yakwe efyo onbe uwakukuntwa noku bulwa." ulukuta lonse lwalandile ati, "Amen," elo balumbenye Yawe nabantu bacitile ifyo balaile. ¹⁴ Kanshi ukufuma inshita nasontelwe ukuba cilolo wabo mu calo ca ba Yuda, ukufuma mu mwaka wakulenag amakumi yabili ya mfumu Artaxerxes, imyaka ikumi na ibili, nangu nebo nangu ba wesu twalikuya ifilyo balikupekanisha ba cilolo. ¹⁵ Nomba ciololo walipo akale uwalipo ulo nshila bapo alibikile ifisendo ifyakulema pa bantu, kabili alipokele kuli bene ama shekele amakumi yane aya silfere iya pacakulya cabo ca cilabushiku no mwangashi na babomfi babo bali ni tulesa pa bantu lelo nebo shacitile fyo mulandu wakatina kuli Lesa. ¹⁶ Kabilio natwalilile ku bombela pe linga, elo tatwashitilepo impanga, na babomfi bandi bonse balikukolongana kulya ku mulimo. ¹⁷ Pa cintamba candi ba yuda naba filolo abaume umwanda umo namakumi yasano, ukuleka abo abashile kuli fwebo ukufuma mu nko ishatushibgulwike. ¹⁸ Nomba ifyali kupekanishiwa cila bushiku ni ngombe imo impanga mutanda ishalikusalwa, felo fye ne fyoni, elo cial nshiku ikumi limo imisango yonse iya mwangashi talifwile, nomab pali ifi fyonse shalombelepo amalipilo yafya kulya fya ba ba cilolo, pantu imilimo yalikosapali aba bantu. ¹⁹ Njibukisha, Lesa wandi pa fisuma pali fyonse ifyo nalikucita kuli aba bantu.