Abashula ifya kale balisanga ifimumbwa mu Yerusalemu na Yuda ifyali apali amayanda abantu baleikalamo. Ifimumbwa ifingi ifyo basangile fyali fya banakashi abo babumbile na mabele ayakalamba sana abali fye ubwamba. Abashula ifi fintu basangile ukuti ifi fyali fimpashanya fya kwa Astarte e lyo na Ashera, ba lesa banakashi aba bufyashi. Baleti ifi fibumbwa “fyalepeela abanakashi ishuko pa kuti bemite no kufyala abana.”

[Icikope pe bula 10]

Ifimpashanya fya kwa Astarte mu mayanda ya kale aya baYuda

[Abatusuminishe]

Photograph © Israel Museum, Jerusalem; courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority