Malakai
1 Mbila:
Byambo bya Yehoba byo aambile ku bena Isalela kupichila mwi Malakai:*
2 Yehoba waamba’mba, “Nemumwesha butemwe anweba bantu.”+
Bino anweba mwamba’mba: “Mwitumwesha byepi butemwe?”
“Nanchi Isao kechi wajinga kolojanji Yakoba nenyi?”+ byo byaamba Yehoba. “Nangwa byonkabyo, natemenweko Yakoba, 3 bino Isao namushikilwe;+ kabiji nalengejile mitumba yanji kushala ke yatu+ ne buswanyi bwanji nebupaine ku balubwala ba mu kiselebwa.”+
4 “Nangwa kya kuba bena Edomu baamba’mba, ‘Betusansakanya, bino tukabwela ne kushimukulula byakundaukile,’ abino byo byaamba Yehoba wa mabumba’mba, ‘Bakashimika, bino amiwa nkebikundula, kabiji bakatelwanga’mba “nyaunda ya bubi” kabiji “bantu Yehoba bo azhachisha kikupu.”+ 5 Meso enu akamona kino kintu, kabiji mukamba’mba: “Yehoba atumbijikwe mu nyaunda ya bena Isalela.”’”
6 “‘Mwana unemeka bashanji,+ ne kalume unemeka nkambo yanji. Onkao mambo, inge amiwa yami shanji mwana,+ munema wamfwainwa uji pi?+ Kabiji inge yami nkambo,* moyo* wamfwainwa wa kungakamwa uji pi?’ byo byo naamba amiwa Yehoba wa mabumba kwi anweba bañanga babena kulengulula jizhina jami.+
“‘Bino mwamba’mba: “Twijilengulula byepi jizhina jenu?”’
7 “‘Mambo mupana kajo* kazhilululwa pa kya kusokelapo bitapisho kyami.’
“‘Kabiji mwamba’mba: “Twimuzhilulula byepi?”’
“‘Kupichila mu kwamba’mba: “Tebulu wa Yehoba+ kyo kintu kyafwainwa kulengululwa.” 8 Kabiji byo mutapisha nyama wasabika meso mwamba’mba: “Kechi kyatama ne.” Kabiji byo mulambula nyama walemana nangwa wakolwa mwamba’mba: “Kechi kyatama ne.”’”+
Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Mukeseke kwibapana ku kinemanga wenu. Abya ukemutemwa nangwa kwimutambwila bulongo nyi?”
9 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Pano musashijilai Lesa, kuba’mba etubile lusa. Byo muji na yoyo milambo mu maboko enu, nanchi ukemutambwila bulongo nyi?”
10 “Kabiji ñanyi mwi anweba wipana kushinka binzhilo?*+ Mambo kechi mwakonsha ne kubanza mujilo pa kya kusokelapo bitapisho kyami kwa kubula kwimufweta ne.+ Kechi mmwenamo lusekelo mwi anweba ne,” byo byaamba Yehoba wa mabumba, “kabiji kechi nsekelamo mu milambo ifuma kwi anweba ne.”+
11 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Mambo kufuma ku kuselela juba kufika ne ko jizhikila,* jizhina jami jikatumbalala mu bisaka bya bantu.+ Mu mapunzha onse bakasokelamo bitapisho, ne kulambula milambo ya jizhina jami, kwikala bupe bwawama; mambo jizhina jami jikatumbalala mu bisaka bya bantu.”+
12 “Bino mubena kwijipelula*+ pa kwamba’mba, ‘Tebulu wa Yehoba wazhilululwa, ne bipangwa byanji, ko kuba’mba kajo kanji, kafwainwa kulengululwa.’+ 13 Kabiji mwamba’mba, ‘Talai! Twakooka!’ kabiji muchamuna na mukeyu ku tebulu,” byo byaamba Yehoba wa mabumba. “Kabiji muleta banyama ba kwiba, balemana ne bakolwa. Kine, bino bintu byo byo muleta kwikala bupe! Nanchi nafwainwa kwibitambula ku maboko enu nyi?”+ byo byaamba Yehoba.
14 Yehoba wa mabumba waamba’mba, “Afingwe muntu wa bujimbijimbi, uji na nyama mulume wawama mu jitanga janji, bino uchipa luchipo ne kutapisha kwi Yehoba nyama walemana. Mambo amiwa yami Mfumu mukatampe,+ kabiji jizhina jami jikalengeshanga moyo bisaka bya bantu.”+