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17 Jibumba jonse ja bena Isalela jafumine mu kiselebwa kya Shina+ saka benda mateko mateko monka mwibakambizhizhe Yehoba,+ kabiji batebelejile ku Lefidimu.+ Pano bino, kechi kwajinga mema a kutoma bantu ne.
2 Onkao mambo, bantu batendekele kumutobosha Mosesa+ ne kumwambila’mba: “Tupe mema tutome.” Bino Mosesa wibambijile’mba: “Mambo ka o mubena kuntobwesha? Mambo ka o mwesekela Yehoba?”+ 3 Bino bantu bafwile bingi kilaka, kabiji bamunyinyichilenga Mosesa+ ne kumwambila’mba: “Mambo ka o witufumisha mu Ijipita ne kwitwipaya atweba ne baana betu ba balume ne banyama betu na kilaka?” 4 Ponkapo Mosesa wajijiile Yehoba ne kwamba’mba: “Nanchi nsakuba byepi na bano bantu? Katatakatu bangase mabwe!”
5 Kepo Yehoba aambijile Mosesa amba: “Pichila kulutwe ya bantu, usendepo bakulumpe bamo ba bena Isalela ne kamama ko wapumine pa Mukola wa Nile.+ Wikasende mu kuboko kobe uyenga. 6 Amiwa nsakwimana kulutwe yobe pa jibwe ku Holeba. Kabiji wafwainwa kupuma kamama pa jibwe ne mema asakupokomoka ne bantu basakutoma mema.”+ Mosesa waubile kino, bakulumpe ba bena Isalela saka bamonako. 7 Onkao mambo, watumbile yoya mpunzha amba Masa*+ ne Meliba,*+ na mambo a kutoboka na bena Isalela ne na mambo a kuba bamwesekele+ Yehoba byo baambile’mba: “Nanchi Yehoba uji mukachi ketu nyi, inyi ufwamo?”
8 Kabiji bena Amaleki+ baishile na kulwa na bena Isalela ku Lefidimu.+ 9 Ponkapo Mosesa waambijile Yoshua+ amba: “Salapo banabalume ba kuya na kulwa na bena Amaleki. Kesha amiwa nkemana peulu ya mutumba na kamama ka Lesa wa kine mu kuboko kwami.” 10 Kepo Yoshua aubile byonka byamubuujile Mosesa,+ kabiji walwile na bena Amaleki. Kabiji Mosesa, Alona ne Hula+ bakanjijile peulu ya mutumba.
11 Mosesa byo asuntwilenga maboko anji mwiulu, bena Isalela bakoselenga, bino umvwe waponesha maboko anji panshi, bena Amaleki bakoselenga. 12 Maboko a kwa Mosesa byo akookele, bashikwile jibwe kuba’mba ekalepo kabiji waikele ponka. Kepo Alona ne Hula bakwachijile maboko anji, awe ku lubaji lumo ne mukwabo ku lubaji lukwabo, kya kuba maboko anji akosele kufikatu ne juba byo jazhikile. 13 Byonkabyo, Yoshua washinjile Amaleki ne bantu banji na mpoko.+
14 Kepo Yehoba aambijile Mosesa amba: “Nemba kino mu buku kikekale kivuluko* kabiji umubuule Yoshua amba, ‘Nkavizha bena Amaleki pano pa ntanda kabiji kechi bakebavulukapo jibiji ne.’”+ 15 Kabiji Mosesa washimikile kya kusokelapo bitapisho ne kwikitumba’mba Yehoba kyo kiyukilo kya lupulukilo lwami,* 16 ne kwamba’mba: “Mambo bantu baimena jitanda ja kwa Yehoba,+ kabiji Yehoba ukalwanga na Amaleki myaka ne myaka.”+