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6 Mu mwaka wafwijilemo Uzaya,+ namwene Yehoba saka aikala pa jitanda janji ja bufumu jiji peulu pene,+ kabiji kivwalo kyanji kyakumbene mu nzubo ya Lesa. 2 Baselafi bamuzhokolokele; Selafi yense wajinga na byapi bitanu na kimo. Byapi bibiji byavwetele pa meso anji, ne bikwabo bibiji byavwetele ku maulu, kabiji byapi bikwabo bibiji byajinga bya kutumbukilako.
3 Kabiji babijikilenga au ku mukwabo, au ku mukwabo amba:
“Wazhila, wazhila, wazhila Yehoba wa mabumba.+
Lukumo lwanji lwakumbana pa ntanda ponse.”
4 Kabiji mashiki a pa bibelo atenkenenenga na mambo a kubijika* kwabo, kabiji mu nzubo mwakutankenetu bwishi.+
5 Kepo naambile namba: “Malwa o ami!
Amiwa njitu nobe muntu wafwa,*
Mambo amiwa nemuntu uji na kanwa kabula kufwainwa,
Kabiji mbena kwikala mu bantu baji na tunwa twabula kufwainwa;+
Mambo meso ami amona Mfumu, aye Yehoba wa mabumba!”
6 Ponkapo Selafi umo waishile kwi amiwa, saka asenda jikala ja mujilo+ mu kuboko kwanji jo atolele na kimano pa kya kusokelapo bitapisho.+ 7 Wankwachile pa kanwa ne kuñambila’mba:
“Tala! Nakushishika jikala pa kanwa.
Kuzhatwa kobe bekufumyapo,
Kabiji bakufuchilako mambo obe.”
8 Ponkapo naumvwine Yehoba saka amba’mba: “Ñanyi ye nsakutuma, kabiji ñanyi uketwambilako?”+ Amiwa nakumbwile’mba: “Amiwa bano! Ntumai!”+
9 Kabiji aye wañambijile’mba, “Yanga ukabuule bano bantu amba:
‘Mukebyumvwa javula,
Pano bino, kechi mukebikwatakanya ne;
Mukebimona javula,
Pano bino, kechi mukayuka mo byatala ne.’+
10 Kosesha michima ya bano bantu,+
Shinka matwi abo,+
Kabiji zhika pa meso abo,
Pa kuba’mba babule kumona,
Kabiji babule kumvwa na matwi abo
Pa kuba’mba michima yabo ibule kukwatakanya
Ne kuba’mba babule kubwela ne kwibabuka.”
11 Ponkapo nashikishe namba: “Anweba Yehoba, kufika ñanyi kimye?” Aye wankumbwile’mba:
“Kufikatu ne kimye mizhi kyo bakeyonauna kya kuba kafwako muntu nangwa umo ukashalamo ne,
Ne kimye mu mazubo kyo mukabula kwikala bantu
Ne kyalo byo bakekyonauna ne kushalatu masala;+
12 Kufikatu ne kimye Yehoba kyo akapangamo bantu+
Ne kimye mpunzha yabaya ya mu kyalo kyo ikashalatu masala.
13 “Pano bino, kukashala kapunzha kacheche, kabiji nako bakekasoka byonka byo basoka kichi kikatampe ne kichi kya oko kyo batema kyashalatu kishiki; lukunwa* wazhila ye ukekala kishiki.”