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17 Mbunga yoshe ya baIsalele yatundile mu mambo ya Sini. Bakele na kwenda kutunda mu mwela umo kuya mu mwela ukwabo kwesekesa nomwo mwabashikile Yehova, co bakashimbikile cilombo cabo ku Lefidimu. Oloni kuje ku mwela kukwakele mema a kunwa.
2 Co banu bashangumukile kucokotesa Mosesa ngwabo: “Twane mema tunwe.” Oloni Mosesa wabalekele ngwendi: “Bika bimuli na kunjicokotesela? Bika bimuli na kwesekela Yehova?” 3 Oloni banu bazibile manene lihwila, co batwaleleleleho kuyayabalela Mosesa ngwabo: “Bika biunatutundisila mu Ijipiti? Kuma unashakele kwakututsiila muno mu mambo na lihwila hamolika na bana betu na bimuna betu ndi?” 4 Mamaneselelo Mosesa walambelelele Yehova ngwendi: “Njibalinga bati aba banu? Ololo banjasha mamanya!”
5 Co Yehova walekele Mosesa ngwendi: “Twama kulutwe lwa banu, co ambatako bakulunu ba Isalele bamo na mulamu wobe uje uwapupile ha ndonga ya Nailo. Wambate mu liboko lyobe mangana uye. 6 Tala! Njikemana kulutwe lwobe ha limanya ku Holebu. Ukapupe ha limanya, co likatuhula mema mangana banu banwe. Mosesa walingile ngoco ha mesho a bakulunu ba Isalele. 7 Co walukile uje mwela ngwendi Massa* na Meliba* mwafwa baIsalele bacokotesele Mosesa na kweseka Yehova mubendekele ngwabo: “Kuma Yehova ali mukati ketu indi wahimo?”
8 Co baAmaleki bezile na kulwisa baIsalele ku Lefidimu. 9 Ngeci Mosesa walekele Joshua ngwendi: “Angula banalume hakati ketu, co muye mukalwe na baAmaleki. Imene njikemana helu lya lilundu oku njinakwata mulamu wa Njambi wa busunga mu liboko lyange.” 10 Ngeci Joshua walingile byamulekele Mosesa, co waile na kulwa na baAmaleki, co Mosesa na Aloni na Hule baile helu lya lilundu.
11 Mosesa mwatwaleleleleho kujundula maboko endi mwilu, baIsalele bakele na kukala na nzili. Oloni mwakele na kuwawisa lika kamandondo, baAmaleki bakele na kukala na nzili. 12 Maboko a Mosesa muwajukile bamunenelele limanya, co watumameneho, co Aloni na Hule bakwatelelele maboko endi. Umo wakele ku mutambela umo, mukwaboco wakele ku mutambela ukwabo. Ngeci maboko endi kuwashwenene kweta noho halyalahukilile litangwa. 13 Ngeci Joshua wahyanene Amaleki na banu bendi na mukwale.
14 Co Yehova walekele Mosesa ngwendi: “Soneka ei ñanda mu libulu mangana ipwe canukiso, co unapande kuileka lalo Joshua ngwobe, ‘Njikanyongesa lizina lya baAmaleki ha lifuti-libu hoshe.’ 15 Co Mosesa watungile mutula na kuuluka ngwendi Yehova-nisi,* 16 co wendekele ngwendi: “Ha kuwana ngwe liboko lya Amaleki lili na kulwisa litanda lya Jah, Yehova akalwisa Amaleki kutunda ku cisemwa cimo kuya ku cisemwa cikwabo.”