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17 Mie ohl emen sang wasa nahnahn Epraim+ me adaneki Maika. 2 E ndaiong eh nohno: “I rong ke keriahla aramas me pirapahla noumw silper 1,100—a kilang! silper ko mihmi rehi. Ngehi me kihsang.” Eh nohno ahpw nda: “Siohwa en ketin kapaiahda nei pwutak.” 3 Ih eri kapwurehiong eh nohno mwohni silper 1,100, ahpw eh nohno nda: “I uhdahn pahn kasarawihong Siohwa nei mwohni silper ko pwe nei pwutako en doadoahngki pwe en wiahda sansal perperda ehu oh sansal mete ehu.+ Eri I pahn kapwurehiong uhk mwohni silper pwukat.”
4 Mwurin eh kapwurehiong eh nohno silper ko, eh nohno ahpw ale silper 200 oh kihong sounsuk silpero. Ih eri wiahda sansal perperda ehu oh sansal mete ehu; oh sansal ko kohdiong nan imwen Maika. 5 Ohl menet Maika ahneki imwen kaudok ehu, oh e wiahda ihpod ehu+ oh sansal en derapim kei*+ oh kasapwilada* emen nah pwutak ko en wia samworo ong ih.+ 6 Ni rahn ako, sohte nanmwarki nan Israel.+ Emenemen kin wiewia dahme e kin medewe me pwung.+
7 Eri mie mwahnakapw en Pedleem men+ nan Suda me wia kisehn peneinei en Suda.* Ih mehn Lipai men+ me kin kousoan wasao erein ahnsou kis. 8 Mwahnakapwo kohkohsang kahnimw en Pedleem nan Suda pwe en kohla rapahki wasa me e pahn kousoan ie. Nindoken eh seiseiloak, e lellahng wasa nahnahn Epraim, ni imwen Maika.+ 9 Maika ahpw ndaiong: “Ke kohsang ia?” E sapengki: “Ngehi mehn Lipai men sang Pedleem nan Suda, oh I kohkolahng rapahki ehu wasa I en kousoan ie.” 10 Maika eri ndaiong ih: “Mihmi rehi oh wia pahpa men* oh samworo men ong ie. I pahn kin kihong uhk silper eisek nan ehuehu sounpar oh omw likou oh konomw mwenge.” Mehn Lipaio eri pedolong. 11 Mehn Lipaio eri pwungkihda en mihmi rehn ohlo, oh mwahnakapw menet eri wiahla duwehte emen nah pwutak. 12 Maika pil kasapwilada* mehn Lipaio en wia nah samworo,+ e ahpw kin mihmi nan imwen Maika. 13 Maika eri nda: “Met I eseier me Siohwa pahn ketin kupwuramwahwih ie, pwe mehn Lipaio wialahr nei samworo.”