8 Neryo mwĩtabo mwagonyolerabo nʼekĩto kinene; neryo mwandagala mwĩkala omo mbatatanĩ yʼerĩbwe yʼeEtamũ.
Mwahĩmba eBetelehemũ, nʼeEtamũ, nʼeTekoa,
Kusangwa ebyala byʼOmwami Mukulu byasyĩkala oko kitwa ekĩ; nʼeMoabũ yasyalyatangirirwa ahisi aho wuwe, ngʼebiti byũmĩre ebikalyatangirirawa ahisi omo magetsi wʼekyabũ.
Nabiriryatangirira ekĩrĩnga kyʼebĩnyũ ĩngyowene, Isihali mundu omo bihanda byʼabandu oyo wabya haguma nage. Monalyatangirirabo omwʼihitana lyage nibya, Monahĩnolerabo omwʼihitana lyage. Omusasi wabo wʼeribyaho mwayitsatsanga omo ngimba syage, Kandi nabĩrĩtsandya esyongimba syage syosĩ.
Monahĩnolera ebihanda omwʼihitana lyage, Monatamĩryabo omwʼihitana lyage, Kandi monũta omusasi wʼengebe yabo ahisi oko kihugo.
Kandi mobalĩmya omuliro owakalĩre, mobabala omũyalĩ. Ababya bolo mobabana amaka, mobabya esyombangĩ omo malwa, nʼerihiga emilondo yʼehandi.
Nʼabandu bʼeYũda mobabũga bati, Busana nakĩ mukasa eritubambira kwehĩ? Nabo mobabũga bati, Twamahetukira eno eriboha Samũsonĩ, nʼerimukolera ngoko atukola.
Neryo abalume bʼeYũda elfu ĩsatu mobandagalira omo mbatatanĩ yʼerĩbwe lyʼeEtamũ, mobabwira Samũsonĩ, bati, Sĩwasĩ Abafĩlĩstĩnĩ ko bali batabalĩ betu kwehĩ? Ekĩ nĩkĩ ekyo wabiritukolera kwehĩ? Neryo mwabwirabo ati, Ngoko banyikola ko nabirikolabo nyitya.
Na Samũsonĩ mwabũga nabo ati, Kusangwa mwamakola mutya, nage kwenene nasyabakĩsĩryako, nʼenyũma wʼaho inaleka.
Neryo Abafĩlĩstĩnĩ mobahetuka, mobalalirira eYũda, mobayisanza eLehĩ.