16 Kandi Kalebũ mwabũga ati, Oyũkandĩsyĩta Kĩrĩatĩ-seferĩ, nʼerĩĩmyago, nasyamuha Akĩsa mwali wage eribya mũkalĩwe.
Kandi mwabuta Safĩ tata wa Madĩmana; na Sewa tata wa Makĩbena, tata wa Gĩbea; nʼomwali wa Kalebũ abya Akĩsa.
Kandi mwahetuka erĩlũa aho eriyabambira esyondũlanĩ syʼeDebĩrĩi; nĩkwa erĩna lyʼeDebĩrĩ erĩmbere lyabya Kĩrĩatĩ-seferĩ.
Na Otĩnĩelĩ mugala wa Kenasĩ, mugala wabo Kalebũ, mwĩmyago; neryo mwamuha Akĩsa mwali wuwe eribya mũkalĩwe.
Nĩkwa Adonĩ-bezekĩ mwasaga; neryo mobamukwama, neryo mobamuhamba, mobamũtwako ebikumo biwe nʼamano wuwe wʼobulume.
Nʼabalume ba Ĩsraelĩ mobabũga bati, Ko mwanamalangira omulume oyukahetuka kwehĩ? Kwenene akahetuka erĩkaba-kabya Abaĩsraelĩ. Kandi omundu oyo wasyamwĩta, omwami asyamũtekesya obuteke bunene, kandi asyamũherũkĩrya mwali, kandi asyaleka ekĩtũnga kyʼĩse wuwe ikyabya bwĩranda omo Baĩsraelĩ.