1 Yisraele ndi mphereska yakukuwa umampha, yo yipasa vipasi vyake. Mo waliri ndi vipasi vinandi ndimo wazenge majochero ghanandi; mo charu chake chiŵiya chamampha, ndimo wachitiya vikozgo vyamampha.
Pakuti ŵachiuta ŵinu ŵandana nge ndi mizi yinu, Yuda we; ndipo viguŵa vya sembe vyo mwazenge ku chilengesku vyandana nge ndi miseu ya Yerusalemu, viguŵa vyakochiyapo sembe kwaku Bala.
Ambuya ŵa maŵanja, wo ŵangukupandani, ŵalangula kuti muwone chiheni, chifukwa cha uheni wo ŵaYisraele ndi ŵaYuda ŵachita, kundisosomole ku ukari pakoche sembe kwaku Bala.”
Asani mwe utimbanizi mu Gileada, nadi ŵaŵenge ŵaŵakaŵaka; asani mu Gilgala wapereka sembe ya zinkhuzi, majochero ghawo ghaŵenge nge ndi ndundu ya mya mu migandu ya munda.
Ndipo sono wanangiyanangiya, ndi kujipangiya vikozgu vyakusongono, ŵangoza ŵakupangika umampha ndi siliva wawo, vyose ndi nchitu ya fundi. Ŵatiti, “Perekani sembe ku ŵangoza.” Sono ŵanthu ŵa fyofyontha mathole!