ndi ri ni khou ḓifhura ni tshi nthuma ha Muṋe washu Mudzimu waṋu na ri, ‘Ri rabelele ha Muṋe washu Mudzimu washu; ri vhudze zwoṱhe zwine a amba, ri ḓo zwi ita.’ Ni ḓo ḓilozwa!
“Iwe ṅwana wa muthu, dzhia lubaḓa u ṅwale khalwo u ri, ‘Juda na havhaḽa Vhaisraele vhane vha ima nae.’ Dovha u dzhie luṅwe lubaḓa u ṅwale khalwo u ri, ‘Josefa, ene Efraimi na vhathu vhoṱhe vha Israele vhane vha ima nae.’
“Vhudza Vhaisraele vha u fhe mbaḓa dza 12, murangaphanḓa wa tsinde ḽiṅwe na ḽiṅwe a ḓise luthihi. U ṅwale dzina ḽa munna muṅwe na muṅwe kha lubaḓa lwawe,
Muṋe washu a vhudza Aroni a ri, “Ha khakhea tshithu hukhethwa, ndi mulandu wau na vhana vhau na vhaṅwe Vhalivi, hone mulandu wa u khakhela vhutshifhe u ḓo hwaliwa nga iwe na vhana vhau ni noṱhe.
Huno iwe na vhana vhau fhedzi, inwi ni khunyeledze pfanelo dza vhutshifhe kha zwa aḽiṱari na zwi re ngomu fhethu hukhethwa. Hezwo zwithu zwi londolwe nga inwi, ngauri ndo ni ṋea tshifhiwa tsha vhutshifhe. Muthu a songo fanelaho ane a vhuya a sendela tsini ha zwithu zwikhethwa u ḓo vhulawa.”