5 Vano oSukota Gidiyoni aaweerela atthu a weiwe: “Kinoovekasani yooca vakhaani wa anakhottwaaka. Asilopwana ala aakhulumuwasa ni miyo nlelo kinimuttharelela Zeba ni Zalemuna, mamwene a aMidiyani.”
Vanonto, Melkisedeki, mwene a oSalemi, aari musaserdoti* a Muluku Musulusulu, aahiixoonihera akuxaleene yooca ni eviinyu.
Wa soothesene, Yakobe aarowa oSukota, weiwo aatenkaawe empaawe ni nikhoola na muhuwaawe. Tivawo, nipuro nne nniitthaniwaaya Sukota.
Muluku ohuuluma vanipuroniwawe nootteela: “Moowinanimwaka kinookawa oXekhemi, kinooringa nreyareya na oSukota.
Awosa khayoociceenreni ekuxaleene mphironi yooca ni maahi, mukhumaka wExipitu. Ohiyanawaya yaamuliva Bileyami, mwaana mulopwana a Beyori a oPetori wArami-Naharayimi weera oolaphaseni.
“Woolaphiwa okhale oMerozi ni amakaaya, niwoko khaamukhavihenre Yave, khaamukhavihenre Yave waawanano oolipaxa.”
Vano Zeba ni Zalenuma yaari oKarekari vamoha ni anakhotto wookwanaka 15 000 – yaale yaahanle wa anakhotto a miloko sa mpatta ninkhuma nsuwa. Wookwanaka anakhotto 120 000 yaahookhwa.
Zeba ni Zalemuna, mamwene meeli a aMidiyani, yaatthawasa, mene aahaattharelela, anaavara, aawinaka anakhottwaaya ootheene.
Vano, Gidiyoni aarowa oSukota, anaweerela asilopwana a weiwe: “Ori va Zeba ni Zalemuna mwa yaala mwaakiveihenraanyu mweeraka: ‘Nlelo khamunaaye omvara Zeba ni Zalemuna? Nnaavahere heeni yooca anakhottwaanyu?’”
Abigayili aahaakuveya, anakuxa ipaawu macira meeli, akacikhi eeli a eviinyu, ikhondoolo ithanu soorehereriwasene, mipatta mithanu sa etrigu yoowaarikiwa, iboolu ncira sa iwuuva* soowuuma ni iboolu macira meeli sa ifiigu, anatthukelela waabuuruni.