16 Owo aahaawela ovoniha erukuluwaawe ni mivithe saaciwa ni ikhumba, mene khaawo aamvaha naari etthu.
yaaphoota malaxi mmaphuwani ni mikwankhwaari sa ezimbera* weera ekhuure.
Ngwehe mpatta wa moonowaaka mulopwana ni moone – khaawo onkipwattha. Nkinonoru wootthawelawo; khawowo ompwattha okumaaka.
nkiiwexexa, kihisuwelakatho etthu. Vamaithoniwanyu kaari ntoko mwaamunama.
Owo onca ettuura; murima woolokhottheya onimuhapuxa; khangwera wiivuluxa naari weera: “Etthu ela muntatanimwaka noolopwana ti yoowootha.”
Munnanarihela heeni musurukhu ni etthu ehinciwa ni mwiikhulumulakano muteko woohiphureleya etthu? Mwiiwe, mukiiwe ni muce yeeyo eri yooreera ni okumaanyu onoohakalalela sooca sooreerelaxa.
“Vaheera nyuwosa, ngweeke va nyuwosa anamwane asilopwana a akhwiri, ekhapira ya anamararuwa ni mapuuta!
Yaale yaakhovelenle oca yooca yooreerela, anghaawela mmiseweni. Yaale yiiphwaneliha ni ikuwo sa kanka olelo anuupuruwa mukokholani.
Efrayimi onca epheyo; owo ontthara epheyo ya mpatta ninkhuma nsuwa nihuku nootheene, aandyeereraka soowootha ni nipuhero. Oniiraanano wAsiriya ni onrumihela makhura a sooliveira* wExipitu.
Muhaavahe itthu sooreera alapwa, niwoko anoorukunuwa yoolumekeni. Muhivonyere itthu sooreera ikhumba, niwoko sinoonyikalasa.
Tivawo aarongwaawe ovara muteko wa mutthu mmoha a elapo ele, aamulamulenle olipelela ikhumba mmattamwawe.
Uupuwelaka meekhaawe, aahiixeerela: ‘Atithaka aakhalano anamiteko ancipale arinaaya sooca soowaatta, ni miyo nno kihanle vakhaani okhwa ni etala.