17 “Mwaawanane aMidiyani ni ngwiivakase,
Vano aMowabe yaaweerelasa ahooleli a oMidiyani: “Nakupa ola onoonyaanya sootheene siri mukhwipimwahu, ntoko emombe ennyaanyaaya malaxi muncihiwa. Balaki, mwaana mulopwana a Zipori, mwene aalamula ehuhuweene yeele oMowabe,
aYixrayeli ereene oXitimi, asilopwana aYixrayeli yaapacera wiixinnyerera mooraruwani ni asithiyana a oMowabe,
Yave aamweerela Moisesi:
niwoko awosa yaahoopakani ntoko amwiittana, yeereraka woohapuxerani omulapa Bahali-Peyori ni niwoko na Kozebi, mwaana muthiyana a pwattapwattha mmoha a oMidiyani, muthiyana ole iiviwe ni nihooxo kaaruminghaaka niwoko na Peyori.”
Munlive ni nikhoobiri nenenenno; munlive veeli wa yeeyo opankaawe, mmwaandyeererele mipatta miili mwa ekoomixaawe mwaneenaawe.
Emaara ekinatho aYixrayeli yaapaka soonanara vamaithoni wa Yave ni wookwana iyaakha ithannapiili Owo aawinnyerera mmatatani mwa aMidiyani.