16 Mummalamalihe namwaala ni namahepha vamoha ni ecikwaakhwaawe moohephani. Khula mutthu ahokoleele omulokoniwawe, ni atthawele mulaponimwawe niwoko na namahooxa.
Khula mutthu onoohokoleela mulokwaawe ni onootthawela elapwaawe ntoko naahe onlupatthiwa, ntoko ekhondoolo yoohikhalano mukukhuli.
Owo omvenya munikhukunimwawe ntoko mwatto; elapwaaya yoohuhuleya niwoko na ekatana ya namahooxa ni mooro wa isara sa Yave.
Anookwakwathuwa, enuuwa, animuuwelana. Awosa aneerelana: ‘Mvenye. Nrowe nihokoleele omulokoniwahu ni elapo niyareliwaahu, ottai wa ekatana ya namahooxa.’
mukukhuli ni muhuwo, namalima ni emombe, maguvernadori ni asitokweene.
‘Nannatthuna olammeene oBabiloniya, mene iwo khoongwera olamihiwa; muhiye, nrowe, khula mutthu mulaponimwawe, niwoko othorihiwawaya woophiya wiirimu, woorakamaxa mpaka waamahutte.’
Mutteenguwe nyuwosa anamalima; mwiinleke nyuwosa murino imatta sa iwuuva*. Mulalamikele etrigu ni esevada*, niwoko soohepha soophwatiwa.
Vanonto Yave, Muluku a ikuru sootheene, oneera ha: “Onookhala olalamika mmapuwani moothemwene, ni okhuweliwa wa othanana mmiseweni moothemwene. Anamalima anoolattuliwa weera yiinle, ni anamwiikhupanyera weera elalamike.