17 Pakuti ndikatoliyanga zandi wa maji pa charu kunanga nyama chakurengeka chose chamoyo mu charu cha pasi; chinthu chose chapa charu chapasi chikafwanga.
ndipo wengavi kulekerezga charu chapa mtendeku, kweni wangusungirizga Nowa yo wangumemeza urunji, pamoza ndi ŵanyake ŵankhonde ndi ŵaŵi, wachitole chazandi pa charu cha ŵambura kopa Chiuta;
Pakuti ghatakuti ghakapo mazuŵa ghankhonde ndi ghaŵi ndikatumanga vuwa pa charu mazuŵa machumi ghanayi ndi mausiku machumi ghanayi (40); ndipo chamoyo chose cho ndikuchita ndikasisitanga kutuwapo pa charu.”
wo kali ŵangutafula, penipo chilekerezga chaku Chiuta chalerezenga mu mazuŵa ghaku Nowa, chichirongosoleka chingaraŵa mwaku chenicho ŵakuŵerengeka, ndiwo mauzima ghankhonde ndi ghatatu, ŵangutaskika mu maji:
yo wazenga vipinda vyake vyapachanya mu machanya, ndi wazenga chipinda chake chapasi pa charu; yo wadana maji gha mu nyanja, ndi kughapunguliya pa chisku cha charu chose. Ambuya ndilo zina lawo.
Chifukwa ndiŵenge kwaku Efraimu nge ndi nkharamu, ndi nge ndi nkharamu yimana ku nyumba yaku Yuda. Ine, nadi ine, ndiparuwenge ndi kutuwapo, ndikonge ndipo palivi yo wangataska.
unene kuti, Mwa mapiri gha Yisraele, vwani mazu gha Ambuya Chiuta! Viyo atiti Ambuya Chiuta, ku mapiri ndi mitunthu, vinkhwawu ndi madambo: Ehe, ine, inya ine, ndikazanga ndi lipanga paku imwe, nkhapasuwanga malo ghinu gha pachanya.
“Pakuti ichi chiyana ndi mazuwa ghaku Nowa kwa ine: uli ndimo ndingrapiya kuti maji ghaku Nowa ghareke kuza so pa charu chapasi, viyo so ndimu ndarapiya kuti ndikakukwiyiyanga cha ndipo kuti ndikuchenyenge cha.
“ ‘Wonani sono kuti ine, ine pe ndine iyo. Palivi chiuta munyake pade paku ine. Ine ndibaya ndi ndipaska umoyo, ndigwaza ndi ndichizga, ndipo palivi yumoza wangataska ku janja langu.
Ndipo ndikanonopeskanga mitima ya ŵaEgipiti kuti ŵaseremo kuŵandondoloska, ndipo ine ndirondenge unkhankhu paku Farao ndi liŵanja lake lose, magareta ghake, ndi ŵankhondo ŵapa ŵakavalo ŵake.
Viyo Ambuya anguti, “Ndisisitenge munthu yo ndalenga kumutuzga mu charu, munthu ndi nyama ndi vyakukwaŵa ndi viyuni vya mude, chifukwa nde wachitima kuti ndinguvichita.”
Uchite mutenje wa ngaraŵa yo, uwumalizge mkono umoza pachanya; ndipo uŵike khomo la ngaraŵa ku mbeyeka yake; uyichite kuŵa ndi chipinda chapasi, ndi chapakati, ndi chapachanya.