Asani mwe utimbanizi mu Gileada, nadi ŵaŵenge ŵaŵakaŵaka; asani mu Gilgala wapereka sembe ya zinkhuzi, majochero ghawo ghaŵenge nge ndi ndundu ya mya mu migandu ya munda.
“Zani ku Betele, muzachilakwa; ndipo ku Gilgala, mwandaniske maulakwi; zani ndi sembe zinu, mlenji we wose, ndi vigaŵa vya chichumi paziŵa le lose la chitatu;
Malo gha pachanya ghaku Avene, ndi kwananga kwaku Yisraele, vyose vimarenge. Minya ndi nthula vikamenga pa majochero ghawo; ndipo ŵakatinge ku mapiri, “Wiyani paku ifwe”; ndi mitunthu, “Tivunikiriyeni.”
Ŵakuja mu Samaria ŵatenthema chifukwa cha thole laku Betavene. Ŵanthu ŵake ŵamuliriyenge, ndi ŵazukuru ŵake wo ŵasopa ŵangoza ŵamutenjeriyenge, chifukwa cha unkhankhu wake wo watuwapo.
Ndipo asani mbali wapa mtima wa munthu, yo watumocha, wakamutonga kutuzgamo viwanga mu nyumba, ndipo wakatinge kwaku yo we mu nyumba mukati ukongwa, “Kumbi waliku soyumoza ndi iwe?” Wamukenge kuti, “Awa” Ndipo watinge, “Ja chete! pakuti tingaumbuwa zina la Ambuya cha.”
Efraimu wandizingirizga ndi mautesi, ndipo nyumba yaku Yisraele ndi chinyengo; kweni Yuda weche kuziŵikwa ndi Chiuta, ndipo ngwamagomezgeka ndi Mtuŵa Yumoza.
Ivwa ichi, wa nyumba yaku Yakobe we, imwe mudanika ndi zina laku Yisraele, ndi imwe mungutuwa mu viunu vyake Yuda, imwe murapa pa zina la Ambuya, ndi kuzomera Chiuta waku Yisraele, kweni mu uneneska pamwenga kwakurunjika cha.
Chifukwa cho vwani mazu gha Ambuya, imwe mose mwaku Yuda, imwe muja mu charu cha Egipiti: Ehe, ndarapiya pa zina langu likuru, atiti Ambuya, kuti zina langu likazumbulikanga so cha ndi mlomo wa munthu nanga njumoza mu Yuda mu charu chose cha Egipiti, kunena kuti, ‘Achiŵa amoyo Ambuya Chiuta.’
Yoswa wangutuma ŵanthu kutuliya ku Yeriko kuya ku Ai wo we pafupi ndi Betavene, kumwela kwa Betele, wangunena nawo, “Kwerani mukaskoli charu cho.” Ŵanthu ŵanguruta ŵangwachiskola Ai.
Ndipo so napu wanguzenga so malo gha pachanya mu mapiri ghaku Yuda, wanguchitiska ŵamu Yerusalemu kuchita ureŵi ndi kuchichizga ŵaYuda kuti nawo ŵachitenge viyo pe.