17 Kénu bya ejepfu nyee ya; ọ tsụta ime nwụa Inọku. Kénu nweru mkpụkpu, ọokpu teke ono; o woru mkpụkpu ono kua ẹpha nwa iya ono, bụ Inọku.
Ẹphe sụ: “Unu bya g'anyi metaru onwanyi mkpụkpu; g'anyi kpụa ụlo-eli, e-je asupfuru l'igwe. Ọo ya bụ; g'anyi abụru ndu aa-maru ẹpha phẹ; g'anyi te je agbakashịhu dzuru mgboko.”
Ọo ya bụ; Kénu tụgbua lụfu l'iphu Chipfu; je eburu l'alị Nodu, nọ l'ụzo ẹnyanwu-awawa Édẹnu.
Inọku nwụta Iradu; Iradu bụru nna Mehujiẹlu; Mehujiẹlu bụru nna Metushẹlu; Metushẹlu bụru nna Lamẹku.
Jiaredi bya anọo ụkporo apha ẹsato l'apha labọ; bya abụru nna Inọku.
Ọ nwụchaa Metusela; yẹe Chileke bya aswịa ọswi ụkporo apha iri l'ise. Ọ nwụshikwapho unwoke yẹe ụnwanyi tsobe Metusela.
Teke Abụsalomu nọ ndzụ bẹ ọ pataru òbvúrú je ebvube lẹ Nsụda Eze g'ọ bụru iphe, ee-gudeje nyata iya; kẹle ọ rịru sụ: “Mu te enwedu nwa nwoke, ee-gudeje nyata ẹpha mu.” O woru ẹpha nkiya gụbe òbvúrú ono. A nọdu anọduje eku iya iphe, e gude anyata Abụsalomu byasụ ntanụ-a.
Iphe, ẹphe anọduje arị bụ l'ẹphe a-nọ jasụ l'ojejoje; l'unuphu phẹ a-bụru oje-lẹ-nwanwa; ẹphe ewochaaru ẹpha phẹ gụshia alị-ihe phẹ.
Obenu l'ẹku nemadzụ ta akpọshidu iya anwụhu. Ọ bụ-a g'anụ-ẹgbudu anwụhuje-a bụ g'oo-mecha nwụhu.
A nọnyaa ọ sụ: “Unu hụmawaru gẹ mkpụkpu Bábilọnu habe shii! Ọ kpọo mbẹdua gude ẹka mu kpụa ya g'ọ bụru ẹka mu e-buru eburu. Ọ bụru ike dụ mu nụ bẹ mu gude kpụa ya; gude goshi g'akpabiri mu habe shii.”