7 Sono kwenga munyamata waku Betelehemu mu Yuda, wamu mbumba yaku Yuda yo wenga muLevi; ndipo wenga mulendo kwenikuwa.
Viyo Rakelo wangufwa ndipo wanguŵikika pa nthowa yakuya ku Efrata (yo ndi Betele),
Sono mwazingirizgika ndi linga urwani watijarizga; ŵapuma ndi nthonga pa dakama la fumu yaku Yisraele.
Kweni iwe, Betelehemu Efrata, wamweniwe we mumana kuŵa mukati mu mafumu ghaku Yuda, mwaku iwe mukawiyanga kutuwa kwaku ine wakuusa, mu Yisraele, mweniyo chandilu chake nchakali ukongwa, chituwa ku mazuŵa ghamwaka.
Kweni wachipapika Yesu mu Betelehemu waku Yuda mu mazuŵa ghaku Herode karonga yo, wonani, ŵaukwi ŵaku vuma ŵanguza ku Yerusalemu, ŵakuti,
ndi Katala, Nakalala Shimroni, Idala, ndi Betelehemu, misumba chumi ndi yiŵi ndi mizi yawo.
Ndipo ŵaGileada ŵangupoka vipali vya Yordane ku ŵaEfraimu. Ndipo asani yose yo wanguthaŵa kwaku Efraimu wanguti, “Rekani ndambukiye kusirgha”, ŵanthu ŵamu Gileada ŵanguti kwaku yo, “Kumbi we mwina Efraimu?” Iyo wachiti, “Awa”,
Pavuli pake Ibzani waku Betelehemu wangweruzga Yisraele.