kuti chitindenere cha chingana nchakumaliya cha vifundu vinu ndi ukongolekwa winu wose weniwo mwalongo ku muŵanda winu, pakuti ndi nthonga yangu pe ndingwambuka Yordane uyu; kweni sono ndaŵa maliŵanja ghaŵi.
Kweni Mosese wanguti ku Ambuya, “Owe Ambuya, ine kuti nde salala cha pakukamba kwamba kale; pamwenga po mwambiya kukamba kwaku ine, muŵanda winu; kweni kukamba chizitu-zitu ndi lilime nalo ndizitu.”
Chifukwa cho avwani fundu yo Ambuya arongoso kuchita pa Babiloni, ndi maghanaghanu ghawo pa charu cha Kaldiya; kwakuneneska twana twa ku mskambu wawo tukaguzikiyanga kutali; kwakuneneska khora lawo likanangikanga pa soka lawo.
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.
Sono mungelo wa Ambuya wanguza ndi wanguja musina mu chimuti cha mkundi pa Ofra, cho chenga chaku Joashi mu Abiezeri penipo mwana wake Gideoni wapwanthanga trigu pa mbuli, kubisa trigu ku ŵaMidiyani.
Sauli wangwamuka, “Asi ndine mu Benjamini, wakutuwa mu mtindu wa umari wa ŵaYisraele? Ndipo mbumba yangu asi ndi mbumba yakuyuyulika limu mu mbunda zose za fuku laku Benjamini? Chifukwa nchine mwarongoro nane mazu ghaviyo?”