8 Mikwakwa inene yacaalabo bwaashi. Ncakwiila taamu beshikweenda baliimo. Cipangano capwaikwa, bakamboni ba ncico banyanshikwa. Taaku nabi womwi ulemekwa.
Sombi balo balaswitilila mushintu shoonse. Aboobo milawo yakwe Lesa ili kulaale ambabo. Paceebo ceeco balwani babo boonse balababonabo anga ngukabwa wamucila.
Ceebo bantu bacilengesha kutanoosalalite kwiinda mukupwaya milawo yakwe Lesa. Ee, bakapwaya cipangano ico ncaakapanga ambabo kwaamba ayi cikanooliikobo kwalyoonse alyoonse.
Lyalo kulaakuba mukwakwa. Mukwakwa uyo ulaakutumbwa ayi, “Mukwakwa wa Basalalite.” Bamucita shibi teshi bakeendeemo umo, sobwe. Ulaakuba wa baabo beelete kweendaamo beenka. Nabibo mashilu a bantu teshi akeendeemo umo.
Mumwaaka walikumi amyaaka yone wa bwaami bwakwe Esekiya, Senakelibu mwaami wa bene Asilya, wakaya mukulwana mandabala anene akalinga kucite malinga a bene Juda akwaakoma.
Mikwakwa iya kuSiyoni itoolila buumba, ceebo taaku nabi womwi uya kuŊanda yakwe Lesa mukusekelela panshiku shisalalite. Muminjililo yakwe yoonse taamu abantu baliimo. Bapailishi ba mumo batootongela, banakashi bakalinga kwiimbilaamo bapenga amyoyo. Paceebo ceeco ili mubuumba bunene abuumbi.
Lyalo ndaakutuma banyama bakali pakati kanu abo beshi bakacaye bana banu, kunyonyoola shifubwa shanu, akushiyawobo baniini pakati kanu cakwaamba ayi munshila shanu shoonse mulaakunoobula abeshikwiindaamo.
Ono mucembele uyo ndyaakabona mwine Lefi uyo kaashiite mulubansa lwa mundabala wakamwiipusha ayi, “Ino waswita kuli? Alimwi utooya kuli?”
“Munshiku shakwe Shamuga mwanaakwe Anati, ncakwiila munshiku shakwe Jaelo, mumikwakwa mwakoomunabo tontolo, Beshikweenda bakalinga kwiinda tushila mbali.
Sunu nobashilumamba bene Isilaeli ndamuteteesha! Amumpe muntu ngweshi tulwanaakwe.”
Mpeeke Defedi wakeepusha basankwa bakalinga pafwaafwi ayi, “Ino musankwa weshi akacaaye mwine Filisiti ulya akukusha malwesa ngwaatoolamba bene Isilaeli, ulaakucitilwa buyani? Alimwi lakwe ngumwine Filisiti buyani, utapalwitwe, weenga kaanyansha likoto lya bashilumamba bakwe Lesa muumi?”