11 Bakapwa amakwiikwi nsheshi shikanookalaamo. Bamwiina abo pantu pomwi abacikwangala balaakunoopangamo shiinswa.
Mpeeke Defedi wakakoma abene Moabu. Bene Moabu wakabooneka panshi boonse akubapima alutambo. Lyalo abo bakalinga kukwana shipimo shobilo sha lutambo, wakabacaya akuleka baabo batakalinga kushika waawo. Munshila iyo bene Moabu bakaba basebenshi bakwe Defedi akutalika kumutolela misonko.
Ndaakupa bene Jelusalemu mulandu bweenka mbondakapa bene Samaliya aAabu mwaami wa bene Isilaeli abamulunyungu lwakwe. Ndaakusalasha ndabala ya Jelusalemu bweenka muntu mbwaapukuta mbale akwisulika.
Ndababo anga ndikubi lya muluyanga, Ncakwiila ndababo anga ngumwiina wa mumatongo.
Musena uyo ndaakuwaalula kuba cilonga. Ulaakuba umo mweshi mukanookalabo bamwiina. Ndaakuupyanga acipyaango cakunyonyoola, Nebo neMwaami Lesa Shinkusu shoonse ndaamba.”
Ndabala inene ya shimfulunganya ilya yacaala matongo. Mulyango wa ŋanda yomwi ayomwi ulicalitwe.
Ndushinisho mwiine ngweshi akashibunganye. Ee, ngowashibaanya cishi ico. Lyaansa lyakwe mwiine ndilyacibaanya mushipansha shipimitwe. Cishi ico cilaakuba ca nshisho kwamuyayaya. Shinanookalaamo kuswa lishalane alishalane.”
Mwaami Lesa wakashinisha kumwayoola lubumbu lwa ndabala ya Siyoni. Wakafungulula lutambo lwa kulupimishaako. Wakalupima kwaamba ayi alunyonyoole cakumaninina. Maanda alaamfu alubumbu shoonse shakanyonyokela pomwi.
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Lyalo Mwaami Lesa wakanjipusha ayi, “Amosi, wabonanshi?” Nebo ndakakumbula ayi, “Ndabona ntambo yakuyakisha.” Mpeeke wakaamba ayi, “Ntoosebensesha ntambo iyi kubonesha bantu bangu ayi bali anga ndubumbu lusendeme. Nebo teshi nkabooshemo moyo alimwi pashakubapa mulandu.
Shifubwa shoonse shilaakupanga mulela kweenka uko, kubikaawo anyama sha muluundu. Abalo bamwiina balaakunookala mumatongo a njiyo. Balaakunoolila pambwelyo sha maanda. Bacikwangala balaakunookala kumilyango ya njiyo. Mitanti ya sida ya maanda a njiyo ilaakucaala patuba.
Wakoolobesha ayi, “Yawa, yawa ndabala inene ya Babiloni! Yaba momwakwikala bashikaswa ba mishobo yoonse. Yaba momwakwikala shiyuni shitasalalite alimwi shilensha bunya.