¹ Icifulo conse icabena Isreali baendele ukufuma mumatololo ya Sinai, ukukonka amafunde yakwa Yahweh. Bacitile inkambi pa Rephidhimu, lelo tapali amenshi ayakwebati abantu banwe. ² Elo anabantu baebawile Mose pafya citike nokulanda, ''Tupele fwebo amenshi tunwe.'' Mose alandile, ''Ninshi mulelakila na ine? Ninshi muleesesha Yahweh?'' ³ Abantu balisa a ne cilaka,kabili bailishenye pali Mose. Balandile, ''Ninshi watuletele fwebo fwebo pamulu ukufuma mu Egypito? Mukutwipaya fwe nabana besu ne ngómbe shenu kucilaka?'' ⁴ ELo Mose alilile kuli Yaweh, Ninshi inkocita naba bantu? Bashelafye kwempe,nokutoba amabwe.'' ⁵ Yahweh alandile kuli Mose, ''Kabiye pantanshi ya bantu, nokusendapo bamo abakulu ba Isreali. Senda nenkonto ilya we waumineko umumana, no kuyaya. ⁶ Nkeminina kuntanshi palya pacilibwe pa Horeb, kabili ukoma icilibwe. Amenshi yakafuma muli ilyo libwe pakweba ati abantu banwe.'' kabili Mose acitile ico mumenso yabakulu ba Isreali. ⁷ Aitile ilya ncende Maasah na Meribah pamulandu wakuilishanya kwa bena Isreali, na pamulandu ba eseshe shikulu pakulanda, ''Bushe Yahweh ali muli fwe nangu iyo?'' ⁸ ELyo abashilika ba mu bantu ba Amaleki baishile nokulwisha Isreali pa Rephidimu. ⁹ Eco Mose alandile kuli Yosua, ''Salamo abaume bamo nokuya fuma kukulwa nabena Amaleki. Mailo ne nkeminina pa mulu wa kapili nenkonto yakwa Lesa muminwe yandi.'' ¹⁰ Eco Yosua alwishishe Amaleki ngefyo Mose amukonkomeshe, ilyo Mose, Aroni, na Hur baile pamulu wakapili. ¹¹ Ilyo Mose aeikata amaboko yakwe mumulu, Isreali alekucimfya; ilyo aleka amaboko yakwe ukutusha, Amaleki ayamba ukucimfwa. ¹² Ilyo amaboko yakwa Mose aishile kufina, Aroni na Hur basendele ilibwe nokulibika munshi yakwe pakwebati o ekalepo. Panshita imoine, Aroni na Hur baimishe amaboko yakwe mu mulu, umo umutnu lubali lumo lwakwa Mose yaiminine ndi mpaka akasuba kawa. ¹³ Eco Yosua acimfishe abantu ba Amaleki nolupanga. ¹⁴ Yahweh alandile kuli Mose, "Lemba ifi mwibuku nokubelenga ici mukumfwikisha kwakwa Yosua, pamulandu inkapwilishisha ukupasa ukufunya icibukisho cakwa Amaleki ukufuma panshi ya myulu.'' ¹⁵ Kabili Mose akulile icipailo na o acikutile Yahweh elunga lwandi. ¹⁶ Alandile, ''Pantu ukuboko kwaimishiwe pa mulu kucipuna cabufumu cakwa Yahweh-Ico Yahweh akalwa inkondo na Amaleki ukufuma kunkulo ne nkulo.''