¹ Panuma ya ifi fintu ishiwi lyakwa Yaweh lyaishile kuli Abramu mucimonwa, likolanda, ''Witina, Abramu! Ndi bucingo bobe kabili ndi cilambu cobe icikulu.'' ² Abramu alandile, ''ShikuluYaweh, findo mukompela, apo ndekonkanyapo ukuba ukwabula abana, kabili nempyani sha munganda yandi ni eliese uwamu Damascus?'' ³ Abramu alandile, ''Apo tawampelako abana kufyalwa, mona, umo akafyalwa munganda yandi akampyana! ⁴ Lelo, moneni, ishiwi lyakwa Yaweh lyaishile kuli o, akatila, ''Uyu muntu takakupyane, lelo akafuma munda yobe eu kakupyana.'' ⁵ Lelo alimuletele panse, alandile, ''Lolesha mumulu, nokupenda intanda, nga cakuti kuti washipenda.'' Lelo alandile kuli o, ''Efyo nabana kufyalwa kobe bakafula.'' ⁶ Asumine muli Yaweh, kabili amumwene ukuti mulungami. ⁷ Alandile kuli o, ''Nine Yaweh, uwakufumisheku Uri kuba kukaldi, ku kupela icalo pakuti cibe cobe.'' ⁸ Alandile kuli, ''Shikulu Yaweh, cindo ningeshibilako ukuti mukapela ici calo kuli ine?'' ⁹ Lelo alandile kuli o, ''Ndeteleni ingómbe iyi kota iyamyaka itatu, imbushi iyikota iya myaka itatu, Nempanga iyilume iya myaka itatu, nkunda, icana capempele.'' ¹⁰ Balimuletele fyonse ifi, nokuputuala mutupimfya tubili, kabili alibulile citika uku no kulubali, lelo taakenye ifyuni. ¹¹ Ilyo ifyuni fyatampile ukufokela pa fitumbi, Abramu alefitamfya. ¹² Lelo ilyo akasuba kawile, Abramu aponene mutulo utukalamba, kabili moneni imfimfi yafitishe kabili iyakutinya yaishile kumucimfya o. ¹³ Lelo Yaweh alandile kuli Abramu, ''ukwishiba wishibe ukuti abana bobe bakaba bengi mu calo icishili cabo, kabili bakabomba no kubacusha pamyaka imyanda ine. ¹⁴ Lelo nkapingula noluko ulobaka bombela, panuma bakafuma nefipe ifiingi. ¹⁵ Nomba ukuya ku fikolwe fyobe mu mutende, kabili ukashikwa mubune mubukote bobe. ¹⁶ Kabili mu nkulo yalenga shine bakesa kuno nakabili, pantu ifilubo fya bena Amore tafilafika pakubipisha.'' ¹⁷ Nomba ilyo akasuba kawa, kabili kwalifitile, moneni, Umupika ukobilauka ulefumya icushi, kabili icisanimo caleaka capitile pakati kafipimfya. ¹⁸ Pabushiku bulya Yaweh apangile icipangano na Abramu, alandile, ''Ku bana kufyalwa bobe ndi nokupela cino calo, ukufuma ku mumana wa Egypto no kufika kumumana ukulu, Yufrate- ¹⁹ abena Keni, abena Kenisi, abena Kaclemone, ²⁰ abena Hiti, abena Perisi, na bena Refa, ²¹ abena Amore, abena Kenani, neca bena Giuga kabili nabena Yebusi.