Chapitala 3

1 Pulika mazgo gha Yawe Agho wayowoya kwimikana na iwe, banthu ba Izirayeli, kwimikana na banja lose ilo nkhuzanalo kulifumya muchalo cha Egipite:

2 "Ine nakusankha iwe wekha kufuma mwamabanja ghose gha pa chalo. Ntheura nditi nikulange iwe pa maubendezi ghako ghose." 3 Kasi babili bangenda pamoza kwambula kuti bapangana phangano?

4 Kasi nkhalamu yingabangula nthengere pala kulije nyama? Kasi nkhalamu yichoko yingakoloma kufuma muchibaya chake pala yilije kukoa kanthu? 5 Kasi kayumi kangawila mchipingo pasi pala palije nyambo yakukathyila iko? Kasi musampha ungavwamphuka kufuma pasi pala undakole kanthu kalikose?

6 Para mbata ya limphondo ya Mbere yanalume yalila mu musumba, kasi banthu ba tenthemenge chara? Para kubwanganduka kwiza mumusumba kasi ni Yaweh wachituma chara? 7 Nadi fumu Chiuta wati, wachite kalikose chara pekha-pekha wavumbule chanchindindi kubatebeti bake zinchimi.

8 Nkhalamu yabangula: Ninjani uyo walenge kuwopa? Fumu Chiuta wa yowoya; ninjani uyo walekenge kuchima? 9 Pharazgani ichi mumalinga ku Ashudodi, na mumalinga muchalo cha Ejiputo; Muyowoye, :" Unganani mwemwabene pa mapili gha Samariya ndipo muwone viwawa vikuku vili mukati mwake, na kulindibizgika mukati mwake.

10 Chifukwa kuti bakumanya chara kuchita uwemi ichi ndicho uku ndiko kulangula kwa Yawe - bakusunga viwawa na kubwanganduka mumalinga ghawo." 11 Ntheura sono, ichi ndicho Fumu Yawe wakuyowoya! " Mulwani waingiliskenge chalo, nakuwiskila pasi vimati vinu nakupasula malo ghinu ghakukhola nakulola vyakukhalapo pa nkhondo vya malinga ghinu.

12 Ichi ndicho Yaweh wakuyowoya, " Nga ndi umo muliska wakuwombelela kufuma ku mololo wa nkhalamu malundighabili pela, panji kachigaba ka khutu, ntheura ndimo banthu ba Izirayeli awo bakukhala mu Samaliya bazamkuponoskela; bazamkukhala kachiduswa, ka chakukhatapo panji kuchiduswa ka dedi." 13 Pulikani ndipo panikizgilani kumikana na nyumba ya Yakobe -uku ndiko kulangula kwa fumu Yawe, Fumu ya vita.

14 "Pa zuba lila ndakulanga zakwananga za Izirayeli, nditi ndilangeso majochelo gha Nethelemu. Zimphondo za Jochelo zidumulikenge na ku wa pasi. 15 Nditi nibwangandule nyumba ya nyengo ya mphepo na nyumba ya mu chihanya, zinyumba za miyanga ya Zovu zamukumara petu ndipo nyumba zikulu za mkumala - ili ndilo langulo la Yawe.""