¹ Cakele haze ha ntsimbu omu Yuta ua sele vandumbueni nakuya nakutumama na umo Adulamite, lizina lieni uakele ikeye Hila. ² Uali uanene namuana mpuevo uaku Kenana yala lizina lieni Sua. Ua mumbatele nakuya neni kuli ikeye. ³ Uakele nalizimo kaha uakele na muana ua mulukile Er. ⁴ Uakele nalizimo naua kaha uakele na mauana uayala. Ua mulutkile lizina Onani. ⁵ Kaha naua uakele na muana kaha ua mulukile lizina Sele ikeye uakele kukezive kukeko kua musemenenen kuli ikeye. ⁶ Kaha Yunda ua huililile mpuevo ya muaneni uantuatua Er, lizina lieni uakele Tamale. ⁷ Er, Yunda muaneni uantuatua, uakele uamupikumeso Yehova. Yehova ua mutsihile. ⁸ Yunda ua handekele kuli Onani, Hamoye kuli mpuevo ya muanoko. Panga cipangi kuli nialiove utantekeyele ngueni uze muana kati muaneni. ⁹ Omu muayile kuli mpuevo ya yayeni, ua muanienene vana hamavu katina akakala na muana. ¹⁰ Omu mua pangele yakele indzi kumeso aYehova ua mutsihile naua. ¹¹ Kaha Yunda ua handekele kuli Tamala, nemueno, ''Kala ntuliue mundzivo ya yiso kuvanga Sela, muanange nakolo.'' Uatinine ngueni, Hamo neni akutsa, kueseka ngecize muavana vanaye.'' Tamala ua yile nakukala mundzivo ise. ¹² Mpuevo ya Yunda, uatsile. Yunda ualilembeziekele nakuya kuvantu zieni vakakuteula vampanga vaku Timena, likeye nakuvusambakeni Hila ikele Andulamite. ¹³ Tamala ua mulekele, ''Tala, somueno nakanduka ku Timena anakuteula vampanga zieni.'' ¹⁴ Uazulile vuzalo vua vuntulive nakulifuika ntanga na kulivuva ua tumamene mumbelo ya Enaime ikeye ili kundzila ya kuTimena muomu ua muenemuze Sela nakolo kaha kava muheleye kupua mpueyeni. ¹⁵ Omuo Yanda mua mumuene ua singaniekele ngueni lihule muomu ua livuvilekucihanga. ¹⁶ Uayile ikeye munjila nakuhandeka, ''tuaya, muane mana njikose nove.''-muomukatankeyele ngueni nemueno-kaha ua handekele, vika viukanjihiange amba ukose nage?'' ¹⁷ Kaha ua handekele, ''Njila katumina muana mpuembe kufuma kuvutanga.'' Ua handekele ngueni, ''ukanjihia cipue cimo kuheta nomu mumukatuma?'' ¹⁸ Ua handekele, ''ciye cika cinjikakuhia?'' Ua kumbuilile ngueni, ''Kandzeya kovena mukole uove, na mulamu uli mulivoko liove.'' Uamu hele vio na kukovela kuli ikelye. ¹⁹ Ua hindukile na kuya. Uambatele nakuhaka ha via kuzala via vuntuliue. ²⁰ Yunda ua tumine muana mpuevo kulisepa lieni Adulamite mangana akahiluise cize ciyo kufuma kulivoko lia uze mpuevo, kaha kamu uanene. ²¹ Kaha Adulamite uahuile vaze vamalavakuze, ''Alikuli lihule uze Eaim uakundzila?'' Vakumbuluile nguavo, ''Kuno kakuakele lihule.'' ²² Ua hilukile kuli Yunda na kuhandeka ngueni, ''Kanja mu uanene. Kaha naua, vamala vakuze va handekele nguavo, ''Kakuakele vumpanga kuno.''' ²³ Yunda ua handekele ngueni, ''Mana aniunge viuma, kutina tukakala na ntsoni. Kaha naua, njatumine muana mpembe, vunoni ka uamu uanene.'' ²⁴ Cezile ngecize hanima nguezingonge zitatu mukeko mu vavalekele Yunda, ''Tamale noko ueno uapangele vupangala, kaha ua kele na lizimo haze vene.'' Yunda ua handekele, ''munehenu kunonatela kumulumba.'' ²⁵ Omu mu vamutuhuile hambandza uatumine kuli semueno muzimbu, ''Ouyala nanjihele evi viuma ngueni ange njili nalizimo.'' Ua handekele ngueni, ''Mutalesese mulamu eviviuma vikevio evi, cizanda na mukombo.'' ²⁶ Yunda ua vatavesele nakuamba ngueni, ''Uli ounanji hambakana ange, hazevene ange kanjamuhele nguange likeye mpuevo ya Sela, muanange.'' Kaliongele ceka kuli ikeye ceka. ²⁷ Yahetele ntsimbu hayili muhiehi naku sambuluka, talenu muzimo muakele vampasa. ²⁸ Hantsimbu hasambulukile umo muana uatuhuile livoko, kaha cifunguizi ua mbatele vuanda naku mukuta kulivoko na kuamba ngueni, ''Ou likeye nalivanga kusemuka.'' ²⁹ Vunoni ua hiluisile livoko lieni hanima, talenu, yayeni likeye ua livange kutuhuka.'' Kaha cifunguizi ua handekele ngueni, ''Muomu una vatula!'' Kaha ua mulukile lizina ngueni Peleze. ³⁰ Vunoni yayeni ua tuhukile, uze uakele namukole kulivoko, ua mulukile lizina Zela.