¹ Kumanima ma mambu menama, niamweni wandji mwekha wa kulumukanga ku wulu . Wakhedi ni kifumu kijima, khembu yendji ya hanini tsemu hashi. ² Wakudidi mundaka ya ngolu etshi: " wabwa, wabwa Babiloni dijima, wekhina homa henda kujingila Satana, homa henda kujingila ji Pevi jabola ni tjila twa mvindu twenda kuswamana. ³ kikuma kia maluvu ma nzala y ngolu ya mbongi jendji, makanda mosu mazedidi, ni a thotila a hashi a tedi nendji mbongi , ni a sumbishi yima ya hashi ekhinini a mvwama mu ngolu ja ima yingi ya thalu: eyina yenda kuleka kwivila soni ". ⁴ Ku manima nievidi ndaka mu wulu yakulanga etshi: "Widikhenu mukatshi kowu enu athu jemi; kikuma nuleki kukha nienu mu masumu, nuleki kumona pashi. ⁵ Sambu masumu mendjimekhina mengi kamu, makanduka tii ku wulu, Nzambi wa bambuka yisalu yenji yabola. ⁶ Muvutudilenu mahangidieyi akowu, muvutudilenu mbala jadi. ⁷ Kia dikumisanga ni ku jinga mu khembu, mu vutudilenu ni mwenu thalu ya pashi. kikuma wenda wakulamu mutshima wendji etshi: " Nidi nashikama mudi thotila wa mukhetu, nishiku mufidi wa mukhetu, nia ka khaloku lo funda " . ⁸ Kienikioki, mu kilumbu kimoshi khenda ja ka mu bwila: lufwa, kufunda ni nzala. Wa katema thuya kikuma fumu Nzambi wudi ngolu owu wa musambisa. ⁹ A thotila a hashi awa akhedi mbongi ni a kapangananga yizumba a kadilanga ni kudibokutila owu mweni kia kamona mwishi wa kutema kwendji. ¹⁰ A ka makhinina halepi, a ka kwatiya pashi ni kwakulanga etshi; " Khenda! khenda! kudi vula dijima, Babiloni, vula dia ngolu, mu tangwa ditshotu, wabwa". ¹¹ A sumbishi a hashi enda adila ni ku mu bokutilanga kikuma ata muthu kendoku ka wa sumbila yima: ¹² Wolo, njimbu, mayala mathalu, wusanga, leni dia pimbu, dia miledi yibenga ngee, ni yima yosu yahanga ni mabaya ma vumba dia pimbu, yima yosu yahanga ni mazewu ma ndjoku, ni mabaya ma thalu, ni kwivre, ni kibende ni mayala ma marbre; ¹³ Yima ya kulambila ya vumba, mananashi, mupafu ni khosu, ya maluvu ni maji, ya fupa, a ngombi, ma memi a punda, ji pusu-pusu ja apunda, ahika ni lujingu lwathu. ¹⁴ Kibundu kiwa zodidi kamu kia kutshina. Madia ma pimbu ni yima yeyi ya pimbu ya bila, ka kayi monokwepi. ¹⁵ A sumbishi a yima mweni awa ekhinini a mwama mulusalusu lwa mweni, a ka makhinina halepi kikuma a ka khala ni woma kikuma kia pashi yendji, a ka dila, akevwa khenda. ¹⁶ A kakulanga etshi: " Khenda! khenda! ku dimbu dijima dia khedi diavwata leni dia pimbu, ni miledi yibenga-bule ni yibenga tamu, ni ya vwata yima ya thalu yingi ya pimbu ni yima ya wola ni mayala ma thalu ni wusanga. ¹⁷ Mu tangwa dimoshi azanga kimvwama . Asendi a masuwa, akwa kudimba, enda enda kukibila mu meya, athu osu enda kuhanga mu masuwa ni osu enda kuhanga mu nzadi mu kumona yima ya kujingila a makhinini halepi. ¹⁸ Kia monanga mishi ya yima ya temanga a wokhanga ni kwakulanga etshi: " Kia vula diafwana vula djima e"? ¹⁹ A diwashidi mbombi mu mitwa yowu ni kudilanga ni kubokutanga." Khenda! Khenda kwa vula dijima edi awa osu edi ni masuwa mowu ekhina a mvwama ku yima yendji. kikuma mu tangwa dimoshi a dizangidi". ²⁰ OOh wulu, evwa kieshi kikuma kiendji, ni enu asantu ni a thumwa ni a mibikudi, yivwenu kieshi, kikuma Nzambi wa muhwa ndola kikuma kia mamboti menu!" . ²¹ Wandji wa nangunini yala didi mudi yala dijima dienda kutwila yidingi, wa dikongidi mu nzadi, wakula etshi: " Eyi yidi pila ya ka khonga Babiloni, vula dijima mu mbala yimoshi, ku manima kaka munonoku epi. ²² Mayema ma ashikia yitadi, ayimbia jikhunga, akwa mijiki, enda kushika misengu, akwa kubula pungi, ka ka yivwoku epi mu katshi ka ayi. ²³ Kieji kia mwinda kia katemukoku mu ayi, athu akevoku jindaka ja angunza a katuka kukwela kikuma asumbishi jeyi akhedi a fumu a mavu ni a yikanda a wahunini ku wuloji weyi. ²⁴ Mu mweni, mashi ma ambikudi ni ma a santu ma mwekhinini ni mawa osu ajiyidiowu hashi.