¹ Anzia mamana, me ya muene ba ntumu ba Nziame ba na ba ba ntsuiri mu ma nto mana mamukiri, ba kuari mu ngu yoso manto mana ma mu piere ndiso we mukiri kuobu mupie mumowe akawa mu-mukiri. Tsha mu manzia mama nene mpe tsha mu muti mumo. ² Me ya muene ntumu mukini mumo we Nziame yafi ka efifa mui (Est) wu kuari ilinu e Nziame emue. Nde ya bii mu nkara ngie a la ba ntumu ba Nziame bana babawe nzii ye osa mambi mu-mukiri mpe mu manzio mama mene. ³ "Kasa mambi mu-mukiri, tsha mumanzia mama nen, tsha mumuti mumo tû muina lisabiu biliemu, mubusu bubara bobaso ba sisha Nziame." ⁴ Mbeya nziu nta mutaa we bara basi biliimi mafunu nkama ya makumana ya mana (144.000). Babasi biüimi mpe babaki mukana limoli moli Israel : ⁵ Mafunu kumiya bie (12.000) mukana li yuda; mufunu kumi ya bie (12.000) munana lie Ruben; mafunu kumi ya bie (12.000) mukana lie Gad : ⁶ Mafunu kumi ya bie mukana lie Aser; mufunu kuni ya bie (12.000) mukara lie Nephthalie; mufuru kumi yabie mukara lie Manasse; ⁷ Mafunu kuni ya bie mu kana lie Simeon; Mafunu kuni yabie mukana lie Levi; Mufunu kuni ya bie mukana lie Issacar; ⁸ Mufunu kuni ya bû mukana lie Zabulon; mafumu kumi ya bie mukara lie Joseph; mufunu kimi ya bie mukara lie Benjamin babasi biui mu : ⁹ Angia mama, meya nti mpe ya mueme ibuyi ebare see ebu muru ekuwe mutio, ba bafi mutsi yoso, mu makana momaso, mubara bobaso mpe muni ngua miomiso baba thiai anku ekiri kibu Mfumu mpe onku muana imimi : Baburi ba lobu babale babie mpe mion mebo ba kuari mandiô maba. ¹⁰ mpe ba bü onkara ngie : "Bu nfunu bukui a la Nziame ebu we siu mukiri kibu nfunu mpe ya muana imimi :" ¹¹ Ba ntumu bobaso ba tsuini a nkua-nkua ekiri ki kibu Mfumu, mpe ankua-nkua ba mununu mpe ya bana bakü ba muen mpe bafini mankubuo anki tiri kibunfu. mpe bo ya bayu mu otuono Nziame, ¹² Ya bayu mu-olie : "Okabunu ! oyimi, otuono, makani, owa mafuru a la Nziame, likunu, ngo ya mfu eka ela Nziame ebiu empini. Eka kobunu !" ¹³ Mpe mununu mumo ya nfü ela me : "Babana bana, babuari ba lopo ba bie, mpe bafi kuni ?" ¹⁴ Me ya mufiri : "Mfumu eme nze ngako ba yiabi" mpe nde ya ndie : "Bo bakû babafi oviu mu mambi mama nene. Bo ya bafi oturu ba lopo babo mpe ba ya basi mumaki muana imimi : ¹⁵ Ndo esa isokini bo baki uku ekiri kibunfunu bo Nziame mpe bo basama Nziame mpubi ya muyi mukara nzo e Nziame : We siu mukiri (kiri) kibu mfumu yasi iduuni ela bo. ¹⁶ Bobayuwe tsha nzaa tsha mpuu madia, muyi ebabana we ela bompe tsha tshuru likawe ola bo. ¹⁷ Ndoki muana imimi wukü aukari kiri kibu mfumu nde akaa we kee bompe nde eba tshua akua mitshi mimue mi me mawama. Mpe Nziame ebaku kue mo nsia yoso ebo emiu.