¹ Cho omo Sanimbalati, Tombiya, na Ngeshemu waku Alambia na bitothzi betu boshe bathzibile ngwabo njinatunguluka mbango cho ngwabo kukwakele lalo kamutambela kathaleleko kakupijula hululu, nameme kunjakele mapito kubikolo, ² Sanimbalite na Ngeshomu batumine kuli yange nakwendeka ngwabo, " Ija, tuli waneko kumo tubaboshe mu chana cha Ono." Oloni bathinganyekele kunjibulumuna. ³ Njatumine miluwa kuli bakebo, nakwendeka ngwange, "Njili nakulinga chipangi cakama manene, cho kunjatha kwija embwe. Bikajo chipangi chimanena njichithethze na kwija kuli yeni?" ⁴ Banjitumininine majwi amolika bithimbu biwana, cho njabakumbulwile mumolika thimbu yoshe. ⁵ Sanimbalati watumine ngamba yendi mungila imolika muthimbu ya muchitanu, na mukanda wakushokolola muliboko lyendi. ⁶ Mukati kao bathonekelemo ngwabo, "Bana chambula akati kamafuti, na Ngeshomu lalo na chendeka, ngwendi yobe naba Yunda, muli nakuthinganyeka kunji tengulukila, ngechi mukemo muli nakutungulwila mbango. Kutunda kuli eyi mithzimbu yambulula inendeka ngwayo, ushaka kukapwa mwene wabo ⁷ Cho lalo unangula tupolofita na kubalinga echi kuthzimbula kuli yobe mu Yelusalema, na kwendeka ngwobe, "Kuli mwene muba Yunda! Ukapwa wabushunga mwene mwakauthziba ou muthzimbu. Cho oni, echela twendeke ou mulonga ali umo namukwabo." ⁸ Cho njatumine lijwi kuli ikeye na kwendeka ngwange, "Nachimo chuma cha sholoka ngwe muje unendeka, bya kele mukati ka mbunge yobe." ⁹ Omo boshe bashakele kututhzibitha lyoba, mukuthinganyeka, "Maboko abo echela abipangi, cho na chipangi kuchipangiwa," Oloni ololo, Njambi, njilomba koletheni maboko ange. ¹⁰ Cho njaile ku njubo ya Shemaiya mwana wa munalume wa Ndelaiya mwana wamunalume wa Mehetabele, uje walishokelele mulimbo lyendi. Cho wendekele ngwendi, "Echeleni tuli wane amolika mu njubo ya Njambi, mukati ka tembele, cho echeleni tushoke mapito a tembele, omo bali nakwija nakututsiha. Matsiki beja nakukutsiha" ¹¹ Njabakumbulwile ngwange, "Kuma munu ngechi mwange natha kutewa? Kuma munu ngechi mwange akayi ku tembele mangana a yobole mwonyo wendi? Kunjiimo embwe." ¹² Njathinganyekele ngwange kethi Njambi na mutumu kuli yange, oloni ngwange bana mupolofetela ali yange. Tombiya na Sanimbalati bana mukamba. ¹³ Bamukamba mangana anjithzibithe lyoba, cho mangana njilinge bije byendekele na kubulumuna, cho mangana banjane lithzina lya kubihya mangana binjilumbilithe. ¹⁴ Banuke ba Tombiya na Sanimbalati, Njambi yange kwetheketha kubilinga byabo. Cho anuka lalo kapolofita Noandiya na ba polofita boshe baje bethekele kuthzibitha lyoba yange. ¹⁵ Cho mbango baimanuthwile alitangwa lya mumakumi abali na atnu mungonde ya Eluli, anima ya makumi atanu amatangwa. ¹⁶ Omo bitothzi betu boshe bathzibile echi, na mafuti oshe atuthzenguluka, ethzile nakithziba lyoba nakuchikengetha manene mu mesho abo babenya. Omo bathzibukithile ngwabo chipangi chapingiwa nabukwatho bwa Njambi yetu. ¹⁷ Athimbu eyi bakulunu baba Yunda batumine mikanda kuli Tombiya na mikanda ya Tombiya yethzile kuli bakebo. ¹⁸ Omo bapwile bapwile babangi mu Yunda baje balithingile chithingo nendi, mwafwa wapwile ishemweno ya Shekaniya mwana wa munalume wa Ala. Cho munendi wa munalume Yehonani ambatele munakathzi wendi mwana wa munakathzi wa Melushulami mwana wa munalume wa Mbelekiya. ¹⁹ Cho lalo bendekele abilinga byendi bya bibwa na kwambulula majwi ange kuli ikeye. Mikanda baitumine kutunda kuli Tombiya ya kunjijujwitha.