Kapetulu 4
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Tolilileni, eni bana bange, kubilongetha bya isweni, na kwakamana mangana muthibuke kuthzibithitha echi.
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Jinaku kwana bilongetha byabibwa; kethi umbile bilongetha byange.
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Omu jakele mwana kuli batate mwana wamundondo endilika kuli ba nana,
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wa jilongethele na kwendeka kuli yange nwendi, '' ethela mbuge yobe yikwalelele kulizwi lyange; nyunga mashiko ange cho uyoya.
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Nyunga mana na kuthebithitha; kethi wibale nambe kuleununa mazwi ama kanwa kange;
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kethi uthethe mana cho akenga ali yobe; mushake ikeye cho aka kuluma mwamubwa.
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Mana chikeko chuma chimo chinapu chachibwa, mukemo anguleni mana na ku wapangetha oshe mangana mu wanenaho kuthzibithitha.
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Thzemeni mana cho aka mizundula ikeye; aka milemetha ngwe mumu tambula ikeye.
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Akamithzika chitambala chakumilemetha amutwe weni; aka myana chilongo chachibwa.''
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Tolilila obe munage tambula mangwi ange, cho uka kala na myaka yayingi mukuyoya kwobe.
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Jikulongetha yobe mungila ya mana; jikutwamenena yobe mubi ngila bya kwoloka.
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Omwo ukenda, na umo wayi akemana mungila yobe nambe ukashatuka, ku uka tanuka.
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Kwateleni kubilongetha, kethi mubyechelele; binyungeni, mwafwa binafu kuyoya kuli yeni.
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Kethi mukabangeye bingila byaba kakulinga bubi nambe kukabangeya bingila byabaje bakukulinga bibi.
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Lihendenibyo, keith mubikabangeye; tenguluke kuli bikebyo na kuya bingila byeka.
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Mwafwa kubethi kulala kubanga bana lingi bubi na tulo tubethi kutulala kubanga bawane uje yanapande kubulumwitha.
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Mwafwa bakali kulikende lya bubi na kunwa ku binyu bya bukenya.
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Olojo bingila bya banu bakakwoloka byakala ngwe cheke, chije kamunika manene noho kweta nakuhuka kwali thathe.
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Bingila bya muka bubi byakala ngwe lithuthulungu - kubyetthi kuthubuka oho baka tanuka.
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Obe munange, aka mana kumajwi ange; tengeleka matwi obe kumagwu ange.
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Kethi ubechele batunde kumesho obe; banyunge mumbunge yobe.
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Mwafwa majwu ange akala mwonyo kuli baje ba awana na kukanguka ku mibila yabo.
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Nyungeni bimbunge byeni na kunyungilila mu kwakako mana oshe mwafwa kutunda muli bikebyo mulantunda tuvwelu tuvwelu twa mema a mwonyo.
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Akeni kwendeka kwa mauli kulako neni na kwendeka kwakutanganetha kulako neni.
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Ethela mesho obe a kenge kulutwe lwobe kethi ukenge naku noku.
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Akeni mendi eni mubingila cho bingila byeni byoshe bikala byabibwa.
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Kethi mutale oku kuchilyo nambe oku kuchimoshwe; tenguluke mendi eni kububi.