¹ Mpoona Muusa abantu baku Isulaili ba kaimba lwiimbo kuli Leza. Ba kaimba, ''Ndaimba kuli Leza, nkaambo wakazunda cahbulemu; ibbiza awakalitantile ba ka sweelwa mu lweenge. ² Leza zhye nsana zhyangu alimwi ndwiimbo, alimwi waba ndoluhwutuko lwangu. Ooyu ngo Leza wangu, alimwi jaku mulumbaizhya, Leza waka taata, alimwi jaku musumpula. ³ Leza hikalumamba; Leza nde izhyina lyakwe. ⁴ Wasowa nkalaki zhyaka Faalo aba hikalumamba mu lwizhyi. Basalesale ba Faalo bakando baka unkizhyiwa mu lwiizhyi lwa Mabu. ⁵ Ba kaunkila; bakaunka kunhi mbuli mbwe. ⁶ Luboko lyako lya lulyo, Leza, lulazunda mu nsana; luboko lwako lwa lulyo, Leza waka banyonyoona bahi nkondo. ⁷ Mubulemu bwako bukando wakazunda abo bakabuhya nkondo kuli ndiwe. Wakatuma bukali bwako; bwaka baumpa boonse mbuli cihiko. ⁸ Kwiinda mukuyoya kwampemo izhyako meenhi akaima alundana; meenhi ayenda akaima kuya muzeulu cilwi; meenhi malahyu akaangana akati kati ka lwiihyi. ⁹ Hinkondo wakati, 'Njakupehya, nja kunyanga, nkasaale cisela kuyanda kwangu kuyakuzwidilila, kuli mbabo;nnjakuguhya mpanga lyangu, ntahyi lyangu liya kuba nyonyoona.' ¹⁰ Pele wakahula muya wako, alimwi lwiihyi lwakabamena; bakabbila mbuli lubu mu meenhi makali. ¹¹ Ngoni uli mbuli ndiwe, Mwami, akati katu leza? Ngoni uli mbuli ndiwe, bulemu mu kusetekana, alilemekwe mu kulumbaihya, kucita maleele? ¹² Wakatandabika ntahyi lyako lyalulyo, mpoona nyika yakaba mena. ¹³ Mucihuminano cako cakulitola anhyi wakasololela bantu bako mbookahutula. Muguzu hyako wakabasololela kuya kubusena busentekene uko nkokkala. ¹⁴ Bantu baya kutelela, alimwi bayaku kankama; kucisa kuya kubamana bantu bakkala mu Philistia. ¹⁵ Mpoona bamami baku Edom baya kuyoowa; bahikalumba baku Moab baya kukankama; boonse bantu bakkala mu Canaan baya kuhimaana. ¹⁶ Bukandu akuyoowa kuya kubawila. Nkaambo kansana hya tahyi lwako, baya kwiima nji mbuli bbwe kuhikila bantu bako bakainde, Mwami - kuhikila bantu mbokanununa bakainde. ¹⁷ Uya kubaleta akubahyanga amulundu wacikono cenu, busena, Mwami, nkookabamba kuti tukakkale mumo, chikombelo, Mwami wesu, ihyo mantahyi ako ngohyaka yaka. ¹⁸ Mwami uya kweendelehya kukabe kutamani akutamani. ¹⁹ Nkaambo ma bbiza aka Faalo akaunka antoomwe ankalaki aba tanta mpawo mulwihyi, Mwami wakapiluhya meenhi amu lwiihyi ali mbabo. Pele bantu ba Isulaili ba keenda anyika njumu akati ka lwihyi. ²⁰ Mirriam munhinhimi, mucihi wa Aloni, wakabweza musako, alimwi bamakaintu boonse bakamutobela baunka amusako, kabaya kuhyana anguwe. ²¹ Mirriam wakaimba kuli mbabo: ''Kwiimbila Mwami, nkaambo wakazunda cakukkomana. Ibbiza awakatente zhyaka sowelwa mulwihyi.'' ²² Mpoona Muusa wakaba sololela bana ba Isulaili kuhwa mu lwihyi lwa Mabu. Bakaunka kuya mulukula lwa Shur. Bakeenda mazuba otatwe mulukula tiibakajana meenhi pe. ²³ Mpoona bakahika ku Marah, pesi kunyina noba kakozhya kunwa meenhi kuya nkaambo akali kulula. Mpoona bakabuulika busena oobu kuti Marah. ²⁴ Bantu bakatongookela Muusa bakati, ''Tulanhwa nhyi?'' ²⁵ Muusa wakalila ku Mwami, mpoona Mwami wakamutondezhya cisamu. Muusa wakacihusa mumeenhi, mpoona meenhi akaina kunhya. Mpampawo Mwami mpaka bapa mulao muyumuyumu, alimwi mpampawo mpakaba sunka. ²⁶ Wakati, ''Kuti naa mulawiilila kabotu ijwi lya Mwami Leza wenu, akucita cibotu mumeso aakwe, alimwi kuti wabika kutwi ku milawo yakawe akulemeka milawo yoonse - kunyina niya kumupa malwahi ngipa bana Egipiti, nkaambo ndime Mwami uu muponya.'' ²⁷ Mpoona bantu bakaboola ku Elim, kwakali tulonga tuli kumi atubili twa meenhi alimwi ahisamu zhya palm zili makumi ciloba. Bakakkala kuya muhimuhi ameenhi.