Kapetulu 18
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Cho Yetolo, mulongethi wa ba Mindiya, ishe -mweno ya Mosesa, wathzibile byoshe ebi Njambi walingilile Mosesa na banu bendi baka Isalela. Wathzibile ngwabo Njambi watuhwile ba Isalela kutunda mu Ingitu.
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Yetolo, ishe mweno wa Mosesa, wambatele Zipora, munakathzi wa Mosesa, hanima ya kumutuma kwimbo,
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nabana bendi babali babanalume; munendi umo lithzina lyendi ikeye Ngeshomu, mwafwa Mosesa wendekele ngwendi, "Njinakele ngethzi mu libu lya bungethzi."
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Lithzina lya uje mukwabo lyakele Eliyaza, mwafwa Mosesa wendekele ngwendi, " Njambi wa bakulu bange nakele mukwathi wange. Wanjiyobwele ku mukwale wa Falo."
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Yetolo, ishe - mweno wa Mosesa, wethzile na bana ba Mosesa hamo na munakathzi wendi kuli Mosesa mu mambo omu akele na kutumbama ku munkinda wa Njambi.
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Wendekele kuli Mosesa, ngwendi," Yange isho - mweno Yetolo, njinakwija kuli yobe na munakathzi wobe hamo na bana bendi babali babanalume."
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Cho Mosesa wabasheshele akaliwane naba ishe - mweno, wakulamenene hathi, na kumuthsemba. Balihwile umo na mukwabo ha buyoye bwabo cho bakobelele mu tente.
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Mosesa walekele ba ishe - mweno byuma byoshe ebi Njambi alingile kuli Falo na baka Ingitu ha mulonga wabaka Isalela, naha mabukalu oshe ethzile kuli bakebo mu bungethzi bwabo, nomu Njambi aba kwathele.
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Yetolo wa bwahelelele ha bubwa bwoshe alingile Njambi kuli ba Isalela, omu bene wabayobwele kutunda ku maboko abaka Ingitu.
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Yetolo wendekele ngwendi, " Njambi akale wa wakulemethewa, mwafwa nakuyobola kutunda mu maboko abaka Ingitu na maboko a Falo, nakuthzitula banu kutunda mu ma boko abaka Ingitu.
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Choni njinathzibuka ngwange Njambi wahyana tulunga twoshe, mwafwa omu baka Ingitu bayandethele baka Isalela Njambi wayobwele banu bendi."
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Yetolo, ishe - mweno wa Mosesa, wanenele bwana bwa kwenyeka na milambu ya kwana kuli Njambi, Alone na bakulunu boshe baba Isalela bethzile na kulya kumesho a Njambi hamo lika na ishe - mweno wa Mosesa.
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Halikaki Mosesa wa tumbamene na kuthompetha banu, Cho banu bemanene na kumuthzenguluka kuputuka chimene kweta mangwethzi.
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Cho omu ishe - mweno wa Mosesa wamwene byoshe bije alingile ku banu, wendekele ngwendi, " Bikajo ebi uli nakulinga na banu? Mwafwa bika utumbama likalyobe cho banu boshe banemana kukuthzenguluka kutunda chimene kweta chingwethzi?"
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Mosesa wendekele kuli ba ishe - mweno ngwendi, "Banu bakaija kuli yange nakwihula kutwamenena cha Njambi.
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Omu bakala na ching'anda, bakaya kuli yange. Njikabatula mukati ka munu umo na mukwabo, na kubalongetha bingila na mashiko a Njambi."
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Ishe - mweno wa Mosesa wendekele kuli ikeye ngwendi, "Ebi uli nakulinga kubya bwahele manene.
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Mubuthunga muli na kulijukitha yeni babenya, yobe hamo na banu uli nabo. Echi chitele chamilemena manene. Kumwatha kuchilinga likalyeni lika.
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Tolilila kuli yange. Njikwana bukwathi, cho Njambi akala nobe, mwafwa yobe unemanenako banu kuli Njambi, cho ukanene kulipika chabo kuli ikeye.
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Watela kubalongetha bingila na mashiko endi. Watela kubaleketha ngila ya kwendelamo na bipangi bya kupanga.
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Kutwalelelaho, watela kwangula banalume bakutela kutunda mu banu boshe, banalume bakalemetha Njambi, banalume ba buthunga aba bathzinda makuli lalo. Watela kabaka butale banu, bakale bakutwamenena makulukathzi, chita, makumi atanu, cho na makumi abanu.
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Bakathompetha banu mu milonga yoshe yaha litangwa, oloni bije bing'anda bya bikalu bakanena kuli yobe. Mu bing'anda byoshe bya bindondo, bakabatula bakebo mukati kabo. Mungiloyo chikakala chachathi kuli yobe, cho ba kalyambatetha chitele nobe.
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Oshe nga ulinga ngechi, na Njambi oshe akukambeya kulinga ngocho, cho ukatha kutwalelela, cho na banu boshe bakeluka kwimbo bana bwahelela,"
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Cho Mosesa wathzibile majwi aba ishe - mweno nakulinga byoshe bije bendekele.
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Mosesa wangwile banalume bakutela muli ba Isalela boshe na kubapwitha mitwe hali banu, bantwama hali makulukathzi, bita, makumi atanu, na makumi.
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Bathompethele banu mu bingila bya kutela. Milonga yaikalu banenele kuli Mosesa, oloni babenya ba batwile bing'anda bya bindondo byoshe.
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Cho Mosesa wechele ishe - mweno kuya, cho Yetolo welukile mu lifuti lyendi.