¹ Panuma yaifi fintu ishiwi lyakwa Yaweh lyaishile kwisa kuli Abram mucimonwa, lyalandile , ''Witina, Abram! Ninebo icakufisamamo cobe elo kalambula mukalamba obe.'' ² Abram aishile kulanda, ''Shikulu Yaweh, findo mukampela nebo, apo nebo ncili imbula bana, elo noukapyana ifya pang'anda yandi ni Eliezer umwina Damascus?'' ³ Abram aishile kulanda, ''Apo mwebo tamwampela ubufyashi bwakukonkapo, lolesha, umusha umo uwafyalwa mung'anda yandi eukampyaana!'' ⁴ Elo, bona, ishiwi lyakwa Yaweh lyaishile kwisa kuli ye, ati, ''Uyu muntu takabe impyani yobe; lelo nomba uyo uukafuma mumubili obe webo eukaba impyani yobe.'' ⁵ Eluntu aishile kumufumisha kunse, elo aiashile kulanda, ''lolekesha kumulu, elo upende ne ntanda, nga webo kuti wakwanisha ukushipenda.'' Eluntu aishile kulanda kuli ye, ''Kanshi ifi efikaba ubufyashi bobe.'' ⁶ Asumine Yaweh, elo acipendele kuli ye ngobulungami. ⁷ Aishile kulanda kuli ye, ''Ninebo Yaweh, uwakufumishe ukufuma kuli Uri wabena Kaludea, pakuti nkupele iyi mpanga ukuti uipyane.'' ⁸ Ashile kulnda, ''Shikulu Yaweh, nkeshiba shani nebo ukuti nebo nkacipyana?'' ⁹ Eluntu aishile kulanda kuli ye, ''Ndetelako ing'ombe iyilume iinono iya myaka itatu, imbushi iyikota iya nyaka itau, impanga iya myaka itatu, inkunda, elo nakana kankunda.'' ¹⁰ Aishile kuleta fyonse ifi kuli ye, elo afiputawile pabili, elo abikile citika ukulungatana ne cinankwe, lelo taabenye ifyoni. ¹¹ Uluntu ifyoni fya amakubi fyaishile panshi pafitumbi fyanama ne fyoni, Abram ali fitamfishe kumbi. ¹² Eluntu akasuba kaleya mukuwa, Abram aponene mutulo utukulu elo, boneni, imfinshi isyakufitisha iyakutinya yaishile kumufimbilisha. ¹³ Eluntu Yaweh aishile kulanda kuli Abram, wishibe ukuti ubufyashi bobe bukaba ubweni mumpanga iishili teyabo, elo bakaba abasha abatitikishiwa pamyaka imyanda ine. ¹⁴ Nebo nkapingula uyo mushobo uukabateka , elo bapanuma bakesa kufuma ne fikwatw ifingi. ¹⁵ Lelo webo ukuya kuli bawiso mumutende, elo webo ukashikwa mubune bwa myaka ya bukote. ¹⁶ Munkulo iyakulenga ine bakesa kuno kabili, pakuti ububi bwa bena Amole tabulati bubipishe.'' ¹⁷ Uluntu akasuba kaishile kuwa kwali imfinshi, boneni, ukwaka kwa mpoto elo nolubingu luleaka ukupita pakati kafiputulwa filya. ¹⁸ Pali kalya kasuba Yaweh aishile kupanga icipangano na Abram, aishile kulanda, ''Kubufyashi bobe nebo nkapela iyi mpanga, ukufuma kumumana waku Egypto ukufika ku mumana uukulu, Euphrates. ¹⁹ Abena Kene, abena Kenisi, abena Kademone, ²⁰ abena Hiti, aabena Peresi, nabena Refa, ²¹ abena Amore, abena Kenani, abena Girgasha elo nabena Yebushi.