¹ Bonse fye ebana Isreali baendele ukufuma mumatololo ya Sin, ukukonka nefyo Yawe abalangilile. Bacitile ne nkambi pa Rephidim, lelo tapali amenshi yakunwa bantu. ² Eico abantu abasekele Mose pabwa fya ubu no kutila, ''Tupeni amesshi ya kunwa'' Mose atile ati, ''Cinshi mule lakila naine? Ninshi mulesha Yawe?'' ³ Awe abantu bali ne cilaka apakala mba, no kuilishanya kuli Mose. Abatile ati, ''Cinshi watuletele kumo ukutufumya mu Egupti? Mukutwipaya ifwe pamo nabana besu ne fitekwa fyesu kucilaka?'' ⁴ Elyo Mose alilile kuli Yawe, ''Nalacita shani naba bantu? Pantu bali fye mupepi nokuntoba amabwe'' ⁵ Yawe atile kuli Mose ati, ''Kabiye nakutangilila abantu, sendapo nabakalamba bakwa Isreali. Usende ne nkoto intu waumine pa mulonga no kuya. ⁶ Ndeiminina mupepi naiwe palya pali libwe ca Horebu, elyo uleuma icilibwe. Amashi yalefuma muli cena mukuti abantu banwe.'' Elyo Mose acitele ico mumenso yabakalamba bakwa Isreale. ⁷ Aitile ilya cende Mose na Meriba Pa mulandu wabena Isreali baliilishenye, na pamulandu balyeseshe shi kuli mukutila ati, ''Bushe Yawe ali naifwe nangu iyo?'' ⁸ Elyo abashilika ba bantu babena Amaleke baishile nokusansa Isreale pa Refidimu. ⁹ Eco Mose atile kuli Yoshua ati, ''Sala amaume bamo no kufuma nabo. Lwe ni na Amaleke. Mailo nkeminina pa mulu walupili ne nkonto ya Lesa muninwe yandi.'' ¹⁰ Eco Yoshua alwile na Amaleke nge Mose amwebele, ilyo Mose, Aaronr, na Huri baile pamulu walupili. ¹¹ Ilyo Mose acili naikata amaboko yakwe mumulu, Isrele alecimfya, ilyo amboko yakwe yabwela, Amaleke ate ndeke ucimfya. ¹² Ilyo abamaboko yakwa Mose yafina, Aarone na Huribasenda ilibwe no kubi ka mwisamba lyakwe pakuti ena aka lepo. Pakashita kamo kene Aaroni na Huri baikete amaboko yakwe pamulu, umuntu umo uku na umbi kulubali lwakwe, no muntu umbi kulubali lumbi. ¹³ Eico amaboko yakwa Mose ali ayaikatililwa ukufikafye na kuba ukuwa. Eco Yoshua ali cimfishe abantu ba bena Amaleke kuli panga. ¹⁴ Yawe atile kuli Mose ati, ''Lemba ifi mucitabo no kubelenga kuli Yoshua ilyo aleumfwa, pamulandu nkapwililisha ukufumyapo icibukisho cakwa Amaleke ukufuma mwisamba lya mulu. ¹⁵ Eico Mose akulile ne cipailo no kucita ati, ''Yawe ¹⁶ Atile ati, ''Pantu ukuboko kwalisumbwilwa pa mulu ku cipuna cabufumu cakwa Yawe -ukuti Yawe akalwa na Amaleke ukufuma ku nkulo no kufika kunkulo.