Ukufuma 17:1-16
17 Ulukuta lonse ulwa bena Israele lwafumine mu matololo ya Sini.+ Kabili ukulingana ne fyo Yehova alwebele,+ lwaleti lwafuma apa lwayaikala pambi, lwasuka lwayapanga inkambi pa Refidimu.+ Lelo tapaali amenshi ya kuti abantu balenwa.
2 E ico abantu batendeke ukuumanya Mose+ abati: “Tupeele amenshi tunwe.” Lelo Mose abebele ati: “Cinshi ico mulengumanishisha? Cinshi ico mwesesha Yehova?”+
3 Lelo abantu bali ne cilaka sana, kabili baikalile fye ukuilishanya pali Mose+ abati: “Cinshi watufumiishe mu Egupti? Bushe walefwaya ifwe na bana besu ne fitekwa fyesu twise tufwe ku cilaka?”
4 Mose asukile alilila kuli Yehova ati: “Ndecita shani kuli aba bantu? Nga cacila apa balampoola amabwe!”
5 Lyena Yehova aebele Mose ati: “Tangilila aba bantu, usende na bakalamba ba bena Israele bamo uye nabo kabili usende ne nkonto iyo waumiineko pa Mumana wa Naelo.+ Uisende mu minwe e lyo uleya.
6 Mona! ndeiminina pa cilibwe mu Horebu. Ume mu cilibwe, kabili amenshi yalafuma na bantu balanwa.”+ Awe Mose acitile ifyo fine pa menso ya bakalamba ba bena Israele.
7 E ico ainike ilya ncende ati Masa*+ na Meriba*+ pa mulandu wa kuti abena Israele balyumene na Mose na pa mulandu wa kuti balyeseshe Yehova+ abati: “Bushe Yehova ali na ifwe nelyo iyo?”
8 Lyena abena Amaleke+ balishile kabili balwile na bena Israele mu Refidimu.+
9 E lyo Mose aebele Yoshua+ ati: “Sala abaume muleya mu kulwa na bena Amaleke. Mailo nkeminina pa muulu wa lupili kabili nkekata inkonto ya kwa Lesa wa cine.”
10 Awe Yoshua acitile filya fine fye Mose amwebele,+ kabili alwile na bena Amaleke. Kabili Mose, Aarone na Huri+ baile pa muulu wa lupili.
11 E ico Mose nga atwalilila ukwimya amaboko, abena Israele baletampa ukucimfya, lelo nga aponya fye amaboko, abena Amaleke e baletendeka ukucimfya.
12 Ilyo Mose anakile ukwimya amaboko, Aarone na Huri bamuleteele ilibwe kabili alikelepo. Lyena baikete amaboko yakwe, uyu ku lubali lumo no yu ku lubali lumbi, kabili amaboko yakwe yali ndi, mpaka akasuba kawa.
13 E fyo Yoshua acimfishe Amaleke na bantu bakwe ku lupanga.+
14 Yehova nomba aebele Mose ati: “Lemba ici mwi buuku pa kuti mwikacilaba,* webe na Yoshua auti, ‘Nkalofya abena Amaleke bonse pe sonde* ica kuti takwakabe na wa kubebukisha.’”+
15 Lyena Mose akuulile iciipailo kabili acinike ati Yehova-nisi,*
16 pantu atile: “Apo Amaleke naimina imitekele ya kwa Jah,+ Yehova akalwa nankwe mu nkulo shakwe shonse.”+
Amafutunoti
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Ukuumana.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Ukwesha; Ubwesho.”
^ Nelyo “cikabe icibukisho.”
^ Mu ciHebere, “mwi samba lya muulu.”
^ Ilyalola mu kuti “Yehova Cishibilo Candi.”
