Uputukilo 1:1-31
1 Ku uputukilo Zambi yatanga malilu ni hashi.
2 Hashi hapwile ha hululu kanda ha mokomoko, helu lia meya hapwile milima, tachi* ja Zambi japwile ni kujingajinga helu lia meya.
3 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Kupwe pangu.” Chocho yikupwa pangu.
4 Mba Zambi yamona ngwenyi pangu linapeme, kashika Zambi yahandununa pangu ni milima.
5 Zambi yaluka pangu ngwenyi, Tangwa, milima yayiluka ngwenyi, Ufuku. Yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa litangu.
6 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Hakachi ka meya hapwe kuzazuluka chinene, chihandunune meya ni meya.”
7 Zambi yatanga kuzazuluka chinene, mba yahandununa meya kushi lia kuzazuluka chinene ni meya helu lia kuzazuluka chinene. Mba yichipwa chocho.
8 Zambi yaluka kuzazuluka chinene ngwenyi, Lilu. Yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa liamuchiali.
9 Chocho Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Meya waze ali mushi lia malilu alikunge homa hamuwika, mavu omu asoloke.” Mba yichipwa chocho.
10 Zambi yaluka mavu omu ngwenyi, Hashi, alioze meya waze alikungile yaaluka ngwenyi, Tulunga-Lwiji. Mba Zambi yachimona ngwenyi chinapeme.
11 Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Hashi hasoke mwambu, yiputa yize yakwima mbuto, ni mitondo yize yakwima mihuko kulita ni milali yayo, yikeme mihuko ni mbuto.” Yichipwa chocho.
12 Chocho, hashi yihaputuka kusoka mwambu, yiputa yize yakwima mbuto, ni mitondo yize yakwima mihuko yikwete chichi, kulita ni milali yayo. Mba Zambi yachimona ngwenyi chinapeme.
13 Yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa liamuchitatu.
14 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Kupwe mapangu mwilu hanga ahandunune mwalwa ni ufuku, akapwe yilayi yize yakusolola tungonde, matangwa ni miaka.
15 Makapwa mapangu mwilu akapangulwise hashi.” Mba yichipwa chocho.
16 Zambi yatanga mapangu anene-anene aali, hanga pangu linene liyule mwalwa, pangu likehe liyule ufuku, mba yatanga nawa tutongonoshi.
17 Chocho Zambi yaasa mwilu hanga apangulwise hashi,
18 hanga ayule ha mashimbu a mwalwa ni a ufuku, ni kuhandununa pangu ni milima. Mba Zambi yachimona ngwenyi chinapeme.
19 Yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa liamuchiwana.
20 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Mu meya muzale ni yitangiwa ya mwono, yitangiwa* yize ya kuhumuka yihumuke mu tetela mu kuzazuluka cha hashi.”
21 Mba Zambi yatanga tushitu anene-anene a mu kalunga-lwiji, ni yitangiwa* yeswe ya mwono yize yakwenda ni kuliokesa mu meya, kulita ni milali yayo, ni yitangiwa yeswe yikwete mapulwa yize yakuhumuka, kulita ni milali yayo. Mba Zambi yachimona ngwenyi chinapeme.
22 Chocho Zambi yawahisa yitangiwa yeswe, yamba ngwenyi: “Semenu nukaliokese, nukazalise meya a mu kalunga-lwiji, ni yitangiwa yize ya kuhumuka yikaliokese hashi.”
23 Yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa liamuchitano.
24 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Hashi hatuhwise yitangiwa* ya mwono kulita ni milali yayo, yimuna, tushitu waze akukalala* ni tushitu a mu yambu kulita ni milali yo.” Mba yichipwa chocho.
25 Mba Zambi yatanga tushitu a mu yambu kulita ni milali yo, yimuna kulita ni milali yo, ni tushitu eswe waze akukalala kulita ni milali yo. Zambi yachimona ngwenyi chinapeme.
26 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Tutangenu mutu mu chifwa chetu, alifwe ni yetu, iye akayule yishi a mu kalunga-lwiji, yitangiwa yize ya kuhumuka mwilu, yimuna, akayule hashi heswe, ni yitangiwa yeswe yize yakukalala ni kwenda hashi.”
27 Mba Zambi yatanga mutu mu chifwa chenyi, mu chifwa cha Zambi yamutanga; yatanga lunga ni pwo.
28 Chikwo nawa, Zambi yaawahisa, yamba kuli ayo ngwenyi: “Semenu nukaliokese, zalisenu hashi ni kuyulaho, yulenu yishi a mu kalunga-lwiji, yitangiwa yeswe yize ya kuhumuka mwilu, ni yitangiwa yeswe ya mwono yize yakwenda hashi.”
29 Mba Zambi yamba ngwenyi: “Ngunanwehe yiputa yeswe yize yakwima mbuto, yatwama hashi heswe, ni mitondo yeswe yize yili ni mihuko yakwima mbuto. Yikapwe kulia chenu.
30 Kuli tushitu eswe a mu yambu, yitangiwa yeswe yize ya kuhumuka mwilu, ni yitangiwa yeswe yakwenda hashi yize yikwete mwono, ngunahane yiputa yeswe ya wisu yikapwe kulia cho.” Mba yichipwa chocho.
31 Mba Zambi yamona yuma yeswe yize atangile ngwenyi, yinapeme chinji. Mba yikupwa ufuku, yikupwa chimene, tangwa liamuchisambano.
Footnotes
^ Chize Alisonekene, “spiritu.”
^ Hanji “alma.”
^ Hanji “alma.”
^ Hanji “alma.”
^ Hanji “tushitu waze akulikoka.” Tushitu jacho kota kali tupela, yongolo, misangwinya... Tushitu wano kalisa ni tushitu akwo waze apwa kutongola.
