Estele 1:1-22
1 Mu izuwa ya Asuwelu,* o sobha wakexile mutumina hama ni makwinyi ayadi ni sambwadi dya ibatu,* tunde ku Indya ndu ku Ityopya.*
2 Kyoso sobha Asuwelu kyakexile mutumina mu mbonge* ya Suzana,*
3 mu muvu wê wa katatu wa kukala ku ungana, mwene wabhange fesa yadikota phala o jinguvulu ni jiselevende jê joso. Mu fesa yenyoyo, mwakexile o jikabhitangu ja masoladi ja akwa Pélesa ni ja akwa Medya, o athu akwa fuma ni jinguvulu ja ibatu.
4 Mu hama ni makwinyi anake a izuwa, mwene wedikisa o umvwama wê wafumana ni kutena kwa ungana wê.
5 Kyoso kyabhu o izuwa yiyi, o sobha wabhange fesa yadikota mu kithádi kya inzo yê, mu sambwadi dya izuwa phala o athu oso mu mbonge* ya Suzana,* kikale adyakime, kikale ana ndenge.
6 O kithádi a kifwamesa ni jikulutina jazele ni ja azulu ni mikolo yalinyu yafina, anga ajikuta ku jiphiladi jobhange ni matadi afwama. Bhoxi a kithádi, afwamesa-bhu ni matadi afwama ala ni kolo yakusuka, yazele, yazeluluka ni yaxikatela. Kwexile we yalu yafwama yobhange ni ulu ni phalata.
7 O vinyu exile mu isidivila mu jikopho* ja ulu; o jikopho jiji kijadifwile. Asidivila vinyu yavulu mu fesa, o sobha mwene ngo watena kubhana o vinyu yoso yiyi.
8 Kexile mujijidika athu kwila anwa,* mukonda kyene o kitumu kyabhanene mu fesa. O sobha ni jikabhitangu azwelele kwila kala muthu abhange kala kyamesena.
9 O mvwale Váxiti wabhange we fesa yadikota phala o ahatu, mu inzo ya sobha Asuwelu.
10 Mu kizuwa kya kasambwadi o sobha wasangulukile mukonda dya vinyu, mukiki watumu Mehumanu, Bizita, Hadibona, Bingita, Abangata, Zetadi ni Kadikase o sambwadi dya jikabhitangu exile mutambula konda ya inzo ya sobha Asuwelu,
11 phala kubheka mvwale Váxiti ni kitundu kyê kya ungana ku pholo ya sobha, n’a londekese o kuwabha kwê ku mundu woso ni ku jinguvulu; kuma wafwamene kyavulu.
12 Maji o mvwale Váxiti waxibhaka o kitumu kyabhana o sobha bhukaxi ka jikabhitangu ja inzo yê. Kyenyiki, sobha wafutuluka o njinda anga i mubanda.
13 Sobha wadikundu ni jinjimu ejidile kyambote o itumu ya ixi,* mukonda o maka oso a sobha akexile mu ambata ku jinjimu jiji.
14 O athu abetele-kota mu kukala ni sobha mu ku mubhana o jindunge, enya: Kadisena, Setala, Adimata, Talxixi, Melese, Madisena ni Memukana. O sambwadi dya ilamba yiyi, akwa Pélesa ni Medya, ene exile ni ufolo wa kubhixila kate kwala o sobha, ene we abetele-kota kukala ni kutena mu utuminu.
15 O sobha wa ebhula, wixi: “Kala kyambe o kitumu, ihi yatokala kubhanga kwa mvwale Váxiti waxibhaka o kitumu kyabhana sobha Asuwelu bhukaxi ka jikabhitangu jê?”
16 Memukana watambwijila ku pholo ya sobha ni ya ilamba wixi: “Mu kubhukumukina o sobha, mvwale Váxiti kaxingi ngo o sobha, waxingi we o ilamba ni athu oso atokala mu utuminu wa sobha Asuwelu.
17 Mukonda o athu oso anda kwivwa yabhange o mvwale, anda dituna wa kuxila o anum’yâ, mukwamba: ‘O sobha Asuwelu watumina kubheka mvwale Váxiti ku pholo yê, maji mwene waditunu.’
18 Mu kizuwa kyenyiki, o ahatu a ilamba ya akwa Pélesa ni Medya, anda kwiza mukwijiya yabhange mvwale, ene anda zwela we kiki ni anum’yâ o ilamba ya sobha; o kiki kyanda bheka jimvunda ni lusebhu.
19 Sobha, se kya kuwabhela, abhange kitumu mu dijina dyê, akisoneka mu itumu ya akwa Pélesa ni Medya, kyabhingi kwila katokala kukijima dingi. O kitumu atokala kukisoneka kiki: Váxiti nuka dingi watokala kuya ku pholo ya sobha Asuwelu. Sobha, bhana o kididi kyê ku muhatu wa mu thundu.
20 Kyoso o athu mu utuminu wê woso kyanda kwivwa o kitumu kya sobha, o ahatu oso anda xila o anum’yâ, kikale o ahatu afuma mba kana.”
21 O sobha ni ilamba awabhela o ndunge yiyi, o sobha wabhingi kubhanga kala kyambe Memukana.
22 Kyenyiki, o sobha watumikisa mikanda mu ibatu yoso ya mutokala, mikanda yoso a isoneka mu ukexilu wa kusoneka wa kibatu ni mu dimi dizwela kifuxi ni kifuxi, mu kwamba kwila, kala diyala ukala mutwameni* wa dibhata dyê ni kwila o athu ku bhata dyê atokala kuzwela o dimi dyê dya uvwalukilu.
Footnotes
^ Nange o Xelexi 1, mon’â Dályu, Yadikota (Dályu Histaspes).
^ Mba, “jimbanza.”
^ Mba, “kate ku Kuxi.”
^ Mba, “ mbanza; mu inzo ya sobha.”
^ Mba, “Suza.”
^ Mba, “mbanza; mu inzo ya sobha.”
^ Mba, “Suza.”
^ Mba, “Dikawu.”
^ Mba, “Seku muthu amufidisile kunwa.”
^ Mu Heba.: “o jithembu.”
^ Mba, “ngana.”
