Bahebelu 11:1-40
11 Likulahelo lyapwa lilabelelo lya kukanyama lya byuma bitunalabelela, lyapwa bukaleho bwa kushula* bwa byuma bya busunga bije kanda tumone.
2 Mwafwa yeli likulahelo, banu ba kusañulu batambwile bukaleho bwa kutunda kuli Njambi buje bwamwesele ngwabwo bamuzibisile kubwaha.
3 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, tunananguka ngwetu tutumameno twa myaka* batwakeleko kwitila mu lijwi lyendekele Njambi, mwafwa byuma bituli na kumona binatundu ku byuma bije kutwesi na kumona.
4 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Abele wanene Njambi mulambu waubwa kutubakana wa Kaini. Co mwafwa yeli likulahelo, watambwile bukaleho buje bwamwesele ngwabwo wapwile wa kusungama, mwafwa Njambi watabele* bwana bwendi. Co nameme watsa, acili na kwendeka kwitila mu likulahelo lyendi.
5 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Inoki bamunungulwile mangana keti amone kutsa, co kubamuwanene mwafwa Njambi wamunungulwile. Mwafwa simbu kanda bamunungulule, watambwile bukaleho buje bwamwesele ngwabwo wazibisile Njambi kubwaha.
6 Co lalo kwa kujeneka likulahelo kukwasiwa kuzibisa Njambi kubwaha mwafwa woshe ashwena kuli Njambi napande kutaba ngwendi Njambi kwali, co lalo ngwendi ikeye muka-kwana cikandelela kuli baje bali na kumutonda manene.
7 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Nowa wamwesele ngwendi wazibilile Njambi lyoba mubamulekelele cimweja byuma bije te kanda bisholoke, co washongele bwato mangana obole bakunjibo yendi. Co mwafwa yeli likulahelo wahisile kaye, co waswanene kusungama kuje kutunda mu kukala na likulahelo.
8 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Abrahamu mubamusanene, wononokele mwaile ku mwela uje wapandele kukatambula kupwa buswana. Waile nameme kazibukile kwakele na kuya.
9 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, wayoyele ngwe muka-kwija mu lifuti lya cikulaheso, ngwe uje ali mu lifuti lya bungenzi. Wayoyele mu bitenti na Isaki na Jakobu, baje bapwile baswana hamolika nendi mu cikulaheso ca kulifwa.
10 Mwafwa wabandamenene nganda ije ili na lubula lwa busunga, ije yanamanga Njambi na kuitunga.
11 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Sala nendi watambwile nzili ya kukita mwana, nameme te natubakana myaka ya kukita, mwafwa wamwene uje wanene cikulaheso ngwendi wa kulongwa.
12 Ngeci, kuli munalume uje wapwile ngwe natsi, kwasemukile bana babangi ngwe bingongonosi bya mwilu, co batumine manene ngwe mushekesheke wa ku kalunga-ndonga.
13 Boshe aba, batsile na likulahelo lyabo nameme kubamwene kulishulisilila kwa bikulaheso, oloni babimwenenene halako, co babitambwile na kulyambulula ku mbunga ngwabo bapwile bangenzi na baka-kunyunyumana muje mu lifuti.
14 Mwafwa baje bali na kwendeka mu ngila ei bali na kumwesa bwino ngwabo bali na kutonda mwela uje upwa wabo bene.
15 Oloni ngwe batwaleleleleho kwanuka ku mwela kubatundile, ngwe bawanene mwakwilukilako.
16 Co hano banashungwiya mwela waubwa, kulumbununa mwela uje unakundama mwilu. Ngeci, Njambi kazibi shwamwa kumusana ngwabo Njambi yabo mwafwa nababwahesela nganda.
17 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Abrahamu mubamwesekele, kwapwile lika ngwe wanene Isaki. Abrahamu mwatambwile bikulaheso mu kubwahelela, washakele kwana munendi umolika,
18 nameme bamulekele ngwabo: “Baje babakasana ngwabo bana* bobe bakapwa baje bakatunda kuli Isaki.”
19 Oloni wamwene ngwendi Njambi asa kumusangula ku batsi, co wamutambwile bene ku batsi mu cifwisa.
20 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Isaki nendi wabezikisile Jakobu na Isau kutalesa ku byuma bije byakele na kwija kulutwe.
21 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Jakobu mwakele hayehi na kutsa, wabezikisile bana ba Jozefu, co walemesele Njambi oku nalizamenena ha mulamu wendi.
22 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Jozefu mwakele hayehi na kutsa, wendekele bya kutunda mu Ijipiti kwa bana Baisalele, co wanene mashiko kutalesa ku bitsiya byendi.*
23 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Mosesa mwasemukile, bisemi bendi bamushwekele ha bingonde bitatu, mwafwa bamwene ngwabo uje mwana wapwile wamubwa, co kubatewele lishiko lya mwene.
24 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Mosesa mwakolele wabyanene kumusana muna muna Falo wa munakazi,
25 wangwile kuyandela hamo na banu ba Njambi kutubakana kulikuwa senga ya bubi ha simbu yaindondo,
26 mwafwa wamwene kushauka kwendi ha kupwa Wakubwabesa* kupwa bufuko bwakama kutubakana bufuko bwa Ijipiti, mwafwa watalele shwii ha cikandelela cakatambula kulutwe.
27 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, watundile mu Ijipiti, oloni katewele butenu bwa mwene mwafwa watwaleleleleho kukolesa ngwe uje ali na kumona Uje kubesi kumona.
28 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, walingile Paseka na kushamwina maninga mangana muka-kunyongesa keti abulumune* bana babo ba bantwatwa.
29 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, bajabukile Kalunga-ndonga wa Kubenga ngwe baje benda ha nunda, oloni baka-Ijipiti mubalingile ngwabo baitemo, mema abalehwile.
30 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, bibumbe bya Jeliko byalundumukile omwo banu babizengulukile ha matangwa 7.
31 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, Rahabu wa lihule katsile hamolika na baje kubononokele, mwafwa watambwile tunenga mu kwoloka.
32 Co bika lalo binjendeka? Mwafwa simbu kuinjitabesa nga njitwalelelaho kwendeka bya Gidioni, Balaki, Samsoni, Jefuta, Devidi na Samwele na tupolofweto bakwabo.
33 Mwafwa ya likulahelo, bahyanene bumwene, banenele kusungama, batambwile bikulaheso, bashokele tunwa twa bindumba,
34 bazimine nzili ya tuhya, batewele ku moko ya mukwale, bapwile bakuzeya, oloni babapwisile baka-nzili, bapwile baka-nzili mu nzita, bahyanene maswalale baje babalwisile.
35 Banakazi batambwile batsi babo baje basangukile, oloni banu bamo babayandesele mwafwa kubatabele kubapatula na ndando ya kusokola mangana bawane kusanguka kwakubwa.
36 Bamo babakele mu ceseko omwo babashendumwine na kubapupanga makote, bamoni babakele bene mu malyenge na mu tumenga.
37 Babashele mamanya, babakele mu ceseko, babasahele hakati, babatsiile na moko ya mukwale, bendanganene oku banazala bilambu bya bimanga na bilambu bya bimembe ha simbu ibakele mu bujene, mu kayando, babalingile mwamubi,
38 co kaye kukabafwililile. Bakele na kwendangana mu mambo na ha minkinda na kuyoya mu manzenzengoma na mu mena a lifuti-libu.
39 Co boshe aba, nameme batambwile bukaleho bwabubwa buje bwamwesele ngwabwo bazibisile Njambi kubwaha mwafwa ya likulahelo lyabo, oloni kubamwene kulishulisilila kwa cikulaheso,
40 mwafwa Njambi wamwenenene cimweja cikandelela cetu cacibwa mangana keti babapwise ba kulumbunuka kwa kujeneka yetu.
Majwi a kwinikila
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^ Taleni Majwi Abanalumbununa.
^ Nambe “wanene bukaleho ha kutambula.”
^ Lijwi na lijwi “mbuto.”
^ Nambe “mwakumutsindila.”
^ Mu Cigriki “Kristu.”
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