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16 Serai, pwo lia Apalama kakamusemenene ana, alioze kapwile ni ndungo yenyi Ka-Engitu avuluka ngwo, Hekare. 2 Kashika, Serai yamba kuli Apalama ngwenyi: “Lisesa, ngupanjike kama, Yehova hangukwika kupwa ni ana. Lisesa, limone ni kavumbi kami, hanji mungupwa ni ana kupalikila muli iye.” Mba Apalama yapanjika Serai. 3 Muze Apalama te hatwama mu chifuchi cha Kanana miaka kumi, Serai pwo lia Apalama yahana kavumbi kenyi Ka-Engitu Hekare kuli lunga lienyi Apalama hanga apwe mukwo-pwo. 4 Kashika, Apalama yalimona ni Hekare, mba Hekare yapwa kafumba. Muze iye hamona ngwenyi kali kafumba, yaputuka kulelesa kako Serai.
5 Mba Serai yamba kuli Apalama ngwenyi: “Lamba ngunamono, mulonga ni we. Yami nakunjikile kavumbi kami mu moko* je, alioze muze hamona ngwenyi kali kafumba yaputuka kungulelesa. Yehova apwe ngaji hakachi ka yena ni yami.” 6 Kashika, Apalama yamba kuli Serai ngwenyi: “Tala, kavumbi ke kali mushi lia chiyulo che. Linga kuli iye cheswacho muzanga.” Chocho, Serai yaputuka kumumwesa lamba, mba Hekare yachina kumeso jenyi.
7 Kulutwe, mungelo wa Yehova yamuwana ku shima lia meya mu puya, shima lize liapwile mu jila ya kuya ku Shure. 8 Mba mungelo yamuhula ngwenyi: “Hekare ndungo ya Serai, kulihi unakatuka, kulihi unayi?” Mba iye yamukumbulula ngwenyi: “Kaka Serai ngunachina.” 9 Chocho, mungelo wa Yehova yamba kuli iye ngwenyi: “Hiluka kuli kakenu ulikehese kuli iye.” 10 Mungelo wa Yehova yamba nawa ngwenyi: “Mungwokesa chinji munyachi* we, muwoka mu umwe mulali uze kechi kahasa kuwalula.” 11 Mungelo wa Yehova yamba nawa kuli iye ngwenyi: “Panjika, yena uli kafumba mukasema mwana wa lunga, ukamuluke jina ngwe Ishemali,* mumu Yehova kevwa muteto we. 12 Iye makapwa ngwe chimbulu* wa mu yambu. Kwoko lienyi mulikalimika ni eswe, mba kwoko lia eswe mulikalimika ni iye, iye makatwama kulutwe lia mandumbu* jenyi eswe.”
13 Iye yatambika ha jina lia Yehova, yoze wahanjikile nenyi, mba yamba ngwenyi: “Yena uli Zambi yoze wakumona,” mumu wambile ngwenyi: “Namona Zambi yoze wakungumona!” 14 Kashika avulukile shima liacho ngwenyi, Mbia-ha-rohi.* (Liatwama hakachi ka Kandeshe ni Mberete.) 15 Mba Hekare yasemena Apalama mwana wa lunga, chocho Apalama yaluka jina kuli mwana yoze Hekare amusemenene ngwenyi, Ishemali. 16 Apalama te kali ni miaka 86, muze Hekare amusemenene Ishemali.