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17 Chikungulwila cheswe cha A-Izalele yichikatuka mu puya ya Shini ni kulinga wenyi hakehe-hakehe, kulita ni chize Yehova aalwezele, yatunga chilombo cho ku Refwindimi. Alioze ku chihela chacho kwakapwile meya a kunwa.
2 Chocho A-Izalele yaputuka kuzwelesa Mose ngwo: “Twehe meya hanga tunwe.” Alioze Mose yamba kuli ayo ngwenyi: “Mumu liaka nunanguzwelesa? Mumu liaka nunanungu ni kusa Yehova mu cheseko?” 3 A-Izalele te kanevu pwila yinji, meya te anafupu. Ayo te kanalinyenyeta kuli Mose ngwo: “Mumu liaka unakatuchiza mu Engitu hanga utushihe ni pwila, yetu, ana jetu ni yimuna yetu?” 4 Mba Mose yaliumba kuli Yehova ngwenyi: “Yika natamba kulinga ni atu wano? Kwasala hakehe mangwasa mawe!”
5 Yehova yamba kuli Mose ngwenyi: “Palika kulutwe lia A-Izalele, yako ni amwe a kuli makulwana ja A-Izalele, mbata nawa mulumbu uze walambile ha Lwiji Nilu, yako. 6 Tala! Yami mungumana kumeso je ku liwe lize lili ku Horepe, lamba ku liwe, mba mukutuhuka meya, atu anwe.” Mose yachilinga kulutwe lia makulwana ja A-Izalele. 7 Mba iye yaluka chihela chacho jina ngwenyi Masa* ni Meripa,* mumu lia kumuzwelesa kuli A-Izalele ni mumu lia ayo kusa Yehova mu cheseko ni kwamba ngwo: “Shina Yehova kali mukachi ketu nyi ka?”
8 A-Amaleke yeza ni kwasa jita ni A-Izalele ku Refwindimi. 9 Hamukunda wa chino, Mose yamba kuli Yoshua ngwenyi: “Sakula amwe malunga hanga nuye ni kwasa jita ni A-Amaleke. Hamene yami mungukamana helu lia mulundu ni mulumbu wa Zambi wamwenemwene ku kwoko.” 10 Chocho Yoshua yasa jita ni A-Amaleke ngwe chize Mose amulwezele. Mose, Arone ni Hure yakanduka helu lia mulundu.
11 Muze Mose apwile ni kuzundula moko jenyi, A-Izalele te kakukumba, alioze muze apwile ni kwapalumwisa, A-Amaleke e te akukumba. 12 Muze moko ja Mose alemene, Arone ni Hure yanda liwe yamusela ngwe chitwamo, chocho Mose yatwamaho, mba ayo yakwata moko jenyi, umwe sali limwe, mukwo sali likwo. Chocho moko jenyi yajikiza ndo ha kunjila cha tangwa. 13 Chocho Yoshua yakumba A-Amaleke ni katana.
14 Mba Yehova yamba kuli Mose ngwenyi: “Soneka chikuma chino mu mukanda hanga akachiwuluke. Lweza nawa Yoshua ngwe: ‘Mungukanongesa A-Amaleke hanga jina lio litoke hashi.’” 15 Chocho Mose yatunga chilumbilo, yachiluka jina ngwenyi, Yehova-Nisi,* 16 ni kwamba ngwenyi: “Amu kwoko lienyi liakulimika ni ngunja ya Yehova, Yehova makasa jita ni A-Amaleke ndo ku yisemuko yenyi yeswe.”