11 Iwo anafunsa Mose kuti: “Kodi watibweretsa kuno kuti tidzafere mʼchipululu muno chifukwa chakuti mu Iguputo mulibe manda?+ Nʼchifukwa chiyani watichitira zimenezi? Nʼchifukwa chiyani watitulutsa mu Iguputo?

3 Koma anthuwo anali ndi ludzu kwambiri ndipo anapitiriza kungʼungʼudza motsutsana ndi Mose+ kuti: “Nʼchifukwa chiyani unatitulutsa ku Iguputo kuti udzatiphe ndi ludzu limodzi ndi ana athu ndi ziweto zathu?”

13 Kodi ukuyesa nʼchinthu chachingʼono kuti unatichotsa mʼdziko loyenda mkaka ndi uchi kuti udzatiphere mʼchipululu muno?+ Kodi tsopano ukufunanso kuti wotilamulira ukhale iwe wekha? 14 Si izi nanga, sunatifikitse kudziko lililonse loyenda mkaka ndi uchi+ kapena kutipatsa malo ndiponso minda ya mpesa. Kodi ukufuna kuti amunawo uwakolowole maso? Tatitu kumeneko sitibwerako!”

5 Choncho iwo anayamba kudandaula motsutsana ndi Mulungu komanso Mose+ kuti: “Nʼchifukwa chiyani munatitulutsa mʼdziko la Iguputo kuti tidzafere mʼchipululu muno? Kuno kulibe chakudya komanso madzi,+ ndipo chakudya chonyansachi chafika potikola.”+