17 Mbumba yonsene ya Izraeli yabuluka nʼthando ya Sini,+ mbifamba nsindzo ubodzi na ubodzi wa ulendo wawo mwakubverana na pikhaapanga Yahova,+ penepo iwo amanga nsasa wawo ku Refidhimu.+ Mbwenye kweneko nee kukhali na madzi toera mbumba imwe.

2 Natenepa, mbumba yatoma kulongezana na Mose,+ mbilonga: “Tipase madzi toera timwe.” Mbwenye Mose aapanga: “Thangwi yanji muli kulongezana na ine? Thangwi yanji musapitiriza kuyesera+ Yahova?” 3 Mbwenye mbumba ikhali na nyota kakamwe, pontho iyo ikhapitiriza kudungunyira Mose+ mbalonga: “Thangwi yanji watibulusa ku Ejitu toera utiphe na nyota, ife, anathu na pifuyo pyathu?”

2 Aizraeli onsene atoma kudungunyira Mose na Aroni,+ pontho mbumba yonsene ikhaalonga mwakuipa. Iwo akhalonga: “Mbapidakhala mwadidi kakamwe mbidafa pyathu mu dziko ya Ejitu, peno khala tafera pyathu nʼthando ino!

4 Iwo akhalongambo unango na ndzace: “Tendeni tisankhule ntsogoleri, toera tibwerere pyathu ku Ejitu!”+