Ntendwa 5:8-25

⁸Petulo amuza, “Nigambila, vino chino nichihimo chose mhokele weye na mgosiwo kwa kutaga inkonde yenyu?” Safila ahitula, “Nichindedi, ni chihimo chijima.”

⁹Petulo amgamba, “Nimbwani weye na mgosiwo mwaujeza Muye wa Chohile? Wantu wamhamba mgosiwo we ho lwivi, nawakuguhe weye nawe”

¹⁰Aho naye agwa nakubanika. Wadya wabwanga wengila na kumbwila kabanika, wamlavya wakumhamba hankanda he mbila ya mgosiwe.

¹¹Wantu wose we nyumba yo kuvikila na wantu watuhu wevile imbuli iyo niyo wengilwa ni woga.

¹²Wasigilwa wadamanya mpituko na vilagiso vilozize mwa wantu. Wazumile wose niyo waduganaga hamwenga holwazo lwa Sulemani.

¹³Mntu suyo kanuni hajezize kulungana nawo, wantu watuhu sawo wo uzumizi umwe wawatogola.

¹⁴Wantu walozize niyo wakonga kwingila mweidifyo, fyo dya wagosi na wavyele wamzumila Zumbe.

¹⁵Wantu nawakegala wanyonje mwezisila na kuwagoneza mwezisazi na micheka chani chizuli cha Petulo chiwagubike wamwe wawo umo akajinka.

¹⁶Mafyo ya wantu kulaila mwemizi ikuzunguluka Yelusalemu wegala wanyonje na wata mpepo nchafu, nawo wose niyo wahonywa.

¹⁷Niyo Mlavyantambiko mkulu naweyawe wose, wantu wa bunga dya Masadukayo, wengila finju.

¹⁸Wawagwila wasigilwa na kuwajela mndani.

¹⁹Mna ichilo icho mndima ywa kwembingu ywa Zumbe niyo awavugwila ulwivi wafose, nakuwagamba,

²⁰“Kachimaleni kwe Nyumba nkulu ya Chohile nakuwagambila wantu mbuli za ujima uno mhya”.

²¹Dikaswa wasigilwa wengila mwe Nyumba nkulu ya Chohile nakukonga kuhinya. Mlavyantambiko mkulu na weyawe wawetanga hamwenga wantu wakulu wose Wayahudi mwe mdugano we Chitala, niyo wasigila wasigilwa wadya wegalwe kulongozi kwawo.

²²Mna wamizi wasigilwe weze wabule kwedijeleza, hawawabwile wasigilwa, ivyo wauya kwe chitala kuilonga imbuli iyo,

²³“Chize chibule kwedijeleza chibwila ulwivi luvugalwa, naho wamizi nawo wemwendima yawo, mna chize chivugule ulwivi, hachibwile mntu mndani”.

²⁴Walavyantambiko wakulu na vilongozi we Nyumba nkulu ya Chohile weze weve imbuli iyo, wehelwa, ni chibwani chiwalaile wasigilwa.

²⁵Niyo alaila mntu, engila kuwagamba, “Tegelezani, wadya wantu mjeile mndani mwe nyumba nkulu ya Chohile wahinya wantu.”