Ovaisraeli tava tangunine Moses molwomeva muMassa
1 Eongalo alishe lOvaisraeli ola fikama la dja mombuwa yaSin, la endaenda nokulishilila konhele nonhele palombwelo lOmwene, ndele la onga onhanda muRefidim. Ndele oko inaku monika omeva ovanhu va nwe. 2 Opo nee ovanhu va twa naMoses eemhata ndele tava ti: “Tu pa omeva okunwa.” Ndelenee Moses okwe va nyamukula ta ti: “Oshike tamu twifa nge eemhata? Omolwashike tamu shindi Omwene?” 3 Ndelenee ovanhu va li ve nenota nova tangunina Moses ndele tava ti: “Omolwashike ove we tu pitifa mo muEgipiti, fye noludalo letu noimuna yetu i fye kenota?” 4 Opo nee Moses okwa kuwa kOmwene ndele ta ti: “Oshiwana eshi ohandi shi ningile shike? Hinga tava dipaa nge nomamanya.” 5 Omwene okwa nyamukula Moses ndele ta ti: “Inda ko, u ka ye komesho yovanhu u ka kufe ko ovakulunhu vamwe po vOvaisraeli. Ndele meke loye kufa onhaili oyo wa denga nayo omulonga waNil. 6 Tala, Ame ohandi kala ofika kemanya moipafi yoye puHoreb. Denga emanya opo nee omeva taa kunguluka mo mulo, ovanhu opo va nwe.” Ndele osho Moses a ninga momesho ovakulunhu vOvaisraeli. 7 Onhele ei oya lukwa Massa naMeriba omolweemhata dOvaisraeli nomolwaashi va shinda Omwene mokutya: “Omwene oku li tuu pufye ile ke po?”
Ovaamaleki tava tewa po
8 Ndele Ovaamaleki ve uya va ka lwife Israel muRefidim. 9 Ndele Moses okwa lombwela Josua ndele ta ti: “Tu hoololela ovalumenhu u fikame u ka lwife Ovaamaleki. Mongula ame ohandi ka kala ofika kelundudu ndi nonhaili yaKalunga meke lange.” 10 Ndele Josua osho a ninga ngaashi Moses e mu lombwela, a lwife Ovaamaleki. Ndelenee Moses, Aron naHur va londa kelundudu. 11 Moses eshi a yelula eke laye, Ovaisraeli va li ve na efindano, ndelenee ngeenge a shunifa poshi eke laye, Ovaamaleki va tameka okumona efindano. 12 Ndelenee omake aMoses a loloka, onghee hano va kufa emanya, ndele ve li tula koshi yaye a shiive okukala omutumba kulo. NaAron naHur ova yambidida omaoko aye, umwe okombinga ei, nomukwao okombinga ikwao. Osho ngaha omake aye a kala a pama fiyo etango la ningina mo. 13 Ndele Josua okwa denga nokutaataa Amalek novanhu vaye keememo deongamukonda.
14 Opo nee Omwene okwa lombwela Moses: “Eshi shi shangela membo shi ninge edimbulukifo ndele shi dimbulukifa shili Josua nokutya, Ame ohandi ka komba po sheke edimbuluko laAmalek kombada yedu.” 15 Ndele Moses okwa tunga oaltari ndele e i luka: “Omwene, Ye epandela lange!” 16 Ndele ye okwa tile: “Ohandi yelula eke lange lwokoshipundi shOmwene. Omwene ta ka lwifa Amalek koludalo fiyo okoludalo.”
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