1 Salai, mtwanzi wa Ablam, hamulelele wana. Ila Salai kakala na nyakadala wa kitwanzi Mmisili yakemigwe Hajili. 2 Avo kamulongela Ablam, “MNDEWA kanizuila nie sambiniwe na wana. Genda ukawase na nyakadala wangu, siku nopata wana kubitila heyo.” Ablam kakitogola kija kiyamulongele Salai. 3 Avo Ablam viyeshile kukala milao longo dimwe muisi ya Kanaani, Salai mtwanzi wa Ablam kamsola Hajili Mmisili nyakadala wake wa kitwanzi, kamgwelela Ablam yawe mtwanzi wake. 4 Ablam kamwingilila Hajili, na kapata inda. Ila viyavitangile kamba kana inda, Hajili kasonga kumzabuza Salai. 5 Abaho Salai kamulongela Ablam, “Gweye iyo kilamso cha gaja gehile gonigaya. Nikugwelela nyakadala wangu, sambi kovitanga kamba kana inda, avo kosonga kunizabuza. MNDEWA yawe mulamula hagatigati yako gweye na nie.”

6 Ablam kamulongela Salai, “Nyakadala wako ka mmakono gako, tenda chochose chuugelegeza kamba kinoga kumtendela.” Abaho Salai kamtendela gehile Hajili, avo Hajili kamkimbila Salai.

7 Msenga wa MNDEWA wa kuulanga kam'vika Hajili behi na nzokwe ya mazi mkiwala ikalile hamgwazo wa inzila ya kuchola Shuli. 8 Ija imsenga wa MNDEWA wa kuulanga kamuuza, “Hajili, nyakadala wa Salai, kolawa kwahi na kochola kwahi?”

Hajili kamwidika, kamulongela, “Nomkimbila bibi yangu Salai.”

9 Ija imsenga wa MNDEWA wa kuulanga kamulongela Hajili, “Bwela ha Salai, uwe nyakadala wake.” 10 Abaho kamulongela, “Nokugwelela ng'holo bwando, haduhu munhu yondayadahe kuzipeta. 11 Kopata mwana, komkema Sumaili,[a] kwavija MNDEWA kakihulika kililo cha mgayo wako. 12 Ila mwanago kowa kamba mhunda wa kumuhulo, kwavija haduhu munhu yondayadahe kumulongoza. Kowa mdumuka wa kila munhu, na kila munhu kowa mdumuka wake. Heyo kokala kutali na ndugu zake wose.”

13 Hajili kamgwelela twaga MNDEWA, ayo yalongile na heyo twaga dikemigwa, “Gweye iyo Mulungu unyona nie.” Kwavija kalonga, “Nimona Mulungu yonyona nie” 14 Kino kicho kilamso cha sima dija kukemigwa Beeli-Lahai-Loi,[b] sima hijo da hagatigati ya Kadeshi na Beledi.

15 Hajili kamulelela mwana Ablam, na Ablam kamgwelela twaga dikemigwa Sumaili. 16 Ablam kakala na milao malongo manane na sita kipigiti Hajili viyamulelile Sumaili.

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