< Bahebeli 1 >
1 Mumasuba akunyuma Lesa walikwamba kubamashali betu tunkanda twingi kayi munshila shashiyana shiyana kupitila mubashinshimi.
2 Nomba mucindi cino camapwililisho Lesa latwambilinga kupitila mu Mwanendi, ngwalasebensesha pa kulenga kwilu ne cishi ca panshi, kayi engwalasala kwambeti pa cindi ca mapwililisho bintu byonse bikabe byakendi. (aiōn )
3 Kubekema kwa bulemuneno bwa Lesa kulabonekelenga mu Mwanendi, kayi ewakoshana ne Lesa, ewabikwabilila bintu byonse kupitila mumaswi akendi angofu. Mpwalatusambisha bwipishi walaya kwikala Kwilu kucikasa calulyo ca Bwami bwa Lesa.
4 Mwanendi Lesa nimukulene kupita bangelo, pakwinga lina ndyakute lyapita maina abangelo.
5 Pakwinga kufumowa kaindi paliya mungelo Lesa ngwalambileti, “Njobe Mwaname lelo ame njame Baiso” Lesa uliya kwambilapo mungelo naba umo kwambeti, “Ninkabe Baishi neye nakabe Mwaname.”
6 Nomba Lesa mpwalikutuma Mwanendi wakusomona pa cishi ca panshi walambeti, “Bangelo ba Lesa bonse bela kumukambilila”
7 Nomba kwamba sha bangelo Lesa walambeti, “Nkute kusandula bangelo kuba lukupwe kayi nkute kusandula basebenshi bakendi kuba nsakamwenge sha mulilo.”
8 Nomba ku Mwanendi, Lesa walambeti, “Obe Lesa, bwami bwakobe nteti bukapwe! Nukendeleshe bantu bakobe mubululami. (aiōn )
9 Walasuna bululami ne kupela bwipishi. Neco ame Lesa wakobe, ndakusala ne kukupa bulemu bunene kupita banobe bonse ne kukunanika mafuta akondelesha.”
10 Kayi Lesa walambeti, “Obe Mwami pakutanguna njobe walalenga cishi capanshi kayi ne makasa akobe walalenga kwilu.”
11 Ibi nibikapwe, nsombi obe nukabengaponga cindi conse. Byonse nibikakuluketi byakufwala.
12 Nukabipete pete pamo, eti munganjo. Kayi nibikashinte kubeti byakufwala. Nsombi amwe nkamushinti sobwe, nkamubelenge byaka byenu pakwinga buyumi bwenu nkabupu.
13 Lesa nkalambilapo umo wa bangelo kwambeti, “Ikala ku cikasa cakame ca lulyo mpaka nanshi nkakome balwani bakobe bakabe cakulyatapo myendo yakobe!”
14 “Sena bangelo bonse nteyo mishimu ikute kutumwa ne Lesa kuya kusebensela bantu beti bakapuluke?”