1 Mwe Bagalatija, mulɨ bakonyofu nalooli! Jwani abalogile? Naabalɨngeenie bo mukʉkeeta ɨnongwa sila ɨsya Jesu Kɨlɨsiti, muno baalɨnkomeliile pa kɨkohekano. 2 Ɨsi ngʉlonda ʉkʉsimanya ʉkʉfuma kʉmyɨnu syo ɨsi. Bʉle, aabiisiile Mbepo Mwikemo kʉ njɨla jaa kʉkonga muno sikʉlondela ɨndagɨlo, pamo kʉ njɨla jaa kʉpɨlɨkɨsya ɨNdʉmi ɨNunu ɨjaa Jesu nʉ kʉjiitɨka? 3 Bʉle, ʉmwe mulɨ bakonyofu bo ʉlo? Ʉmwe mwalyandile syosa kʉ maka agaa Mbepo Mwikemo, looli akabalɨlo aka mukʉlonda ʉkʉmalɨɨsya kʉ maka agaa mbɨlɨ. 4 Bʉle, ɨngʉbɨlo sila syosa ɨsi syabaagile ʉmwe, sya itolo? Ndikwitɨka ʉkʉtɨ sya itolo! 5 Bʉle, Kyala abapeele Mbepo Mwikemo nʉ kʉbomba ɨfiika pakatɨ pamyɨnu kʉ njɨla jaa ʉmwe ʉkʉkonga ɨndagɨlo, pamo kʉ njɨla jaa kʉpɨlɨkɨsya ɨNdʉmi ɨNunu ɨjaa Jesu nʉ kʉjiitɨka?

6 Namwinogone ɨnongwa ɨsya Abulahamu.* 3:6 Abulahamu Bala kʉ Ɨsyakʉlɨngaania. Kalata ʉMwikemo ikʉnnjoba ikʉtɨ, “Ʉmwene aalɨmmwitiike Kyala, po Kyala alɨnkʉmmbala ʉbʉgolofu.”† 3:6 Bala kalata gwa Ʉbwandɨlo 15:6. 7 Po mumanye ʉkʉtɨ, abandʉ aba bikʉmmwitɨka Kyala bo baana baa Abulahamu abaa bwanalooli! 8 Kalata ʉMwikemo aakungulwike ʉkʉtɨ kʉ njɨla jaa lwitɨko lwabo, Kyala ikʉbabala ʉbʉgolofu aba bakaja Bajuuta. Po Kalata ʉMwikemo aatalile ʉkʉmfumukɨsya Abulahamu ɨNdʉmi ɨNunu ʉkʉtɨ, “Mmyako ɨfikolo fyosa aafikʉsajigwaga.”‡ 3:8 Bala kalata gwa Ʉbwandɨlo 12:3. 9 Po bala bammwitiike Kyala bikʉsajigwa, bo ʉlwa Abulahamu ʉjʉ aasajiigwe paapo aalɨmmwitiike.

10 Looli boosa aba bikʉsʉʉbɨla kwene ʉkʉsibomba ɨsi sikʉlondigwa nɨ ndagɨlo, balɨ nkɨgune. Paapo Kalata ʉMwikemo ikʉtɨ, “Gwesa ʉjʉ atikʉsikola nʉ kʉsibomba syosa ɨsi sisimbiigwe mwa kalata ʉgwa ndagɨlo, aguniigwe.”§ 3:10 Bala kalata gwa Ʉkʉkʉmbʉka Ɨngomeelesyo 27:26. 11 Nalooli akajako ʉmundʉ ʉjʉ ikʉbaligwa ʉbʉgolofu nkyeni mwa Kyala kʉ njɨla jaa kʉsikonga ɨndagɨlo, paapo Kalata ʉMwikemo ikʉtɨ, “Ʉmundʉ ʉngolofu ikʉtʉʉgalaga kʉ njɨla jaa lwitɨko lwake.”* 3:11 Bala kalata gwa Habakuki 2:4. 12 Nalooli ɨndagɨlo sya Moose sitikʉsʉʉbɨla ʉlwitɨko, looli ɨmbombo, bo ʉlʉ Kalata ʉMwikemo ikʉtɨ, “Ʉmundʉ gwesa ʉjʉ ikʉsikonga ɨndagɨlo syosa, ikʉjaga nʉ bʉʉmi kʉ njɨla jaa kʉsikonga ɨndagɨlo.”† 3:12 Bala kalata gwa Abanyaleebi 18:5.

13 Kɨlɨsiti aatwabwile ʉkʉfuma nkɨgune ɨkya ndagɨlo kʉ njɨla jaa kwega ɨkɨgune ɨkyo ʉmwene, paapo sisimbiigwe mwa Kalata ʉMwikemo ʉkʉtɨ, “Kʉkʉtɨ mundʉ ʉjʉ ikʉkomeleligwa pamwanya pa mpiki, aguniigwe.”‡ 3:13 Bala kalata gwa Ʉkʉkʉmbʉka Ɨngomeelesyo 21:23. 14 Ɨsi syabombiigwe ʉkʉtɨ ʉlʉsajo ʉlʉ aapeeliigwe Abulahamu, lʉbafikɨle abandʉ abaa mfikolo fyosa ɨfya pakiisʉ, kʉ njɨla jaa Kɨlɨsiti Jesu. Po tʉbagiile ʉkʉmmwambɨlɨla Mbepo Mwikemo, ʉjʉ Kyala aafingile ʉkʉtʉpapo ndwitɨko kwa Jesu Kɨlɨsiti.

15 Baamyɨtʉ ndwitɨko, leka njobele nkɨfwanikɨsyo ɨkya kʉfuma mbʉʉmi bwɨtʉ. Mwinogone ɨsya lwitɨkano ʉlwa bandʉ babɨlɨ. Lɨnga ʉlwitɨkano lʉbombiigwe nʉ kʉbɨɨkigwa ɨsaini, akajapo ʉgwa kʉlʉkaana pamo ʉkongelapo simo. 16 Po Kyala aafingile kwa Abulahamu ʉmwisʉkʉlʉ gwɨtʉ, ʉmwene pamopeene nʉ lʉjungu lwake. Kalata ʉMwikemo atikʉtɨ, “Nɨ nyungu syake,” kokʉtɨ ɨnyingi, looli ikʉtɨ, “Nʉ lʉjungu lwake,”§ 3:16 Bala kalata gwa Ʉbwandɨlo 12:7. kokʉtɨ lʉmolwene, ʉlo jo Kɨlɨsiti. 17 Ɨsi ngʉlonda ʉkʉjoba syo ɨsi: Kyala aabɨɨkile ʉlwitɨkano lwake, ɨfyɨnja 430 bo sikaalɨ ʉkʉjako ɨndagɨlo sya Moose. Po ɨndagɨlo ɨsyo sikabagɨla ʉkʉloomola ʉlwitɨkano ʉlo, pamo ʉkʉlwandʉla ʉlʉfingo ʉlo. 18 Lɨnga Kyala aatʉpeele ɨkɨlɨngo kyake kʉ njɨla jaa kʉkonga ɨndagɨlo, po ɨkɨlɨngo kɨkabagɨla ʉkʉsʉʉbɨla kangɨ ʉlʉfingo lwa Kyala. Looli kwi ipyana lyake, Kyala aafingile ʉkʉmpapo Abulahamu. 19 Po ɨndagɨlo sya fiki? Syalyongeleligwepo pa lʉfingo bo kakɨndilepo akabalɨlo, ʉkʉbanangɨsya abandʉ ʉkʉtɨ balɨ mbʉtʉlanongwa, mpaka bo ikwisa jʉla ʉjʉ lo lʉjungu lwa Abulahamu, ʉlʉ Kyala aafingile. Kyala aalɨmpeele ɨndagɨlo Moose ʉkwendela kʉ bandʉmi. Moose alɨnkʉja pakatɨ ʉkʉbafwania abandʉ na Kyala. 20 Leelo lɨnga lʉlipo ʉlʉbafu lʉmolwene itolo, ʉjʉ ikʉfwania atikʉlondigwa, na Kyala alɨ jʉmojwene.

21 Bʉle, ɨndagɨlo sikʉpɨngana na ɨsi afingile Kyala? Hɨmma na panandɨ! Paapo lɨnga syalipo ɨndagɨlo ɨsi syabagiile ʉkʉbapa abandʉ ʉbʉʉmi, po twabagiile ʉkʉbaligwa ʉbʉgolofu kʉ njɨla jaa ndagɨlo. 22 Leelo sikaja bo ʉlo. Kalata ʉMwikemo ikʉtɨ ɨkiisʉ kyosa kɨlɨ paasi pa bʉlagɨli ʉbwa bʉtʉlanongwa, ʉkʉtɨ abandʉ aba bikʉmmwitɨka Jesu Kɨlɨsiti bambɨlɨle ɨsi aafingile Kyala.

23 Ʉlwitɨko bo lʉkaalɨ ʉkwisa, ɨndagɨlo syatʉpelile ʉkʉja batʉmwa. Twaguulɨlaga ʉkʉsetʉligwa ʉlwitɨko ʉlo. 24 Po ɨndagɨlo ɨsyo syatʉlongosyaga bo ʉlwa nswɨli gwɨtʉ, mpaka Kɨlɨsiti bo iisile, ʉkʉtɨ kʉ njɨla jaa lwitɨko tʉbaligwe ʉbʉgolofu. 25 Leelo paapo ʉlwitɨko lʉla lʉfikile, ʉswe tʉkaja kangɨ paasi pa nswɨli.

26 Kʉ njɨla jaa lwitɨko, mwesa ʉmwe mulɨ baana baa Kyala, paapo mulʉngeene na Kɨlɨsiti Jesu. 27 Ʉmwe mwesa mwe moosiigwe, mulʉngeene na Kɨlɨsiti, mufwene ngatɨ mumfwele Kɨlɨsiti. 28 Po ʉNjuuta na ʉjʉ akaja Njuuta bakalegana, ʉntʉmwa nʉ mwabʉke, ʉnnyambala nʉ nkiikʉlʉ. Twesa tʉlɨ kandʉ kamokeene, paapo tʉlʉngeene na Kɨlɨsiti Jesu. 29 Lɨnga ʉmwe mulɨ baa Kɨlɨsiti, po mulɨ baa ndʉjungu ʉlwa Abulahamu, aamukwambɨlɨla ɨfi aafingile Kyala.