Ntinu Elode wuhondisa baala bafyoti ku mbanza yi Betelemi
16 Elode bu kayena ti bandwenga bamuhunini, wubaka mankesi mavula kitezo. Na wuhaana lutumu mu honda mu mbanza Betelemi mpe mu kizunga kyandi kimvimba baala babakala baba na mvula zole natee kubanda, bonso ntangu yi bamuhaana ku bandwenga. 17 Mwanki misamu mita mumbikudi Yelemiya myenda detila ti:
18 «Miloko mina yuwakana ku mbanza yi Lama,
bidilu na manyongo mamingi.
Ni Lakeli wuna dila baala bandi,
Na katiidi ko ba mubomba, mu dyambu ti bafwidi.»