1 "Nooyo unshaji bushe bwedenga bunookwejaniswa nemhandala igumi jakenda namalambi ajo kunotandamija unkwasha. 2 Bashanu baluba malema akale bashanu bakabeli bachenjevu. 3 Yabaya baluba malema, bakanyamula malambi abo, koga abajakanyamula mafuta, 4 koga bachenjevu bakenda namafuta muhali pamwempela namalambi abo. 5 Unkwasha ajilwa kuswika, bose bakachugula, bakalala."

6 "Koga pakati pobusiku kwakashomejwa kuwhi, ‘Mukani unkwasha waswika, bhudani pazhe muuntandamije!’ 7 Pakalepo jose imhandala jakanyamuka akale jakalonganya malambi ajo. 8 Akale malema akati kubachenjevu, ‘Tipenibo mamwe mafuta enu, nokuti malambi edu amujima.’ 9 Koga bachenjevu bakashandula beti, ‘aatotikwana isu namwi, imwi indani kuna banotengesa munozwitengela.’ 10 Pabakenda kunotenga, unkwasha wakaswika. Yabaya bakabakazwilonganyila bakangwina naye mumabhiko okulobolana, unkoba ukakonywa."

11 "Mushule mwozwo jimwe imhandala jakaswikabo, jiti, ‘tezi, tezi, tizhulileni.’ 12 Koga iye wakashandula, eti, ‘chokomende, anditomuziba imwi.’ "

13 "Nokudalo galani mwakamilila, nokuti amutoziba izhuba kana unshaji."