1 Usa imiinu mu Nzambi, ni uba na hiitu mu bisiha bi libaatsima uyaka, ni usilasa hu bisiha bi laavelemono. 2 Ni mu imiinu hya bo, Nzambi haasilisi babahala na bakaasu ba taangu a tsikulu.

3 Ni mu imiinu, bisu libaayaaba ti tsi yoosi baavaanga mu mambu ma Nzambi, na byosi bi bibaamonehele, baavaangi byo mu bi bibaavelemonehele✝11.3 Mba 1; Mkg 33.6,9 .

4 Ni mu imiinu, Abeli haayehuli huli Nzambi bungodu bu bwalutahala bwa Kayini bubwe. Ni mu imiinu Nzambi haatili Abeli imbangi ti nde li muutu wu akuha, bu Nzambi nde mwakulu haasilisi makabu ma nde. Ni mu imiinu hya nde, Abeli akini mu utoyo, tso bu nde haamiikwa✝11.4 Mba 4.3-10 .

5 Ni mu imiinu, Nzambi haavinguli*11.5 haavinguli Umaasa muutu ŋa hati la baatu mu maviingu. Enooke hu yulu, hwavele umono lipfu. Muutu tso mumosi a haabwemono nde ve, mu tooni ati, Nzambi avinguli nde. Mu mbuli, teehele nde avingula nde, Nzambi asilisi nde bu nde haaba muutu wu mubwe✝11.5 Mba 5.24 . 6 Ka hwavele imiinu, muutu utwala uva Nzambi kinya ve. Mu mbuli, woosi wu uyaasusaha huli Nzambi, afwana usa imiinu ti Nzambi li, na ti nde ubaasyende ba bali mu usaha nde.

7 Ni mu imiinu, Nowa ayuhi makebisili ma Nzambi, mu mambu ma maakiivangama, ma baabeedi kini a baamoni ve. Nowa asiingili Nzambi na atuungi likuumbi li laafuuhisi nde na nzo a nde yoosi. Ni mu buuna mu imiinu, nde haabelisi toto yoosi yi nde haabyalili, na Nzambi amoni nde muutu wu akuha✝11.7 Mba 6.13-22.

8 Ni mu imiinu, Abrahami haasiingili Nzambi ŋa Nzambi haateeli nde. Nde ayeni hu tsi yi Nzambi haasiidi lahi mu uva nde we mukobe. Nde ayeni hwavele uyaaba hu nde haakayene. 9 Ni mu imiinu, nde haatsahili we mwenyi hu tsi yi Nzambi haasiidi nde lahi. Nde atsahili hutso a nzo a ngooto, bumosi kaka we Isaki na Yakobi ba baakituhi bo baboole babyalili ba mukobe a lahi ni lo limosi✝11.9 Mba 12.1-5; 23.4; 35.12,27. 10 Ka Abrahami akakeele musyenge nga bibeene bi byavangama, musyenge wu Nzambi nde mwakulu ali musuundi na mutuungi.

11 Ni mu imiinu kaka Sara, tso bu haaba inguma na bu haaba haaka inunu mu umene yimi, Nzambi aviidi nde matwala ma ubaha imbisa✝11.11 Mba 18.11-14; 21.2. Mu mbuli, nde aba na hiitu ti lahi li Nzambi haasiidi nde luuvangama. 12 Ni mu buuna, mu muutu mumosi, Abrahami inunu wu aba aka hu manili idiingu hya nde ŋa toto, hwapali imbisa hi ilahi, we bamvwelele hu mayulu, baapfunana we musyeŋunyu ŋa simu li mubu, wu buuveletwala utanga✝11.12 Mba 22.17 .

13 Ni hutso imiinu, baatu mo baana boosi baakwidi. Bo a baabahi bi Nzambi haasiidi bo lahi ve. Ka bo baatalili byo hu lala na baamoni kinya mu byo. Bo baabanguli ti bo baaba byenyi na bapyohi-nzila ŋa toto✝11.13 Mba 23.4; 1Mi 29.15; Mkg 39.13 . 14 Bu bo baabanguli buuna, bo bali mu umweese paayalala ti bo bali mu usaha tsi yi yiuba ya bo mwakulu. 15 Tso bo baanyongi mu tsi yi bo baamati mu yo, bo baakibaha nzila mu ufutaha huuna. 16 Mu mbuli, bo baaba na nzala a tsi yi yaafulala tsi mo yiniiyi bubwe. Tsi mo, ni tsi ya hu mayulu. Ni mu buuna, Nzambi a hali na tsonyi bu bali mu uteele nde Nzambi a bo ve. Eye, nde aba amiivangimasa bo musyenge.

17 Ni mu imiinu, Abrahami haayehuli Isaki mu bungodu, ŋa Nzambi haayebi mutima a nde. Eye, nde aba avangama mu uyeholo mwana a nde wu livingu, mu tooni a bu nde haayaki lahi mu nde. 18 Nzambi aleeli nde:

«Ni mu Isaki we ubaha imbisa hi me atsa we lahi✝11.18 Mba 22.1-14.»

19 Ka Abrahami ayaabi ti Nzambi na matwala ma usuula Isaki mu babaakwa. Ni mu buuna, Nzambi haafutili nde mwana a nde: Vanga mo liniili, lili ifwaani hya sahu.

20 Mu imiinu, Isaki asyemi Yakobi na Esawu mu libwe la bo la hu busu.

21 Ni mu imiinu, Yakobi haasyemi pasi mwana a Yosefi, bu nde haaba bebele mu ukwa. Nde asikimi mu tsoso likaanda la nde na nde akuundi Nzambi✝11.21 Mba 27.27-29,39-40.

22 Ni mu imiinu, Yosefi, hu pedu a tsukusu idiingu hya nde, haayabisi palili a baana ba Isereli mu Ngipiti, na nde aleeli bo bu bo buusa mu mavisi ma nywutu a nde✝11.22 Mba 50.24-25; Pal 13.19 .

23 Ni mu imiinu, babuti ba Moose baaswehi nde mu batsungi batatu, hu mbisa a mbutili a nde. Bu baamoni ti nde aba mubwe a mwana, bo a baabati boomo mu ubisala tumili a mutumi a tsi ve.

24 Ni mu imiinu, bu Moose amiibuuha, nde abisi ti bateele nde mwana a mwana a Falahoni wu mukaasu✝11.24 Pal 1.22; 2.2. 25 Nde asiingi hwa nde umono mapasi itwadi na buli la Nzambi, ka a mu umono makinya ma tsumihili mu mwana a taangu hoole ve. 26 Nde atsimi ti, tsonyi yi nde haamoni bu nde haasiingi Masiya, yaaba yaafulala tsoongo na busina bwa Ngipiti. Ka nde akatalila musyendo wa hu busu.

27 Ni mu imiinu, Moose haamati Ngipiti, hwavele ubata boomo bwa kesi a mutumi. Nde amweesi mukami, we nde wu akamono Nzambi wu baavelemono. 28 Ni mu imiinu, nde haavangimisi mukungi a Paake na haatumi mu ukila makila mu mapatu ma manzo, mana pofi mudubi aveleduba bapasa-mabeelo ba babahala ba bisu Isereli.

29 Ni mu imiinu, baana ba Isereli baasabuhi mubu wu mubeenge, we ŋa yulu a toto a banga. Ka ŋa masadaadu ma Ngipiti maayehili usa bumosi, bo baadyami✝11.29 Pal 2.15; 12.21-30.

30 Ni mu imiinu, bibaha bi byakadiinga musyenge a Yeriko byabwidi, hu mbisa a hu baana ba Isereli baadyengili byo mu bilumbu tsambu. 31 Ni mu imiinu, Rahabi, imbembo hi mukaasu, hyavelikwa itwadi na ba baakavelesa imiinu mu Nzambi, mu tooni ati, hyo hyaayaki baketi ba musyenge mu hyenze✝11.31 Yos 6.23; Yos 2.1-21.

32 Ki lo me umbwendeele? Tangu a yiubweba ve mu utoyele mu Ngedehoni, Barake, Samusoni, Yefite, Davidi, Samweli, na mimbihuli✝11.32 Bnz 6.11; 4.6; 13.24; 11.1; 12.7; 1Sa 17.45; 1Sa 12.20 . 33 Mu tooni imiinu, bo baabiingili matsi ma batumi, bo baasalili butsiitsa, na baayaki bi Nzambi haasiidi lahi. Bo baadibuhi minywa mi bakosi✝11.33 Bnz 14.6; 1Sa 17.34; Dan 6.23. 34 Bo baadimisi mambaahu ma mifudi, baafuuhi mu lipfu la sabila. Hu mbisa bubeedu, bo baabahi mifudi; bo baamonihili balwani ba tsisu hutso midiingu na baabingisi makonge ma balwani ma byenyi. 35 Bakaasu baamoni bamvumbi ba bo mu usuuha mu babaakwa✝11.35 Dan 6.

Baanyongisi bakima mu iteesi hi lipfu. Bo baabisi ti bafuuhasa bo, mana bo basuuha mu babaakwa na babaha idiingu hi hyalutahala bubwe. 36 Bakima kaka baakuundi mukwede na bikooti, bamosi baahadi mapaanga na baabwahi bo mu kondaayi. 37 Bamosi baadubi mu mamanya, bakima baatabuli mu bitudu byole mu bikwakwa, buuve baadubi mu sabila. Bakima kaka baakayene mutele-mutele, baalwata bikutu bi baatuunga mu bibaanda bi mandombo, buuve bi bataba. Hutso buyaha, baakatsuta na baakakwamisa bo✝11.37 1Pf 22.26-27; 2Mi 18.25-26; Yel 20.2; 37.15. 38 Tsi a yaaba a yaahwama na baatu mo baana ve! Bo baakayene mutele-mutele mu makumu ma nzala na mu yulu bisyelo. Bo baakatsahala mutso mirali, na mutso biyuna bya mu toto.

39 Nzambi asilisi baatu mo baana boosi mu tooni imiinu hya bo. Ka bo a baayaki bi Nzambi haasiidi bo lahi ve. 40 Eye, Nzambi ataasili bisu mu bisiha bi byafulala bubwe, na nde a haatoondi ve ti bo bato hu usupaha hwavele a bisu.