THOBITHI 9
Vhuṱambo ha mbingano
1Ndi hone Thobiasi a tshi vhidza Rafaele a mu vhudza a ri,
2“Wa hashu Azaria, ṱuwani na vhalanda vhaṋa na gamela mbili ni ye muḓini wa Ragese nḓuni ya Gabaele ni mu ṋee luṅwalo ulu lwa vhuṱanzi, u ḓo ni ṋea mali iḽa. Ni vhuye nae a ḓe vhuṱamboni. 3Inwi ni ṱhanzi ya muano wa Reguele wa uri ndi songo vhuya nda ṱuwa, zwino a thi koni u bva khawo. 4Ni ḓivhe uri khotsi anga vha khou vhala maḓuvha. Arali nda tou lenga nga ḓuvha ḽithihi u humela hayani, vha ḓo ḽa mbilu nga nṋe.” 5Ndi hone Rafaele na vhalanda vhaṋa na gamela mbili vha tshi dzhena nḓilani vha livha muḓini wa Ragese kha ḽa Media, vha swika vha dzula nḓuni ya Gabaele. Rafaele a ṋea Gabaele luṅwalo luḽa lwa vhuṱanzi a mu vhudza uri Thobiasi murwa wa Thobithi o vhinga na uri u khou mu vhidza vhuṱamboni. Gabaele a mbo ḓi sedza mikhwama ya mali, vha wana i tshee yo shatelwa, vha i hwesa dzigamela.
6Ḽi tshi tsha vha fhinduwa, vha fara lwendo lwa u ya vhuṱamboni. Musi vha tshi dzhena nḓuni ya Reguele vha wana Thobiasi o tshingamela tshiswiṱulo. Thobiasi a takuwa a resha Gabaele. Gabaele a tsengisa miṱodzi, a mu khoḓa a ri, “Muḓivhalea ndi iwe, murwa wa khotsi a sa solisei, murwa wa ndele, mapakulile, ngavhe Muṋe washu a tshi u ṋea mashudu a bvaho ḽiṱaḓulu na mufumakadzi wau, na khotsi a mufumakadzi wau na mme awe. Nga hu rendwe Mudzimu ngauri ndo vhona murwa wa shaka ḽanga Thobithi, a no tou fana nae vhukuma.”
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