1. Tsiku lomwelo anawerenga m'buku la Mose m'makutu a anthu, napeza m'menemo kuti Aamoni ndi Amoabu asalowe mu msonkhano wa Mulungu ku nthawi yonse;
2. popeza sanawacingamira ana a Israyeli ndi cakudya ndi madzi, koma anawalemberera Balamu awatemberere; koma Mulungu wathu anasanduliza tembererolo likhale mdalitso.
3. Ndipo kunali, atamva cilamuloco, anasiyanitsa pa Israyeli anthu osokonezeka onse.
4. Cinkana ici, Eliasibu wansembe, woikidwa asunge zipinda za nyumba ya Mulungu wathu, anacita cibale ndi Tobiya,
5. namkonzera cipinda cacikuru, kumene adasungira kale zopereka za ufa, libano, ndi zipangizo, ndi limodzi limodzi la magawo khumi a tirigu, vinyo, ndi mafuta, zolamutidwira Alevi, ndi oyimbira, ndi odikira, ndi nsembe zokweza za ansembe.
6. Koma pocitika ici conse sindinakhala ku Yerusalemu; pakuti caka ca makumi atatu ndi caciwiri ca Aritasasta mfumu ya Babulo ndinafika kwa mfumu, ndipo atapita masiku ena ndinapempha mfumu indilole;
7. ndipo ndinafika ku Yerusalemu, ndi kuzindikira coipa anacicita Eliasibu, cifukwa ca Tobiya, ndi kumkonzera cipinda m'mabwalo a nyumba ya Mulungu.