1. Ndipo anthu anaipa, namadandaula m'makutu a Yehova; ndipo pamene Yehova anamva anapsa mtima; ndi mota wa Yehova unayaka pakati pao, nunyeketsa ku cilekezero ca cigono.
2. Pamenepo anthu anapfuulira kwa Mose; ndi Mose anapemphera kwa Yehova, ndi motowo unazimika.
3. Ndipo anacha malowo dzina lace Tabera; popeza moto wa Yehova udayaka pakati pao.
4. Ndipo anthu osokonezeka ali pakati pao anagwidwa naco cilakolako; ndi ana a Israyeli omwe analiranso, nati, Adzatipatsa nyama ndani?
5. Tikumbukira nsomba tinazidya m'Aigupto cabe, mankaka, ndi mavwendi, ndi anyesi a mitundu itatu;
6. koma tsopano moyo wathu waphwa; tiribe kanthu pamaso pathu koma mana awa.
7. Ndipo mana ananga zipatso zampasa, ndi maonekedwe ace ngati maonekedwe a bedola.
8. Anthu amamka, nawaola, nawapera ndi mphero, kapena kuwasinja mumtondo, nawaphika m'mphika, nawaumba timitanda; ndi powalawa anali ngati timitanda tokazinga ndi mafuta.
9. Ndipo pakugwa mame pacigono usiku, mana anagwapo.
10. Ndipo Mose anamva anthu alikulira m'mabanja ao, yense pakhomo pa hema wace; ndipo Yehova anapsa mtima ndithu, ndipo kudamuipira Mose.
11. Ndipo Mose anati kwa Yehova, Munacitiranji coipa mtumiki wanu? ndalekeranii kupeza ufulu pamaso panu, kuti muika pa ine katundu wa anthu awa onse?
12. Kodi ndinaima nao anthu awa onse? kodi ndinawabala, kuti munene nane, Uwayangate ngati mlezi afukata khanda, kumka nao ku dzikolo mudalumbirira makolo ao?
13. Ndidzaiona kuti nyama yakuwapatsa anthu awa onse? pakuti amalirira ine, ndi kuti, Tipatseni nyama, tidye.
14. Sinditha kuwasenza anthu awa onse ndekha, pakuti andilemera ine.
15. Ndipo ngati mundicitira cotero, mundiphetu tsopano apa, ngati ndapeza ufulu pamaso panu, ndisayang'ane tsoka langa.
16. Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Mose, Undisonkhanitsire amuna makumi asanu ndi awiri mwa akuru a Israyeli, amene uwadziwa kuti ndiwo akuru a anthu, ndi akapitao ao; nubwere nao ku cihema cokomanako, kuti aimeko pamodzi ndi iwe.