9. Ndipo Mose anatenga ndodoyo kuicotsa pamaso pa Yehova, monga iye anamuuza iye.
10. Ndipo Mose ndi Aroni anasonkhanitsa msonkhano pathanthwe, nanena nao iye, Tamvanitu, opikisana naye inu; kodi tikuturutsireni madzi m'thanthwe umu?
11. Ndipo Mose anasamula dzanja lace, napanda thanthwe kawiri ndi ndodo; ndipo madzi anaturukamo ocuruka, ndi khamulo linamwa, ndi zoweta zao zomwe.
12. Ndipo Yehova ananena ndi Mose ndi Aroni, Popeza simunandikhulupirira Ine, kundipatula Ine pamaso pa ana a Israyeli, cifukwa cace simudzalowetsa msonkhano uwu m'dziko ndinawapatsali.
13. Awa ndi madzi a Meriba; popeza ana a Israyeli anatsutsana ndi Yehova, ndipo anapatulidwa mwa iwowa.
14. Pamenepo Mose anatumiza amithenga ocokera ku Kadesi kumuka kwa mfumu ya Edomu, ndi kuti, Atero mbale wanu Israyeli, Mudziwa zowawa zonse zinatigwera;
15. kuti makolo athu anatsikira kumka ku Aigupto, ndipo tinakhala m'Aigupto masiku ambiri; ndipo Aaigupto anacitira zoipa ife, ndi makolo athu.
16. Pamenepo tinapfuulira kwa Yehova, ndipo anamva mau athu, natuma mthenga, natiturutsa m'Aigupto; ndipo, taonani, tiri m'Kadesi, ndiwo mudzi wa malekezero a malire anu.
17. Tipitetu pakati pa dziko lanu; sitidzapitira pamunda, kapena munda wampesa, sitidzamwa madzi a m'zitsime; tidzatsata mseu wacifumu; sitidzapatukira kulamanja kapena kulamanzere, mpaka titapitirira malire anu.
18. Koma Edomu ananena naye, Usapitire pakati pa ine, kuti ndingaturuke kukomana nawe ndi lupanga.
19. Ndipo ana a Israyeli ananena naye, Tidzatsata mseu; ndipo tikakamwa madzi ako, ine ndi zoweta zanga, pamenepo ndidzapatsa mtengo wace; sindifuna kanthu kena koma kungopitapo mwa njira.