4. Ndipo anayenda ulendo kucokera ku phiri la Hori, nadzera njira ya Nyanja Yofiira, kupaza ku dziko la Edomu; ndi mtima wa anthu unada cifukwa ca njirayo.
5. Ndipo anthu ananena motsutsana ndi Mulungu, ndi Mose, ndi kuti, Mwatikwezeranji kuticotsa ku Aigupto kuti tifere m'cipululu? pakuti mkate ndi madzi palibe, ndi mtima wathu walema nao mkate wacabe uwu.
6. Pamenepo Yehova anatumiza njoka zamoto pakati pa anthu, ndipo zinaluma anthu; nafapo anthu ambiri a Israyeli.
7. Ndipo anthu anadza kwa Mose, nati, Tacimwa, popeza tinanena motsutsana ndi Yehova, ndi inu; pempherani kwa Yehova kuti aticotsere njokazi. Ndipo Mose anawapempherera anthu.
8. Pamenepo Yehova anati kwa Mose, Upange njoka yamoto; nulike pa mtengowace; ndipo kudzali, kuti onse olumwa, akuipenya njokayo, adzakhala ndi moyo.
9. Ndipo Mose anapanga njoka yamkuwa, naiika pamtengo; ndipo kunali, njoka itamluma munthu ali yense, nakapenyetsetsa iye pa njoka yamkuwa, nakhala ndi moyo.
10. Pamenepo ana a Israyeli anayenda ulendo, namanga mahema m'Oboti.
11. Ndipo anacoka ku Oboti, namanga mahema ku Iyebarimu, m'cipululu cakuno ca Moabu, koturukira dzuwa.
12. Pocokapo anayenda ulendo, namanga mahema m'cigwa ca Zaredi.
13. Atacokako anayenda ulendo, namanga mahema tsidya tina la Arinoni, wokhala m'cipululu, wogwera ku malire a Aamori; popeza Arinoni ndiwo malire a Moabu, pakati pa Moabu ndi Aamori.
14. Cifukwa cace, ananena m'buku la Nkhondo za Yehova,Vahebi m'Sufa,Ndi miyendo ya Arinoni;
15. Ndi zigwa za miyendoyoZakutsikira kwao kwa Ari,Ndi kuyandikizana ndi malire a Moabu.
16. Ndipo atacokapo anamuka ku Been, ndico citsime cimene Yehova anacinena kwa Mose, Sonkhanitsa anthu, ndipo ndidzawapatsa madzi.
17. Pamenepo Israyeli anayimba nyimbo iyi:Tumphuka citsime iwe; mucithirire mang'ombe;
18. Citsime adakumba mafumu,Adacikonza omveka a anthu;Atanena mlamuli, ndi ndodo zao.Ndipo atacoka kucipululu anamuka ku Matana;
19. atacoka ku Matana ku Nahaliyeli; atacoka ku Nahaliyeli ku Bamoti;
20. atacoka ku Bamoti ku cigwa ciri m'dziko la Moabu, ku mutu wa Pisiga, popenyana ndicipululu.
21. Ndipo Israyeli anatuma amithenga kwa Sihoni mfumu ya Aamori, ndi kuti,