Mukanda wa mpapela
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Esite watélama ku thwala kikuma kya batu bandi

Modekayi wákala dila yi tsaki ku mwelu wa kyamvu, kunima wásindikila Esta: kukala mu nzu ya kyamvu kukamuhulusaku, amana nati wuzayi ni wátula ha kiti kya luyalu kikuma kya tangwa dyadi. Wábokula kuzila kudya kwa bilumbu bitatu amana wenda kwena kyamvu konda kutedisu — yuka ni yifwa, buna yifwa.

Kapitulu 4.

Tangwa Modekayi káyuka mambu moosu mana másalama, wáyata miledi myandi, wávwata tsaki yi mbombi, amana wálubuka mu mbanza mu kukalunga ngolu yi mu khadi. Wenda kaka tii yi ku mwelu wa kyamvu, mukuma ka mutu ku wáfwanaku kukota kuna wavwata miledi mya khondu. Muna kosu kinzunga kina mukuku wa kyamvu yi mutsiku myatúla, Bayuta báyuka kyadi kya lawu, mu kuzila kudya, mu bidilu, yi mu miyananu; balawu bávwata tsaki yi kudifuba mu mbombi.

Tangwa bakhetu ba leka yi basadi ba Esite bámuzimbwala, pfumu wa mukhetu wáyuka kiwayi kya lawu. Wáhitika miledi kwena Modekayi hanga kakatula tsaki yandi, kaasi kázolaku. Esite wátedisa Hataki, mosi wa basadi ba kyamvu wuna bámuheka mu kumusadila, amana wámutuma kwena Modekayi hanga kazaya kima kina kyákala yi kikuma kyawu. Buna Hataki wálubuka mu kwenda kwena Modekayi mu kyanzala kya mbanza, ku thwala ya mwelu wa kyamvu, Modekayi wázimbula Hataki mambu moosu mana másalama kwena yandi, yi mbongu zoosu zina Hamani kásila mu kufuta muna masweku ma mbongu ma kyamvu hanga kazangisa Bayuta. Wámuheka phi kifwani kya mutsiku wa kuzangana wuna bálubula ku Suse, hanga kasongila Esite, kayibangwamina, amana kayibokwadila ndangu kenda bokwadila kyamvu yi kulomba kikuma kya batu bandi.

Hataki wávutuka amana wásamuna kwena Esite mana Modekayi kázimbula. Amana Esite wázimbula Hataki amana wámuheka musamu wawu wa kunata kwena Modekayi: «Basadi boosu ba kyamvu yi batu ba binzunga byandi bazayi: kosu yakala ho mukhetu wuna wisi kota mu kyanzala kya kati kya kyamvu konda kutedisabwa, wenina yi mutsiku mosi, disongidila lufwa; kaka yuka ni kyamvu kasongidini koka dya wolu kwena yandi, buna kazinga. Amana meni, tuka bilumbu makumatatu, yitedisibwaku kwena kyamvu.»

Tangwa bázimbwala Modekayi mana Esite kázimbula, Modekayi wámuvutula Esite: «Kubanzaku ni, mu mwanza wa kyamvu, ngeyi mosi mu kati dya Bayuta boosu, walwésaya. Yuka ni ngeyi wadibata buthwena bwabu, talala yi luhulusu byakwísa kikuma kya Bayuta mu kuma kwahika, kaasi ngeyi yi nzu ya tata waku lwafwa. Amana nati wuzayi ni wátula ku kiti kya luyalu kikuma kya tangwa dya mutindu wuna?» a a v14 Tata wetu katelusibwaku khumbu mu mukanda woosu wa Esite, kaasi koku kwandi kuna kusiku monika kwisa sala muna mambu moosu — Modekayi wenina yi kikumbwala ni luhulusu lwakwísa, mukuma wuzayi ni Tata kabasisaku batu bandi.

Amana Esite wáhitika mvutu yayi kwena Modekayi: «Wenda, kutakanisa Bayuta boosu ba ku Suse. Zilenu kudya kikuma kya meni—lwadyaku, lwanwaku, bilumbu bitatu, phipha yi mwini. Meni yi bakhetu bama ba leka, twazila phi kudya. Amana buna meni yakwenda kwena kyamvu, ata bwabuna kyakonda ni mutsiku; amana yuka ni yafwa, yafwa.» Buna Modekayi wenda amana wásala mambu moosu mana Esite kátuma.