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Esta yi Molodekayi babakembisa

Bima bya Amani byakwenda kwena Esta, amana ndamba yandi ya kidimbu kwena Molodekayi, kaasi mutsiku wa lufwa wulendaku vutulwa. Buna mutsiku wa zodi wukatuka ha baphunda ba kyamvu: Bayuta balenda kukutakana amana bakebila luzingu lwa bawu. Molodekayi wálubuka wavwata miledi mya bulu yi wolu, amana Suza yáyandika kukalunga.

Kapitulu 8.

Muna kilumbu kina, kyamvu Zelezese wáhana kwena pfumu wa mukhetu Esta bima bya Amani, mbeni wa Bayuta. Amana Molodekayi wakwísa ku thwala ya kyamvu, mukuma Esta wátekila zimbula kina Molodekayi kakala kwena yandi. Amana kyamvu wábotula ndamba yandi ya kidimbu, yina kábonga kwena Amani, amana wáhana yawu kwena Molodekayi. Amana Esta wásya Molodekayi ha mutwa wa bima bya Amani.

Amana Esta wázonza diaka kwena kyamvu, wábwa ha malu mandi, wádila, amana wámubokwadila ndangu kazenga mbi ya Amani mwisi Angagi yi fwongu yina kakasila Bayuta. Amana kyamvu wátambika koka dya wolu kwena Esta, amana Esta wátelama ku thwala ya kyamvu. Yandi wuzimbudi: «Yuka ni dyisi musephidisa kyamvu, amana yuka ni ngwenina yi khenda ku mesu mandi, amana yuka ni dyadi dyisi monika dyafwana kwena yandi, amana yisi musephidisa, bika mikanda misonikwa mina misi vutula ku manima mazu mana Amani mwana wa Amedata mwisi Angagi kakasila fwongu amana wásonika hanga kafwasa Bayuta mu binzunga byosu bya kyamvu. Abweti ni yilenda zyama mu kumona disa dibwila batu bama? Abweti ni yilenda zyama mu kumona kikanda kyama kifwasuka?»

Amana kyamvu Zelezese wuzimbudi kwena pfumu wa mukhetu Esta yi Molodekayi mwisi Yuta: «Yáhana kwena Esta nzu ya Amani, amana bámudika ha kitakani mukuma kakasila Bayuta fwongu. Sonikenu kikuma kya Bayuta buna lwisi mona bwáfwana, mu khumbu ya kyamvu, amana lusyenu kidimbu ni ndamba yandi—mukuma kisonuku kyosu kina kisonikwa mu khumbu ya kyamvu, kina básya kidimbu kya ndamba yandi, kilendaku vutuka ku manima.»

Amana basoniki ba kyamvu básendwa muna kilumbu kya makumodi yi tatu kya ngonda ya tatu—ngonda ya Sivani—amana básonika mana moosu Molodekayi kátuma kwena Bayuta yi kwena basatalapi, bapfumu ba binzunga, yi basadi ba leta ba binzunga khama yi makumodi yi nsambwadi tuka ku Indi tii yi ku Kusi: kosu kinzunga mu bisona bya kyawu, kosu batu mu ndinga ya bawu, amana Bayuta mu bisona yi ndinga ya bawu. Amana Molodekayi wásonika mu khumbu ya kyamvu Zelezese, amana wásya kidimbu ni ndamba ya kyamvu, amana wáhitika mikanda muna moku ma banati ba mikanda bana bákala ha baphunda ba lubilu, baphunda bana bábutila mu kisalu kya kyamvu. Amana mutsiku wa kyamvu wáhana lulendu kwena Bayuta mu kosu mbanza ndangu bakutakana amana bakeba moya myawu: mu kufwasa, mu kuhonda, amana mu kumanisa kibuka kyosu kya batu ba binwaninu kya batu holoni kya kinzunga kyosu kina kibanwanisa—ha kimosi yi bana yi bakhetu—amana mu kuyiba bima bya bambeni ba bawu. Mana máfweti salama muna kilumbu kimosi mu binzunga byosu bya kyamvu Zelezese—kilumbu kya kumi yi tatu kya ngonda ya kumi yi zodi, ngonda ya Adali. Amana kifwani kya mutsiku kyáfweti kala hanga mutsiku mu kosu kinzunga amana kyazayikwa kwena bikanda byosu, hanga Bayuta bakala bayilama muna kilumbu kina mu kuvutula mbela kwena bambeni ba bawu. Amana banati ba mikanda bana bákala ha baphunda ba kyamvu bálubuka thinu, bakinani amana bafitikisinwa ni mutsiku wa kyamvu; amana mutsiku wáhanawa muna mbanza ya ngolu ya Susa.

Amana Molodekayi wálubuka ku thwala ya kyamvu, wuvwatiki miledi mya buludu yi mya phembi mya kyamvu, mukhonzi wambuta wa wolu, yi muzaka wa muledi wa kitoku wa pha yi wa kabengi. Amana mbanza ya Susa yákalunga amana yásangwala. Amana Bayuta bákala yi mwini, kyesi, tsambu, yi luzitu. Amana mutsiku wa kyamvu yi mukuku wandi wáyalangana mu kosu kinzunga yi mbanza; amana Bayuta bákala yi kyesi yi khembu, kizamba, yi kilumbu kya khembu. Amana batu balawu ba tsi bákituka Bayuta, mukuma bweya bwa Bayuta bwábakwata.