3 By the ninth day of the fourth [^1] month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
3Nga ḓuvha ḽa vhuṱanu na vhuṋa ḽa ṅwedzi wa vhuṋa ḽa ṅwaha wonoyo nḓala ya vha yo no hulela afho muḓini lwe ha vha hu si tshee na zwiḽiwa zwine vhathu vha nga ḽa.