About 400 years went by between the Old and New Testaments, during which time there was no appearance of a God-given prophet or an inspired writer of Scripture, and because of this it became known as the "Silent Years" or the "Dark Period."
Ku hundze kwalomu ka 400 wa malembe exikarhi ka Testamente leyakhale ni leyintshwa na ku nga ri na nhlavutelo wa Xikwembu naswona a ku nga ri na vuprofeta hambi tintsumi a ti nga humeleri, hikwalaho ka swona, enkarhi lowuya wu chiwe vito ra malembe yo "titimela kumbe ya munyama."