(Nehemiah 13:1-3). . .On that day the book of Moses was read in the hearing of the people, and it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the congregation of the true God, 2 for they had not met the Israelites with bread and water, but instead they had hired Balaam against them to curse them.
Siku rero, vanhu va hlayeriwile buku ya Nawu wa Muxe, kutani ku kumeka ku tsariwile leswaku Vaamoni kumbe Vamowabu va nga tshuki va nghena laha vanhu va Xikwembu va hlengeletaneke kona, 2hikuva a va nga yanga va ya hlanganisa Vaisraele va va yisela swakudya ni mati, kambe va va xavele Balaama leswaku a va rhuketela; ndzhukano wa kona Xikwembu xa hina xi wu hundzurile nkateko.