Now after these things had been done, the officials drew near to me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but act according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.
Musi ho no itwa izwo zwithu, vharangaphanḓa vha ḓa ha nṋe vha ri, "Vhathu vha Israele, na vhone vhotshifhe na Vhalivi, a vho ngo ila zwa u dzetshelana na tshakha dza mashango o vha tangaho, vha no nga Vhakanana na Vhahithi na Vhapherisi na Vhajebusi na Vhaamoni na Vhamuaba na Vhaegipita na Vhaamori, vha vho tevhedza maitele adzo a nengisaho.