Tembatfo takho atihlale timhlophe, nenhloko yakho ihlale igcotjiswe ngemafutsa enjabulo.
Ngako Jowabe wabe sewutfumela umuntfu eThekhowa, kutsi alandze umfati lohlakaniphile khona. Jowabe wakhuluma kulomfati watsi: “Tentise kube shangatsi uzilile. Yembatsa inzilo, ungacali utisebentise tinongo temtimba. Ubotentisa kube shangatsi lomuntfu lofile sewumzilele sikhatsi lesidze.
Mefiboshethi naye, umntfwanemntfwana Sawula, wehla watawuhlangabeta inkhosi Davide. Abengazange atigeze tinyawo takhe, nesilevu sakhe abengazange asihhule, netimphahla takhe abengazange atigeze kusukela mhlazane inkhosi, Davide, iphuma eJerusalema kwaze kwaba lilanga leyabuya ngalo iphephile.
Modekhayi waphuma endlunkhulu embetse imijiva yebukhosi lelingangane nalemhlophe, nengubo lebukhwebeletane kanye nemchele lomuhle wegolide. Bonkhe bantfu edolobheni laseSusa bema etitaladini bamemeta ngalokukhulu kujabula.
Ungigcebela litafula embikwami netitsa tami tibuka. Ugcobisa inhloko yami ngemafutsa, indzebe yami iyaphuphuma.
Ngangingadli kudla kwelikhetselo, nome inyama; kute nelitfonsi leliwayini lelake latsintsa umlomo wami; angigcobisanga ngisho nakancane, kwadzimate kwaphela lawo maviki lamatsatfu.
Ninatsa liwayini ngetitja letigcwele, nitigcobise ngemafutsa lanuka kamnandzi, kodvwa anidzabuki ngekucitfwa kwaJosefa.
Kepha wena nawuzila, gcobisa inhloko yakho ugeze nebuso bakho,
Wena awukayigcobisi ngemafutsa inhloko yami, kodvwa yena sewugcobise tinyawo tami ngemakha.
“Lalelani! Ngiyawufika njengelisela! Ubusisiwe lolindzile, agcine tingubo takhe kutsi angahambi ngcunu, kudzimate kubonakale lihlazo lakhe.”
Emabutfo asezulwini amlandzela agibele emahhashi lamhlophe, embetse tingubo letimhlophe letihlantekile telineni.
Uphiwe kutsi embatsiswe ingubo yelineni lecolisakele, nalekhanyako, nalemsulwa.” Lelineni lecolisakele itento nemisebenti lelungile yalabangcwele.
Emvakwaloko ngatsi ngiyabuka ngabona sicumbi lesikhulu sebantfu lesingeke sibalwe ngumuntfu. Kwakubantfu lababephuma etiveni tonkhe, nasemindenini yonkhe, nasemaveni onkhe, nasetilimini tonkhe. Babeme embikwesihlalo sebukhosi nasembikweliWundlu, bembetse tingubo letimhlophe, etandleni baphetse emagala elisundvu.
Ngako-ke geza, ugcoke kahle uphelele, ufake emakha, bese uyewuka uya lapho atawubhulela khona. Kodvwa ungacali umtjele kutsi ungubani asengakacedzi kudla nekunatsa.