4 Ngako Ahabi wabuyela ekhaya ahluneme atfukutsele, ngobe Nabothi waseJezreyeli atsite: “Ngingeke ngikunike lifa labobabemkhulu.” Wafike walala embhedzeni wakhe, acumbelene; wadvuba nekudla kudla.
Amnoni wakhatsateka emphefumulweni wakhe, waze wefika ezingeni lekugula ngenca yalodzadzewabo Thamari, ngobe abeyintfombi leyayingayati indvodza, noko kwabonakala kulukhuni kutsi kungaba khona langakwenta kuye.
Wabuta Amnoni watsi: “Kwentiwa yini wena, ungumntfwanenkhosi, ubukeke uwombile onkhe emalanga? Ase ungitjele, kwente njani?” Amnoni watsi kuye: “Ngitsandza dzadzewetfu Thamari, wakabomnaketfu Absalomu.”
Inkhosi yabuyela esigodlweni sayo eSamariya idvubutekile, ikhubekile.
Emvakwaloko kwase kuba nesehlakalo lesenteka ngenca yesivini saNabothi waseJezreyeli. Lesivini sasiseJezreyeli eceleni kwesigodlo senkhosi Ahabi, inkhosi yaseSamariya.
Kodvwa Nabothi wamphendvula, watsi: “Simakadze akasungivumela kutsi ngikunike lifa labobabemkhulu.”
Umkakhe Jezebeli wangena wambuta, watsi: “Uhlunemeleni kanjena? Awudli ngani?”
Kodvwa nome kunjalo, konkhe loko kuye kwakungasho lutfo inkhani nakasabona leliJuda lelinguModekhayi lisahlala lapha emphundvwini yasendlunkhulu.
Silima siyafa sibulawe tinhlungu tekutfukutsela kwaso, nemona uyababulala labanengcondvo yebuntfwana.
Kuncono kweneliswa nguloko lokubona ngemehlo akho kunekushangashangiswa lutsandvo lwekudla. Nako loko kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Kwamkhuba kakhulu loko Jona, ngako watfukutsela kakhulu.
Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutsela?”
Nakuphuma lilanga, Nkulunkulu walungisa umoya loshisako wasemphumalanga; lilanga lashaya enhloko yaJona, wadzimate waba nesiyeti, wafisa kufa; wase utsi: “Kuncono ngimane ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuJona: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutselela lomhlafutfo?” Yena-ke watsi: “Ngenta kahle kutsi ngitfukutsele; ngitfukutsele kutsi angife ngitsi saka!”
Ningamniki Sathane litfuba.
Kepha ngulowo nalowo ulingwa ahuhwe tinkhanuko takhe, adudeke.
Sawula wala, watsi: “Ngingeke ngidle.” Kodvwa lamadvodza labehamba naye asita lesangoma, amncenga ngekumcindzetela, waze wavuma. Wavuka wahlala etikwembhedze.