31 “Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: ‘Buka la, Sihoni nelive lakhe sengimnikele kuwe. Cala manje kumncoba, khona utekulidla lelive lakhe.’
Libukeni-ke lonkhe lelo live lenginiphe lona. Ngenani kulo nilidle lelive Simakadze lafunga ngalo kutsi utalipha bokhokho benu bo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe, kanye netitukulwane tabo letiyawuvela emvakwabo.’ ”
“Sukumani, nihambe nidzabule Sihosha sase-Anoni. Bukani la, indzawo yaSihoni, um-Amori, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, nelive lakhe, ngikwetfule etandleni tenu. Mhlaseleni nidle lelive lakhe.
“Kodvwa Sihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, akazange asivumele kutsi sendlule sidzabule live lakhe, ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wenta umoya wakhe waba lukhuni nenhlitiyo yakhe yaba nenkhani; loko wakwentela kutsi atekumnikela etandleni tenu, njengobe kunjalo lamuhla.
“Sihoni nemabutfo akhe waphuma atewusihlasela emphini yaseJahasi,