31 Iflekisi nebhali kwavitsiteka kwaphela nya; phela ibhali yase ivutsiwe, kantsi iflekisi yayisashakata.
Wabaniketela kubantfu baseGibeyoni lababatsatsa bababulala; babalengisa entsabeni embikwaSimakadze. Babulawelwa khona bonkhe bobasikhombisa. Babulawa ngemalanga anakucalwa kuvuna, ngaso leso sikhatsi nakucala kuvunwa ibhali.
Kodvwa kolo nesipelite akuvitsitekanga, ngobe kuvutfwa kamuva.
“Sekukanyenti ngishaya tingadze tenu netivini tenu, ngatishaya ngemswenya nangasicencane. Sikhonyane sashaya sacotfula emakhiwa enu netihlahla tenu temincumo, kwaphela kwatsi nya, noko anikabuyeli kimi,” kusho Simakadze.
Nome sihlahla semkhiwa singahlumi, nemagelebisi kute esihlahleni semvini, nome umncumo ungatseli, nemasimi angasatitseli tivuno, nome sekute timvu esibayeni, netinkhomo sekute esibayeni,
Wancandzeka kanjalo-ke Nawomi namalukatane wakhe labengumMowabi, baphuma eveni lemaMowabi. Lapha eBhetlehema befika nakucala kuvunwa ibhali.
Ngako Ruthe wachubeka asebenta nalamantfombatana akaBowazi, baze bacedza kuvuna ibhali nakolo. Wachubeka kuhlala neninatala.