18 Nkulunkulu Simakadze watsi: “Akukuhle kutsi umuntfu ahlale yedvwana. Ngitamentela umsiti lolungele yena.”
Nkulunkulu wakubona konkhe labesakwentile, kutsi kuhle kakhulu. Kwahlwa, kwasa: Kwaba lilanga lesitfupha.
Ngako-ke umuntfu watetsa emabito tonkhe tifuyo, netinyoni letindiza emoyeni, nato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga. Kepha Adamu akamtfolanga umsiti labelungele yena.
Adamu waphendvula watsi: “Ngulomfati lowanginika yena kutsi ahlale nami, nguye lona longinike lesitselo, ngase ngiyasidla.”
Lowo lotfola umfati utfole intfo lenhle, uzuze umusa kuSimakadze.
Kepha umuntfu nakabona kutsi angeke akhone kutibamba entfombini lasayetsembisile, nangabe inkhanuko imehlula, ingekho lenye indlela, akente loko lakufunako: abashade; akusiso sono loko.
Ngalokufananako nani, madvodza, hlalisanani kahle nebafati benu, nati kutsi umuntfu lomsikati unjengesitja lesibutsakatsaka; nibahloniphe, ngobe batindlalifa temusa wekuphila kanye nani; loku nikwente, khona ingetiwuvimbeleka imithandazo yenu.
Emvakwesikhatsi Nawomi, uninatala wakhe, wakhuluma kuRuthe watsi: “Ndvodzakati! Utsi kungete kwaba ncono kutsi ngikwakhele umuti?