16 Wagucukela kuSara watsi: “Umnakenu sengimnike emasiliva layinkhulungwane; loku kufakaza kubo bonkhe laba kutsi awunacala, kute lokubi lokwentile.”
Abrahama wathandaza kuNkulunkulu. Nkulunkulu waphilisa Abimeleki, nemkakhe, netisebenti letisikati kuze bonkhe batale bantfwana.
Kantsi akasho yini Abrahama kutsi ngudzadzewabo? Naye lomfati utsite ngumnakabo. Loku ngikwente ngenhlitiyo lemhlophe, tandla tami atinacala.”
Wabuta kulenceku watsi: “Ngubani leya ndvodza lesihlangabetako?” Inceku yaphendvula yatsi: “Yinkhosi yami.” Ngako-ke watsatsa iveyili yakhe watimbonya.
Ngako-ke Abimeleki wabayala bonkhe bantfu bakhe watsi: “Lowo lotsintsa lendvodza nome lomkayo utawubulawa.”
Umuntfu lotsandza kuyalwa utsandza lwati; kodvwa lotondza kucondziswa usilima.
Njengelicici legolide, nanjengemhlobiso loligugu, linjalo livi leseluleko kulolivako alente.
Kuncono uvele umuntfu umtsetsise kukhanye kunekumyekela ungamtsetsisi ngesizatfu sekutsi uyamtsandza.
Indvuna yemkhumbi yakhandzanisa Jona alele, yafike yatsi: “Wentani la? Uleleleni? Vuka uthandaze kuNkulunkulu wakho! Mhlawumbe yena utasivela asisindzise singabhubhi!”
Labo lengibatsandzako ngiyabakhalimela ngibajezise; ngako-ke shisekela lokuhle, uphendvuke.