9 kutsi angitsengisele umhume wakhe waseMakhaphela, lesekugcineni kwensimi yakhe. Ngicela angitsengisele ngentsengo lefanele, utewuba wami ube yindzawo yekungcwaba.”
Efroni labehleti emkhatsini wemaHethi waphendvula Abrahama eva onkhe emaHethi labengena esangweni lelidolobha,
“Ngisihambi nemchamuki la emkhatsini wenu. Ngicela ningitsengisele indzawo yekungcwaba, khona ngitewungcwaba lesidvumbu semkami.”
Watsi kubo: “Nanitsandza kutsi ngimngcwabe, esuke embikwami, ngisiteni ningicelele ku-Efroni, umsa waSowari,
Lensimi ngulena leyatsengwa ngu-Abrahama kumaHethi. Wangcwatjwa khona lapho-ke Abrahama, kanye nemkakhe Sara.
Jakobe wabe sewuyabayala utsi: “Sekusele kancane ngilandzele bokhokho. Ngicela ningingcwabe kubokhokho emhumeni losensimini ya-Efroni, umHethi.
Emadvodzana aJakobe ametfwala uyise ambuyisela eveni laseKhenani, amngcwaba emhumeni wensimi yaseMakhaphela, ngasemphumalanga yeMamre. Lomgedze watsengwa kanye nensimi ngu-Abrahama ku-Efroni, umHethi, kutsi ube yindzawo yekungcwaba.
Davide watsi kuye: “Ngiphe lendzawo yakho yekubhulela kolo, kuze ngitekwakha kuyo lilati kuSimakadze, khona kutewuncamuka lesifo lesibulala sive. Ngitsengisele yona ngentsengo lephelele.”
Kodvwa inkhosi Davide yaphendvula Arawuna, yatsi: “Cha! Ngifuna kukubhadala ngentsengo lephelele. Ngingeke ngitsatsele Simakadze kulokukwakho, futsi ngeke ngente umhlatjelo ngalengingakakukhokheli lutfo.”
Ningabuyiseli kunobe ngubani lokubi ngalokubi, kodvwa yentani lokubonakala kukuhle emehlweni abo bonkhe bantfu.
Ningakweledi muntfu nome seyini ngaphandle kwekutsi nitsandzane, ngobe lowo lotsandza makhelwane wakhe sewuwugcwalisile umtsetfo.