1 Kwatsi Isaka asamdzala kakhulu, emehlo akhe asafiphele angasaboni kahle. Watfumela wabita Esawu, indvodzana yakhe lendzala, wafike watsi kuye: “Msawami!” Wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha, babe.”
Jakobe watsi: “Funga kimi kucala.” Ngako-ke wafunga, kwaba kulitsengisa kwakhe kuJakobe lifa lakhe lebutubulo.
Emehlo a-Israyeli abengasaboni kahle, ngenca yebudzala, abesafifiyela. Ngako Josefa wawasondzeta kuye. Jakobe wawanga, wawagaca ngemikhono.
Ngako umkaJerobowamu wakwenta konkhe loko labekutjeliwe, wahamba waya endlini ya-Ahiya eShilo. Ahiya abengasaboni emehlweni ngenca yekutsi abesamdzala kakhulu.
Ngaleso sikhatsi balindzi bendlu bayawutfutfumela, nemadvodza lanemandla ayawutfotfobala, lapho basili bayakuyekela kusila, ngobe nalabo basili bayawube sebambalwa; nalabo labalunguta ngemafasitelo bangabe basahlola;
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Kute lowona; yena nome batali bakhe, abazange sebente sono lesabangela lobumphumphutse, kepha loku kwenteka khona kutawubonakaliswa imisebenti yaNkulunkulu kuye.
Mosi abesaneminyaka leli-120 budzala ngesikhatsi afa, noko emehlo akhe abengakacundzeki, kantsi futsi nasemtimbeni abesecinile.
Ngalobunye busuku Eli, labesanemehlo labutsakatsaka asabona kalufifi, abelele endzaweni yakhe njengasemihleni.