30 Leto letimbalwa lewawunato ngisengakefiki setandze kakhulu. Simakadze ukubusise kuyo yonkhe indzawo lapho bengifika khona. Kodvwa-ke manje mine ngitayisebentela nini indlu yami?”
Jakobe watsi kuye: “Nawe matfupha uyati kutsi ngikusebentele kanjani, nekutsi timphahla takho tandze kanganani tiseluswa ngimi.
Labani wambuta watsi: “Ufuna ngikuholele ngani?” Jakobe wamphendvula watsi: “Angiwufuni umholo. Ngitawuchubeka ngikwelusele lomhlambi wakho, nawungasemukela nasi sicelo sami:
Jakobe wagcina asanjinge kakhulu, waba nemihlambi lemikhulu, netincekukati, netinceku, nemakamela, netimbongolo.
sikhatsi sekufuna nesikhatsi sekuyekela, sikhatsi sekulondvolota nesikhatsi sekulahla,
Sekwesitsatfu ngilungela kuta lapho kini. Ngingeke ngibe ngumtfwalo kini, ngobe angifuni kona lokukwenu, kodvwa ngifuna nine. Phela bantfwana akusibo labafanele kukhatsalela batali babo, kodvwa batali labafanele bakhatsalele bantfwababo.
Ngobe lelive leningena kulo kutsi nilidle libe lenu alifanani nelive laseGibhithe, lapho niphuma khona. Lapho nanihlanyela khona inhlanyelo yenu, bese ninisela ngemisele njengengadze yetibhidvo.
Kepha nangabe umuntfu anganakekeli tihlobo takhe, ikakhulu umndeni wakhe, sewukulahlile kukholwa; futsi loko kwenta kwakhe kubi kakhulu kunekwemuntfu longakholwa.