19 Lelijaha lelibaluleke kakhulu ekhaya kubo alicitsanga sikhatsi, lavele lasokwa ngekushesha, ngobe beliyitsandza kakhulu lendvodzakati yaJakobe.
Ngako-ke Jakobe wamsebentela iminyaka lesikhombisa loRakheli, noko kuJakobe leminyaka lengaka kwaba shangatsi ngemalangana nje, ngobe phela abemtsandza kakhulu.
Lesiphakamiso semukeleka kuboHamori nemsa wakhe Shekhemu.
Ngako-ke Hamoni nemsa wakhe Shekhemu bancandzeka baya enkhundleni yakubo esangweni lelidolobha, bafike bamemetela kutakhamiti tabo batsi:
Leti letondzile tesuka tadla leti tekucala betitinhle tikhuluphele.
Namani abeyindvuna yelibutfo lenkhosi yaseSiriya. Abengumuntfu lomkhulu kabi enkhosini yakhe, futsi ahlonishwa kakhulu, ngobe ngaye Simakadze wanika iSiriya kuncoba. Abelichawe lelinesibindzi, kodvwa abenebulephelo.
Jabesi abehlonipheke kakhulu kunabomnakabo emndenini wakabo. Unina abemetse libito watsi nguJabesi, ngobe abetsi: “Ngimtele kabuhlungu.”
Ngibeke njengeluphawu etikwenhlitiyo yakho, yebo, njengeluphawu emkhonweni wakho; ngobe lutsandvo lunemandla njengekufa, sikhwele salo asitfobiseki, sinjengelithuna. Lushisa njengemlilo lovutsako, yebo, njengelilangabi lelinemandla.
Ngako-ke lesive sami sitawutfunjwa ngenca yekubate kucondza, emadvodza aso lanetikhundla atakuwa abulawe yindlala, tincumbi taso tiyawuhashulwa komela emanti.
Abasayiwukubita ngekutsi unguLahliwe, nome betse live lakini batsi nguShiywayedvwa. Kodvwa uyawubitwa ngekutsi unguHefsiba, nelive lakini kutsiwe yiBhewula, ngobe Simakadze uyawujabula ngawe, nelive lakini liyakwendza kuye.
Waphindza Bhalaki watfumela labanye baholi lababemcoka, baba banyenti kakhulu kunalaba bekucala.
Kodvwa emaJuda afaka umoya wetikhova ebafatini lababehloniphekile lababephendvukele enkholweni yebuJuda nasemadvodzeni labesembili kulelo dolobha. Bacala bahlupha boPawula naBhanabasi, babacosha kuleyo ndzawo yakubo.
Labanyenti babo nalabasikati labasembili bemaGriki kanye nalabadvuna labanyenti bemaGriki bakholwa.
Ahimeleki wayiphendvula inkhosi watsi: “Ngubani kuto tonkhe tinceku takho lowetsembeke kuwe njengaDavide, umkhwenyane wenkhosi, indvuna yemabutfo lagadza wena, umuntfu lohlonishwa kangaka endlini yakho yonkhe?