4 Shekhemu wakhuluma kuyise, Hamori, watsi: “Ngicela ungitsatsele lentfombi, ngifuna kuyiteka ibe ngumkami.”
Ngesikhatsi ahlala ehlane lasePharani, unina wamtsatsela umfati labengumGibhithe.
Inhlitiyo yakhe yanamatsela kuDina, wayitsandza lentfombatana, ngako wayisoma.
Jakobe weva kutsi Shekhemu ungcolise indvodzakati yakhe; kodvwa akazange akhulume lutfo, kwaze kwabuya emadvodzana akhe labengekho asekweluseni.
Mine lelihlazo lelingaka ngiyakulisusa kanjani? Wena-ke utakwente njani? Utawufanana nalesinye setihlangananhloko lapha ka-Israyeli. Ngicela ukhulume enkhosini, ingeke yale kutsi ungishade ngibe ngumkakho.”
Tsatsani bafati nitale emadvodzana nemadvodzakati, nitsatsele emadvodzana enu bafati, nendzise nemadvodzakati enu, kuze kutsi nabo batewuba nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati. Talanani nandze nangesibalo lapho, ninganciphi.
Watsi nasabuya khona, wafike wakhuluma kuboyise nenina, watsi: “Ngibone intfombi lengumFilisti lena kulaseThimna, ngitsatseleni yona ibe ngumkami.”