12 lomfati wadvumela Josefa wambamba ngengubo yakhe, watsi: “Lala nami!” Kodvwa Josefa wanyomula lengubo wabaleka wamshiya nayo, waphuma kulendlu.
Kwala nome lomfati ambekele siye amcela onkhe emalanga, kodvwa akazange avume Josefa kulala naye, ngisho nekutsi ahlale naye imbala.
Kodvwa kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga Josefa asesendlini enta umsebenti wakhe, netisebenti tasendlini tingekho,
Watsi kube abone lomfati kutsi Josefa sewuphunyulile, wamshiya nalengubo wabaleka waphuma,
Kodvwa Josefa wala, watsi: “Lalela la, inkhosi yami kute lesahlupheka ngako lapha ekhaya, ngobe konkhe ikubeke esandleni sami.
Kodvwa watsi Thamari nakatsatsa lokudla amletsela kutsi atekudla, Amnoni wambamba watsi: “Kota utewulala nami, dzadzewetfu.”
Ndvodzana yami, ungahambisani nebantfu labanje; ungalubeki lunyawo lwakho etindleleni tabo,
Mkhweshele ube khashane naye, ungasondzeli ngisho nasemnyango wendlu yakhe,
Tisindzise njengenyamatane ibalekela umtingeli, nanjengenyoni lephunyule esandleni semtingeli.
Ngikhandza lokubaba kakhulu kunekufa: umfati lolugibe nalonenhlitiyo lengusochaka, yebo, umfati lotandla takhe titibopho. Indvodza lejabulisa Nkulunkulu iyawubaleka kuye, kodvwa indvodza lesoni uyakuyibamba.
Ningayengeki: “Bangani lababi bonakalisa similo lesihle.”
Ngako-ke balekela tinkhanuko tebusha, kodvwa hambisana nalabo labakhuleka eNkhosini ngenhlitiyo lehlambululekile, ujonge kulunga, nekukholwa, nelutsandvo, nekuthula.
Batsandzekako, ngiyanincenga, njengobe nitihambi nalabendlulako kulomhlaba, kutsi nitikhweshele tinkhanuko tenyama letilwa nemphefumulo.
Samuweli watsi uyagucuka uyahamba, Sawula wambamba ngemphetfo wemjiva wakhe, wadzimate wadzabuka.