15 Bonkhe labomnakabo wabanga, akhala; emvakwaloko bonkhe labomnakabo base bakhuluma naye.
Jakobe wanga Rakheli, wakhala ngenca yenjabulo.
Watsi kube Labani ayive lendzaba yemshana wakhe, wagijima wamhlangabeta, wafike wamgona wamanga, wamngenisa endlini. Jakobe watekela Labani yonkhe indzaba yakhe.
Kodvwa Esawu wagijima wamhlangabeta, wafike wamgona ngemikhono, wamanga. Bakhala bobabili.
Josefa wesuka kubo wayawukhala. Watsi kube acedze kukhala, asakwati kukhuluma kahle, wabuya weta kubo, wafike watsatsa Simeyoni wambopha embikwabo.
Wase ugaca imikhono entsanyeni yaBhenjamini wakhala; naBhenjamini wakhalela entsanyeni yaJosefa.
Kwatsi lendzaba nayibikwa kuFaro kutsi bomnakaboJosefa laba labefikile, Faro netiphatsimandla takhe bajabula kakhulu.
Wakhala kakhulu, kwadzimate kweva nemaGibhithe, kanye nebendlu yakaFaro.
Josefa wagibela incola yakhe waphikelela khona eGosheni, wayawuhlangabeta uyise Israyeli. Watsi achamuka nje, Josefa wambona uyise watigaca entsanyeni yakhe, wakhalela kuye sikhatsi lesidze.
Ngako Jowabe wavele wahamba waya enkhosini, wafike wayitjela konkhe loko. Inkhosi yabe seyibita Absalomu; wafike wakhotsamisa buso bakhe phansi emhlabatsini embikwenkhosi. Inkhosi yanga Absalomu.
Nguwe lowenta tinkhophe tami kutsi tingasindvwa butfongo, ngehluleka ngisho nekukhuluma.
Simakadze wakhuluma ku-Aroni, watsi: “Hamba uye ehlane uyewuhlangabeta Mosi.” Ngako-ke Aroni wahamba waya kuyawuhlangabeta Mosi entsabeni yaNkulunkulu, wafike wamanga.
Ngako-ke yesuka yahamba yaya kuyise. “Yayisekudzeni kabi nelikhaya ngesikhatsi uyise ayibona. Inhlitiyo yeyise yagcwala sihawu, wayihawukela wagijima wayihlangabeta. Wayigaca ngemkhono wakhe, wayanga.
Bakhala bonkhe, Pawula bamgaca ngemikhono, bamanga.
Baphindze basicala phansi futsi sililo. Opha wanga uninatala wakhe wahamba, kodvwa Ruthe wanamatsela kuye.
Shangatsi Simakadze anganibusisa aniphe emadvodza, nakhe imiti!” Ngako Nawomi wabavalelisa ngekubanga, bakhala.
Samuweli wase utsatsa lichaga lelalinemafutsa, wawatsela enhloko yaSawula, wamanga, watsi: “Angitsi Simakadze ukugcobile kutsi ube ngumholi welifa lakhe?
Watsi kube lomfana ahambe, Davide wesuka lapho eningizimu nelitje, wakhotsamela Jonathani katsatfu, abhekise buso bakhe phansi. Base bayangana, bakhala bobabili, kodvwa Davide wakhala kakhulu.