6 Lonkhe lelive laseGibhithe lisetandleni takho. Babeke bakhe endzaweni lencono kakhulu, abakhe eGosheni. Nakukhona labanelikhono lekwelusa emkhatsini wabo, babeke babe tindvuna tebelusi bemfuyo yami.”
Loti watsi naphakamisa emehlo akhe, wabona litsafa lelinesihlambo semfula iJordane, linemanti lenele yonkhe indzawo, kuze kuyewufika eSowari; lalinjengensimi yaSimakadze nanjengelive laseGibhithe. Ngalesikhatsi Simakadze abesengakayibhubhisi iSodoma neGomora.
Angitsi uyalibona lonkhe lelive? Asehlukane. Nawukhetsa kuya ngesancele, mine ngitakuya ngesekudla; nawukhetsa kuya ngesekudla, mine ngitakuya ngesancele.”
Abimeleki watsi: “Buka la, nali live lami, yakha lapho utsandza khona.”
Ningakha kulelive letfu nihlale kanye natsi, ningahlala nome ngukuphi lapho nitsandza khona, ningasebenta ngekukhululeka nome kukuphi, nome nitisikele yenu indzawo.”
Utawuhlala eveni laseGosheni, ubesedvute nami, wena nebantfwabakho, nebatukulu bakho, nemihlambi yakho yetimvu, neyetinkhomo, nako konkhe lonako.
nibomphendvula nitsi: ‘Tinceku takho tibelusi betinkhomo kusukela ebusheni bato kuze kube ngunyalo, tsine nabobabe betfu.’ Nanimlandzise kanjalo, utanivumela kutsi nakhe lapha eGosheni.” Phela Josefa abesho loku, ngobe emaGibhithe abewubukela phansi umsebenti wekwelusa.
Josefa wabeka uyise nabomnakabo wabakhela eveni lelincono laseGibhithe, endzaweni levundze kakhulu, eceleni kwelidolobha laka-Ramsesi, njengobe abeyalwe nguFaro.
Josefa wabaphendvula watsi: “Letsani tinkhomo tenu, nitsenge ngato, ngitaninika-ke kudla, nangabe imali yenu seyiphelile.”
Sitfutsele kulelive, ngobe eKhenani indlala seyibhoke kangangobe sekuze kuphele nemadlelo alemfuyo yetfu. Siyakucela kutsi mane usivumele sikhosele eGosheni.”
Faro wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Uyihlo nabomnakenu bete kuwe.
Jerobowamu-ke bekayindvodza leme kahle, kwatsi kube Solomoni abone kutsi lelijaha liwenta kahle kanganani umsebenti walo, wabe sewulibeka indvuna yemisebenti yonkhe leyayentiwa ngemphoco bendlu yakaJosefa.
Waphindze wakha leminye imibhoshongo ehlane, wemba nemitfombo leminyenti, ngobe abefuye kakhulu, abenemihlambi leminyenti emaceleni etintsaba kanye nasematsafeni. Abenebantfu lababemsebentela emasimini, nasetivinini takhe etintsabeni kanye nasetindzaweni letivundzile, ngobe abetitsandza tekulima.
Ngetulu kwaloko khetsa emadvodza lafanele, naletsembekile, lesaba Nkulunkulu, nalengatsengeki, uwabeke abe baholi: betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi.
Wakhetsa emadvodza lafanele emkhatsini wesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli. Wawabeka aba baholi betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi.
Ngako base bacaphuna umlotsa etiko, bema embikwaFaro, Mosi wawusakata emoyeni, kwase kuvumbuka ematfumba laba tilondza letivulekile kubantfu nasetilwaneni.
Kodvwa letinye tato atizange tiwanake emavi aSimakadze; ngako tigcili tato netifuyo tato tatiyekelela ngaphandle tangete tatikhoselisa.
Inhlitiyo yenkhosi isesandleni saSimakadze, uyicondzisa kalula njengemanti emfula.
Use wambona nje umuntfu loyingcweti emsebentini wakhe? Nguye lowo loyawusetjentiswa ngemakhosi, angeke aweswele nemsebenti.
Kodvwa lamuhla sengiyakukhulula kuletinketane letisetandleni takho. Wota sambe nawe siye eBhabhulona, nawutsandza, ngitakunakekela. Kodvwa nawungafuni, ungeti. Buka la, lonkhe lelive lisembikwakho, yani lapho utsandza kuya khona.”
Ngobe uyiphe emandla ngetulu kwabo bonkhe bantfu, kuze itebapha kuphila lokuphakadze bonkhe labo loyiphe bona.
Lomunye wetinceku taSawula, lekwakunguDowegi, um-Edomu, abelapho embikwaSimakadze ngalelo langa, angumholi webelusi baSawula.