10 Emehlo a-Israyeli abengasaboni kahle, ngenca yebudzala, abesafifiyela. Ngako Josefa wawasondzeta kuye. Jakobe wawanga, wawagaca ngemikhono.
Kwatsi Isaka asamdzala kakhulu, emehlo akhe asafiphele angasaboni kahle. Watfumela wabita Esawu, indvodzana yakhe lendzala, wafike watsi kuye: “Msawami!” Wasabela watsi: “Ngilapha, babe.”
Wasondzela, wamanga. Watsi nakaliva liphunga letimphahla takhe, wambusisa watsi: “Awu, liphunga lendvodzana yami linjengeliphunga lasetsafeni, litsafa lelabusiswa nguSimakadze.
Labani wavuka ngakusasa ekuseni ngetingweti, wanga batukulu bakhe nemadvodzakati akhe, wababusisa, wancandzeka wabuyela ekhaya kakhe.
Bonkhe labomnakabo wabanga, akhala; emvakwaloko bonkhe labomnakabo base bakhuluma naye.
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Ngangingasacabangi kutsi ngiyawuphindze ngibubone buso bakho, kodvwa Nkulunkulu sewungivumele kutsi ngikubone, ngaze ngabona ngisho nebantfwabakho futsi.”
Israyeli nakabona emadvodzana aJosefa, wabuta watsi: “Bakabani labafana?”
Elisha washiya leto tinkhabi walandzela Elija, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Ase ngimane ngange bobabe namake, ngibavalelise, ngitawube sengiyabuya ngita lapha kuwe.”
Ngaleso sikhatsi balindzi bendlu bayawutfutfumela, nemadvodza lanemandla ayawutfotfobala, lapho basili bayakuyekela kusila, ngobe nalabo basili bayawube sebambalwa; nalabo labalunguta ngemafasitelo bangabe basahlola;
Nembala, ingalo yaSimakadze ayiyimfisha kangako kutsi ingete yasindzisa, nendlebe yakhe ayisiso sihhulu kutsi ingete yeva.
Yenta inhlitiyo yalabantfu ibe ndzindzima, netindlebe tabo tibe butfuntfu ekuveni, uvale nemehlo abo, bangahle babone ngemehlo abo, beve ngetindlebe tabo, bacondzisise ngetinhlitiyo tabo, bagucuke, bese bayaphiliswa.”
Mosi abesaneminyaka leli-120 budzala ngesikhatsi afa, noko emehlo akhe abengakacundzeki, kantsi futsi nasemtimbeni abesecinile.
Ngalobunye busuku Eli, labesanemehlo labutsakatsaka asabona kalufifi, abelele endzaweni yakhe njengasemihleni.
labesaneminyaka lengema-98 budzala, nemehlo akhe abengasaboni.