5 Adamu wafa asaneminyaka lengema-930.
Uyawusebenta kamatima, ukujulukele kudla kwakho, udzimate ubuyele emhlabatsini, ngobe vele watsatfwa kuwo; njengobe ulutfuli, uyawubuyela elutfulini.”
Enoshi wafa asaneminyaka lengema-905.
Emalanga a-Adamu emvakwekutalwa kwaSethi aba ngiminyaka lengema-800, asatele emadvodzana nemadvodzakati.
Kwatsi Sethi nasaneminyaka leli-105, watala Enoshi.
Sethi wafa asaneminyaka lengema-912.
Njengemanti lacitsekele phansi, angeke abutseke futsi, natsi kufanele sife. Kodvwa Nkulunkulu akabulali, esikhundleni saloko wenta tindlela letitsite, kuze kutsi umuntfu lodzingisiwe angahlali akhashane naye.
Adamu abenguyise waSethi, umsa waSethi kungu-Enoshi,
Ngiyati kutsi uyawungehlisela phansi kulabafile, endzaweni lemiselwe bonkhe labaphilako.
Ngubani nje umuntfu loyawuphila angafi? Ngubani nje longatigodla yena angayi ethuneni? Cabanga.
Iminyaka yekuphila kwetfu ingiminyaka lengemashumi lasikhombisa, nangabe sisacinile iba ngiminyaka lengemashumi lasiphohlongo; noko linyenti laleyo minyaka seliphetse kuhlupheka nelusizi. Kuphila kwetfu kwendlula ngekushesha, yebo, siyandiza sihambe.
ngesikhatsi bantfu besaba konkhe lokuphakeme, kanye netingoti tasetitaladini, ngesikhatsi tihlahla te-alimondi setichakaza, nentsetse itotoba endleleni yayo, nenkhabunkhabu iphela. Umuntfu uya ekhaya lakhe laphakadze, labalilako bazulazula etitaladini.
Mkhumbule yena, lutfuli lusengakabuyeli emhlabatsini, lapho lwatsatfwa khona, nemoya usengakabuyeli kuNkulunkulu lowawuniketa.
Liciniso, labaphilako bayati kutsi batakufa, kodvwa labafile abati lutfo; sebate umvuzo, abasakhunjulwa ngisho nekukhunjulwa.
Tembatfo takho atihlale timhlophe, nenhloko yakho ihlale igcotjiswe ngemafutsa enjabulo.
Ngobe wonkhe umuntfu lophefumulako, wami, uyise kanye nemsa wakhe, bonkhe ngalokufananako, bami. Umuntfu lowonako nguye loyakufa.
kuze nitsandze Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, nive liphimbo lakhe, ninamatsele kuye. Simakadze uyimphilo yenu, futsi uyakuninika iminyaka leminyenti kulelo live lalifungela kulinika bokhokho benu, bo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe.”
Bantfu bamiselwe kutsi bafe kanye, bese kutsi emvakwaloko bayekwehlulelwa.