39 “Kodvwa bokhokho betfu bala kumlalela; bamkhweshisela eceleni bafisa shangatsi ngabe babuyela emuva eGibhithe.
Solomoni wase ukhipha Abiyatha esikhundleni sebuphristi baSimakadze, ngako lagcwaliseka kanjalo livi laSimakadze labelikhulume eShilo ngemndeni wa-Eli.
Basesendleleni baba nemona naMosi kanye na-Aroni, longcwele waSimakadze.
Sakhuluma kubo satsi: “Sifisa shangatsi ngabe Simakadze wamane wasibulalela khona le eGibhithe, ngobe phela lapho besitihlalela phansi ngasemabhodweni, bese sidla inyama nekudla ngekutsandza kwetfu. Kodvwa nisiletse lapha ehlane kutewusibulala ngendlala sonkhe lesive.”
Kodvwa bantfu bomela emanti, bakhonona kuMosi batsi: “Yeyi wena! Wawusikhiphelani lena eGibhithe? Kantsi tsine nebantfwabetfu netifuyo tetfu wawusikhiphela kutsi utesibulala ngekoma la?”
Sesikhumbule eGibhithe lapho sasidla khona inhlanti mahhala, sasidla emaselwa, nemajoti, nashaladi na-anyanisi, negalikhi.
basola Nkulunkulu naMosi batsi: “Nasikhiphelani eGibhithe kuze sitewufela lapha ehlane? Kute kudla! Kute nemanti! Siyakwenyanya lokudla lokungenamsoco!”
Kodvwa lona abeshaya lomunye wakhweshisa Mosi watsi: ‘Ngubani losakwente waba ngumbusi nemehluleli etikwetfu wena?
Imimoya yebaphrofethi itfobela baphrofethi,
Gileyadi abenalamanye emadvodzana, labewatalelwe ngumkakhe. Atsi kube akhule lamadvodzana, ase ayamcosha Jeftha lapha ekhaya, atsi: “Ungeke usitfole sabelo lesilifa kulomndeni wakitsi, ngobe wena uyindvodzana yakalomunye umfati.”