12 Umuntfu ngiyakumenta asweleke kakhulu kunegolide lecengekile, ngimente abe yindlala kunegolide yase-Ofiri, lengatfolakali kalula.
Abehamba ngemkhumbi aye e-Ofiri, abuye negolide leyayingemakhilogremu langetulu kweti-14 000, afike ayetfule enkhosini Solomoni.
na-Ofiri, naHavila, naJobabi. Bonkhe laba bekungemadvodzana aJokthane.
Ngeke sekutsengwe ngisho nangegolide yase-Ofiri, nangelitje leliligugu i-oniksi nome emasafire.
loyawubamba tinswane takho atisacate emadvwaleni.
Emadvodzakati emakhosi asemkhatsini wetintfombi takho telikhetselo; nangesandleni sakho sangesekudla kume indlovukazi levunule tembatfo tegolide yase-Ofiri.
Nemisalela yetihlahla telihlatsi lakhe iyawuba mbalwa kangangekutsi ngisho nemntfwana angatibhala phansi.
Ngako-ke sicalekiso siyawushwabudzela umhlaba, bantfu bawo kufanele baletfwale licala labo. Ngako-ke labahlala emhlabeni bayashiswa, kusale babe mbalwa kakhulu.
Ngalelo langa labasikati labasikhombisa bayawuhlanganyela indvodza yinye, batsi kuyo: “Sitatidlela kudla kwetfu siphindze sitembatsise; intfo nje, sicela kutsi simane sibitwe ngawe. Susa lelihlazo letfu!”
Ngase ngitsi: “Awu! Simakadze, kutawuze kube ngunini?” Wangiphendvula watsi: “Kuyawuze kubhujiswe emadolobha, kubete bantfu labahlala kuwo; tindlu tize tibe tindzala, nemasimi abhujiswe aze onakale,
naSimakadze aze abasakatele khashane bantfu, live lisale lingasenalutfo selikhohlakele.