10 Injabulo nekutsakasa kususiwe emahlatsini etitselo lahlanyelwe; kute namunye losahlabela amemete etivinini, sekute losahluta liwayini ematjeni ekulihluta, ngobe ngikucedzile kumemeta.
Bafihlita titselo temincumo etibebesini, bahlikihle ngematje ekuhluta liwayini; noko bajinge babulawe koma.
Etitaladini bakhalela liwayini; konkhe kujabula sekugucuke kwaba lusizi, konkhe kutsakasa sekudzingisiwe emhlabeni.
Ngesikhatsi nje lesingetudlwana kwemnyaka nine lenitiva niphephile nitawutfutfumela; sivuno semagelebisi siyawuba sibi, kutawubate nesivuno setitselo.
Kutsakasa nenjabulo sekusukile emahlatsini etitselo nasemasimini akaMowabi. Ngikumisile kugeleta kweliwayini ematjeni ekuhlutela, kute nalosawagcobagcoba ngekumemeta kwenjabulo. Nome-ke kukhona lokumemeta, kodvwa akusiko kwenjabulo.
Kubhujiswa sekufikile kuwe, wena lohlala eveni. Sikhatsi sesifikile, lilanga selisondzele, kunekwesaba, hhayi kujabula etikwetintsaba.
Umvini sewomile, nemkhiwa sewubunile kanjalo nemahananandza, nemasundvu, nesihlahla semahhabhula kanye nato tonkhe tihlahla tensimi setomile. Ngempela kujabula kweluntfu sekuphelile.
Nigcobagcoba labamphofu nibacindzetele kutsi baninike kudla. Ngako-ke, nome nakhe tindlu letinkhulu tematje, ningeke nihlale kuto; nome nihlanyele tivini letikhulu, ningeke nilinatse liwayini lato.
Kuyawuba khona kudzindza sililo kuto tonkhe tivini, ngobe ngiyakwendlula emkhatsini wenu nginijezise.”
Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ayeta emalanga, lapho bavuni bayakwengcelelwa ngulabalimako, nalabahlanyelako bengcelelwe ngulabahluta liwayini. Liwayini lelisha liyawuntfontsa etintsabeni, ligelete kuwo onkhe emagcuma.
Ingcebo yabo iyawuphangwa, netindlu tabo tibhidlitwe. Bayawukwakha tindlu, kodvwa bangahlali kuto; bayawuhlanyela tivini, kodvwa bangalinatsi liwayini lato.”
Batsi kube baphume bonkhe baye emasimini abo bayewuvuna emagelebisi, babuya bawahluta, base benta lidzili ethempelini lesithico sabo. Babetsi ngesikhatsi banatsa, badla, bacalekise Abimeleki.