21 abedzinga kondliwa ngetimvutfuluka tekudla letatiwa etafuleni lalesicebi. Netinja tatita timkhotse tilondza.
Umfati waphendvula watsi: “Yebo, Nkhosi, ucinisile, kodvwa netinja tiyawatfola emavutfuluka lasele kubanikati bato.”
Kodvwa lomfati watsi kuye: “Yebo, kona Nkhosi, ucinisile; kodvwa noko netinja letingaphansi kwelitafula tiyawatfola emavutfuluka lawa kubantfwana.”
Esangweni lemuti wayo bekuhlala umuntfu labechakile, libito lakhe kunguLazaro, abenetilondza wonkhe umtimba,
“Lendvodza leluphuya yafa yemukelwa tingilosi, tayiyisa edzilini lasezulwini, lapho tefike tayibeka edvute na-Abrahama; nesicebi safa sangcwatjwa.
Kwatsi nase besutsi, watsi kubafundzi bakhe: “Butsani timvutfuluka letisele, kubete lokulahlekako.”
Kudzimate kube ngulesikhatsi siyalamba, some, sidzikite, simuklutwe, sibe ngimihambima lete emakhaya.
Ngasebenta kakhulu ngidvonsa matima. Bengike ngicwashe ngingalali, ngilambe, ngome, ngeswele kudla, ngiphatfwe lichwa, ngeswele nekwekwembatsa.