40 Bamane bamhleka bulima nje. Wabakhiphela ngephandle bonkhe, watsatsa uyise nenina walomntfwana, nalabo labebanaye, wangena nabo lapho bekunemntfwana khona.
Ngako-ke Loti waphuma waya kubakhwenyana bakhe lababetawutsatsa emadvodzakati akhe, wefike watsi: “Sheshisani siphume, ngobe Simakadze sewutayibhubhisa lendzawo.” Kepha bamtsatsa njengemuntfu lonamako nje.
Wangena, wabavalela umnyango bobabili, wase uthandaza kuSimakadze.
Kwatsi kube boSanbalati, umHoroni, naThobiya, indvuna yaka-Amoni, kanye naGeshemu, um-Arabu, bakuve loko, basiphukuta basihhalatisa, batsi: “Yini-ke lena lesenicale kuyenta? Senivukela inkhosi yini?”
Sengiyinhlekisa ngisho nakubangani bami, lite nome Nkulunkulu angiphendvula nangikhala kuye, ngaba yintfo yekuhlekwa nje, lite nome ngilungile futsi ngingenacala.
Bonkhe labangibonako bayangiphukuta, badvubula imilomo bancife, banikine netinhloko, batsi:
Akusiko lokungena emloyeni lokumngcolisako umuntfu, kodvwa ngulokuphuma emlonyeni loku lokumngcolisako.”
“Ningatiniki tinja lokungcwele, ningawalahli etihhontjini ematje enu laligugu, funa tiwagcobagcobe ngetinselo tato, bese tigucukela kini tiyanidzabudzabula.”
Watsi kube angene, watsi kubo: “Nikhalelani, nidzindza sililo nje? Lomntfwana akafi, ulele.”
Wafike wabamba lomntfwana ngesandla, watsi kuye: “Thalitha, khumi,” lokusho kutsi: “Ntfombatana, ngitsi kuwe: Vuka!”
BaFarisi nabakuva loku, bamphukuta Jesu, ngobe phela babeyitsandza imali.
Kwatsi nabamuva akhuluma ngekuvuka kulabafile, labanye bamhleka bulima, kepha labanye batsi: “Sitawubuye sikuve nawukhuluma ngaloko.”