31 “Letinye tisebenti letatikanye naso natikubona loko, tadzabuka kakhulu, taya tayawubikela inkhosi yato konkhe lokwase kwentekile.
Lona-ke ngumlandvo wesitukulwane saJakobe. Josefa, labesaneminyaka leli-17, abelusa timvu netimbuti kanye nabomnakabo bekutalwa nguBilha, naZilpha, bafati beyise. Josefa abeletsa umbiko kuyise ngaloko lokubi lababekwenta.
Emehlo ami ageleta tinyembeti, ngobe bantfu abawugcini umtsetfo wakho.
Nangibuka tihlubuki, ngifikelwa kumangala, ngobe atiyigcini imiyalo yakho.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Inkhosi yadzabuka kakhulu, kepha ngenca yesifungo sayo lebeseyisentile embikwabo bonkhe lebeyihleti nabo ekudleni, yayaleta kutsi inikwe njengekufisa kwayo.
“Kepha satsi siphuma nje leso sisebenti, sahlangana nalesinye sisebenti lesasikanye naso, lesasisikweleda emaRandi lalishumi. Sasibamba sasekhama, satsi: ‘Khipha imali yami!’
Kepha sona sala, sahamba sayawusifaka ejele, size siyikhokhe.
“Inkhosi yaso yasibita yatsi kuso: ‘Sisebenti lesibi, lonkhe lelicala lesikwelede ngikutsetselele ngalesula ngobe ungincengile.
Wabatsi cala cala, acansukile, wadzabuka ngobe tinhlitiyo tabo tatilukhuni, tinenkhani, wase utsi kulomuntfu: “Yelula sandla sakho!” Waselula, saphila.
“Sisebenti sancandzeka, safike satjela lomnumzane waso. Lomnumzane watfukutsela, watselwa ngemanti, waze watsi kuso: ‘Sheshisa uye etindleleni nasetitaladini edolobheni ubite timphuya, netishosha, netimphumphutse netinchute.’
Asasondzela eJerusalema wayibuka wayililela.
Nijabule nalabajabulako, nikhale nalabakhalako.
Nginemahloni nangikuvuma kutsi mine bengehluleka kakhulu kuloko. Kodvwa nakukhona umuntfu lofuna kutigabatisa ngentfo letsite, loko-ke ngikusho njengesilima, nami futsi ngingatigabatisa.
Hloniphani baholi benu, nilalele imitsetfo yabo, ngobe balindza imiphefumulo yenu bangaphumuli, njengobe bayawulandzisa ngayo. Nanenta njalo, nibasita, umsebenti wabo batawenta ngekujabula, hhayi ngelusizi; ngobe nani kungeke kunisite loko.
Bakhumbuleni labasemajele, kube shangatsi nani niboshwe kanye nabo. Nibakhumbule nalabo labaphetfwe kabi, kube shangatsi nihlupheka kanye nabo.