16 Laba-ke ngibo lababekhetsiwe kutsi babe baholi emindenini yabo. Babebaholi bemindeni yaka-Israyeli.
Ngetulu kwaloko khetsa emadvodza lafanele, naletsembekile, lesaba Nkulunkulu, nalengatsengeki, uwabeke abe baholi: betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi.
Wakhetsa emadvodza lafanele emkhatsini wesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli. Wawabeka aba baholi betinkhulungwane, nebemakhulu, nebema-50, nebemashumi.
Simakadze utsi: “Betlehema Efratha, nome ungulomunye wemiti lemincane yakaJuda, kodvwa ngiyawuveta kuwe umbusi loyawubusa sive saka-Israyeli. Lusendvo lwakhe luyawusukela kulolo lwaluvele lukhona kwasekucaleni.”
Emndenini wakaNaftali kuyawuba ngu-Ahira, umsa wa-Enani.”
BoMosi na-Aroni batsatsa lamadvodza labesakhetsiwe,
Kulowo nalowo mndeni niyawucela munye loyinhloko lemelele lowo mndeni kutsi anisite.
Kodvwa nakukhala linye licilongo kuphela, kuyawubutsana kuwe baholi bodvwa, lekungutona tinhloko tetive tema-Israyeli.
Ngitakwehla ngitewukhuluma nawe lapho, ngitsatse lokunye lokukwaMoya lokukuwe ngikunike bona. Batakusita ekwetfwaleni umtfwalo walesive kanye nawe, khona ungetikwetfwala wedvwa.
bavukela Mosi. Babutsa bantfu labanyenti labebatiwa esiveni sonkhe, kwaba ngema-Israyeli labengema-250, lababengubona bakhetsiwe batinhloko.
Emadvodzana a-Eliyabe bekuboNemuweli, naDathani, na-Abiramu. BoDathani na-Abiramu bebangulabaholi labavukela Mosi na-Aroni; bebangulabanye bebalandzeli baKhora nabavukela Simakadze.
Mosi wakhuluma nebaholi betive tema-Israyeli, watsi: “Nankhu umyalo waSimakadze:
Baholi lababetinhloko tetive tema-Israyeli labo lababephetse nakwentiwa lubalo, baletsa iminikelo.
Ngako ngatsatsa labaholi betive tenu, emadvodza lahlakaniphile nalahloniphekile, ngawabeka kutsi anengamele, abe tindvuna tetinkhulungwane, netemakhulu, netema-50, netemashumi, nekutsi abe tiphatsimandla taletive tenu.
Gideyoni wabuta, watsi: “Kodvwa Simakadze, ngingamsindzisa njani Israyeli? Lusendvo lwakitsi alusilutfo kuso sonkhe sive sakaManase, nami ngingulomncane kakhulu emndenini waketfu.”
Sawula wakhuluma kuto watsi: “Lalelani, madvodza akaBhenjamini! Indvodzana yaJese itaninika nonkhe yini emasimi netivini? Itanenta nonkhe yini kutsi nibe tindvuna tetinkhulungwane netindvuna temakhulu?
Ngako-ke tifuneni nitati kahle tonkhe leto tindzawo labhaca kuto, nibuye nite lapha kimi senineliciniso ngato. Mine-ke ngitawube sengihamba nani, nangabe akulelo live, ngitawutfunguluta ngimfune emkhatsini wato tonkhe tinsendvo temaJuda.”