27 Kodvwa tinceku takho, onkhe emadvodza lahlomele kuyakulwa emphini, atakwewela ayekulwa embikwaSimakadze, njengobe inkhosi yetfu isho.”
Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, labengumsiti waMosi kusukela ebusheni bakhe, wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “Nkhosi yami, Mosi, bathulise!”
Aroni watsi kuMosi: “Hhawu, nkhosi, mane ungasijezisi ngalesono setfu lesisente ngebulima.
Kodvwa tsine silungele kutsi sihlome sihambe embili kwema-Israyeli, size siwafikise eveni lawo. Ngaleso sikhatsi bafati betfu nebantfwabetfu batawube bahleti emadolobheni lavikelekile, kuze bavikeleke baphephe kulabantfu balelive.
Ngako-ke Mosi wanika imiyalo ngabo ku-Eleyazare, umphristi, nakuJoshuwa, umsa waNuni, nakubaholi betive tema-Israyeli.
Batsi: “Ngesikhatsi Simakadze ayala inkhosi yami kutsi lelive ulabele ngenkatho kuma-Israyeli kutsi kube lifa lawo, wayala kutsi lifa lemnaketfu Selofehadi linikwe emadvodzakati akhe.
Emadvodza esive sakaRubeni nesakaGadi nencenye yesive sakaManase akhuphuka nawo ahlomile ahamba embikwesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli, njengobe Mosi abebalayele.