29 Umuntfu loletsa kuhlupheka ekhaya lakhe ulahlekelwa lifa lakhe. Silima siyakuhlala sisisebenti sesihlakaniphi.
Jakobe wakhuluma kuboSimeyoni naLevi watsi: “Manje seningiletsele luhlupho, seningibangele kutsi ngitondzeke lapha kulabantfu bakulendzawo, kumaKhenani nakumaPheresi. Mine nginemadvodza lambalwa, ngako nabangahlangana bangihlasele bonkhe kanyekanye, bangangibhubhisa kanye nemndeni wami.”
Bantfu lababi bakhotsamela bantfu labalungile, nalabangakalungi bema emasangweni alolungile.
Umuntfu lofuna inzuzo ngendlela lembi uletsa kuhlupheka ekhaya lakhe; kodvwa umuntfu lotondza kudizelwa uyawuphila.
Nako loko kuyimvisabuhlungu: Kufika kwemuntfu kufanana nekuhamba kwakhe; utfolani-ke umuntfu, nangabe kantsi wonkhe lomshikashika wakhe ungumoya nje?
“Bahlanyela umoya bavune siwunguwungwana. Luhlanga alunaso sishakato; lungeke lusivete sivuno. Kube belungatsela tinhlavu, betive bebangaluphanga.
Ase ucabange, ubone kutsi ungahle wenteni, ngobe umnumzane wetfu lona kanye nemndeni wakhe wonkhe ulengela engotini lenkhulu. Unenkhani kangangobe kute lamlalelako, nakhuluma naye.”
Libito layo lendvodza bekunguNabali, kantsi umkayo bekungu-Abigayili. Lomkakhe abehlakaniphile amuhle, kodvwa lendvodza yayingumKhalebi losibheva lesibi.
Emvakwemalanga labengaba lishumi Simakadze washaya Nabali, wafa.