15 Buvila benta umuntfu adzakwe butfongo, nemuntfu longasebenti uyalamba.
Umuntfu lolidlabha emsebentini wakhe ufanana nemuntfu lobhubhisako.
Livila liyasifaka sandla salo ekudleni endishini; kodvwa bese liyavilapha kusimikisa emlonyeni.
Ungalibali kulala, ngobe utawugcina umphofu. Hlala usebenta, khona utawuba nenala yekudla.
Livila litsi: “Kunelibhubesi lapha ngaphandle; ngitawutsi ngiyaphuma lingidle.”
Tidzakwa netimiti tiphetsa ngebuphuya. Nawuphila ngekulala ungasebenti, uyawugcina wembatsa emanikiniki.
“Kulalalala kancane nekwetelatela kancane, kanye nekugoca tandla kancane, uphumule;”
Ucaphelisisa konkhe lokwenteka ekhaya lakhe, akavilaphi.
Kodvwa buphuya butawufika kuwe bukunyonyobele njengelisela, nekweswela kukuhlasele njengesihlupheki.
Balindzi bema-Israyeli batimphumphutse, bonkhe abati lutfo; batigolwane, abakwati ngisho nekutsi buku; balibala kutsi bunyalala, babhudze kuphela, bayakutsandza kulala.
ngobe konkhe lokuvetwa kukhanya kuyabonakala. Ngako-ke kutsiwa: “Phaphama, wena lolele, uvuke kulabafile, naKhristu utakukhanyisa.”
Ngesikhatsi sisenani saneluleka satsi: “Nakukhona longasebenti, akasikudla.”