1 Njengesitfwatfwa ehlobo nome imvula nakuvunwako, kunjalo kudvumisa silima.
Hathaki waya kuModekhayi enkhundleni yelidolobha leyayisembikwelisango lesigodlo senkhosi.
Hathaki wabuyela emuva, wafike walandzisa Esta konkhe labekutjelwe nguModekhayi.
Lababi bayahambahamba; bubi sebaba ligugu kubantfu.
Akamtsandzi losalahlwe nguNkulunkulu, kodvwa uyabatisa labesaba Simakadze. Wenta sifungo, asigcine, nome sekumatima.
Wena sichwaga, utigabatiselani ngalokubi? Umusa waNkulunkulu uyawuma kuze kube phakadze.
Inkhulumo lenengcondvo ayikabhekeki kuphuma kumuntfu losihhema; kanjalo nemanga akabhekeki kuphuma emlonyeni wemuntfu lozitsile.
Umuntfu losilima akukafaneli atamase; kanjalo nesigcili akukafaneli kutsi sibuse emakhosi.
Emahhashi ayatalajwa, timbongolo tifakwa ematomu, netilima tiyashaywa.
Njengekubophela litje esidubulelweni, kunjalo kudvumisa silima.
Umbusi lobusa ngencindzetelo usilima; kodvwa lotondza kutsengeka uyawuphila sikhatsi lesidze.
Kodvwa nakungenjalo, akuphume umlilo ku-Abimeleki unidle, nine takhamiti taseShekhemu netaseBhethi Milo; akuphume umlilo nakini, nine takhamiti taseShekhemu netaseBhethi Milo, udle Abimeleki!”
Jothamu watsi kube atjelwe ngaloko, wenyuka waya esicongweni seNtsaba iGerizimu, wafike wamemetela khona watsi: “Lalelani kimi, takhamiti taseShekhemu, kuze Nkulunkulu anilalele.