12 Ngako Mikha wase ugcoba lensizwa lengumLevi, yase iba ngumphristi wakhe, yahlala ekhaya kakhe.
Jerobowamu wabumba tithico etindzaweni letiphakeme, wabeka nebaphristi labebavela kuto tonkhe tinhlobonhlobo tetive, ngisho nakuleto letatingasesiwo nemaLevi.
Watsi kuKhora nalesicumbi labesihola: “Ekuseni kusasa Simakadze utasikhombisa kutsi ngubani longewakhe nekutsi ngumuphi longcwele, utamsondzeta edvute naye. Lowo muntfu latikhetsele yena uyawumenta abesedvute naye.
Simakadze wakhuluma ku-Aroni, watsi: “Wena, nemadvodzana akho, nemndeni weyihlo kufanele netfwale bubi lobuphambene nendzawo lengcwele; wena-ke nemadvodzana akho niyakwetfwala tono leticondzene nebuphristi benu.
Ngako lomLevi wavuma kuhlala kalendvodza; lensizwa yaba njengalenye yemadvodzana ayo lendvodza.
Mikha wakhuluma yedvwa watsi: “Manje sengiyati kutsi Simakadze utaba nemusa kimi, njengobe lomLevi asangumphristi wami nje.”
Ngulapho-ke lapho bakaDani bafike batimisela khona letithico tabo. BoJonathani, umsa waGeshomu, labetalwa nguMosi, kanye nemadvodzana akhe babebaphristi besive sakaDani, kwaze kwaba sikhatsi sekutfunjwa kwelive.
Lensizwa yase ibatjela konkhe lokwentiwa nguMikha kuyo, yatsi: “Ungicashile, sengingumphristi wakhe.”