2 Kodvwa lesingani sakhe sasingaketsembeki kuye. Samshiya sabuyela ekhaya kubo eBhetlehema kulakaJuda. Sahlala lapho kwaze kwaphela tinyanga letine,
Wesukelana nekugwadlisa base-Asiriya futsi, ngobe wawusolo ungakeneliseki; nangemva kwaloko futsi wasala ungakeneli.
Nangabe indvodzakati yemphristi itingcolisa ngekugwadla, ihlazisa uyise, iyawushiswa ngemlilo ize ife.
lendvodzakati batayitsatsa bayekuyibeka emnyango wendlu yeyise, lapho takhamiti titawufike tiyigcobele khona ngematje ize ife, ngobe ihlazise Israyeli wonkhe, ngekuvula sibaya seyise isesekhaya kubo. Niyawukukhipha kanjalo-ke lokubi lokumila emkhatsini wenu.
Lenye insizwa yemndeni wakaLevi leyayiphuma eBhetlehema kulakaJuda, beyikadze ihlala nelusendvo lwakaJuda,
Ngaleso sikhatsi sive saka-Israyeli sasite inkhosi. Lomunye-ke umLevi labehlala endzaweni lesemaphandleni, eveni letintsaba kulaka-Efrayimu, waganwa watitsatsela nesingani saseBhetlehema kulakaJuda.
waze lomLevi wahamba wayakusincenga kutsi sibuye. Abehamba nesisebenti sakhe netimbongolo letimbili. Safike samngenisa endlini yeyise; uyise watsi nakambona, wamemukela ngekujabula.