8 Wesuka lapho wakhuphukela ePheniyeli, nakhona wenta sona leso sicelo, kodvwa nabo bamphendvula njengalaba baseSukhothi.
Ngako-ke kuze kube ngulamuhla titukulwane taka-Israyeli atiwudli umsipha wenyonga, ngobe ngiwo lowo msipha lowatsintfwa kuJakobe.
Jerobowamu wabe sewubiyela iShekhemu, eveni letintsaba kulaka-Efrayimu, wahlala khona. Wesuka lapho waphuma wayakwakha iPhenuweli.
“Ingilosi yaSimakadze yatsi: ‘Calekisa Merozi. Calekisa bantfu bayo kabuhlungu, ngobe abazange bete kutawusita Simakadze, yebo, kutawusita Simakadze, nakalwa nalabanemandla.’
Ngingasitsatselani sinkhwa sami, nemanti ami kanye nenyama lengiyihlabele bahhuli betimvu bami, ngikuphe emadvodza lengingawati nekutsi aphumaphi?”