8 Ekhatsi nebusuku Bowazi watsi uyaphaphama wetfuka sekulele umuntfu lomsikati etinyaweni takhe.
Ngesikhatsi Bowazi asadlile wanatsa, wativela ajabulile; ngako wahamba wayawulala eceleni kwencumbi yakolo. Ruthe wanyonyoba wasondzela kuBowazi, wafike wagwabula ingubo ngasetinyaweni takhe wangena, walala.
Wambuta watsi: “Ungubani wena?” Wamphendvula watsi: “NginguRuthe, incekukati yakho, njengobe usihlobo sami sengati sengitetfula kuwe kutsi ungifukamele. Ngicela kutsi ungingene.”