3 Qala, abantwana balilifa elivela kuSomnini; isithelo sesibeletho simvuzo ovela kuye.
UZimu wababusisa wathi kibo: “Belethani nande, nizalise iphasi nilibuse; nibuse phezu kweenhlambi zelwandle, iinyoni zomkayi naphezu kwenyabanyaba yoke ekhamba phezu kwephasi.”
Babusisa uRabega bathi: “Dadwethu, sengathi ungaba ngunina weenkulungwana ngeenkulungwana; kwangasuthi iinzukulwana zakho zingathumba amadorobho wamanabazo!”
Kuthe bona u-Esewu avuse amehlo wabona amakhosikazi nabantwana, wabuza wathi: “Bobani abakhamba nawaba?” UJakopo wathi: “Bantwana okuthe uZimu ngesisa sakhe wabapha incekwakho.”
Indoda yeyama umkayo, wazithwala, wabeletha uKhayini wathi: “Ngiveze indoda ngokusizwa nguSomnini.”
wathi kimi, ‘Ngizokwenza ubelethe ngikwandise kuvele iinkoro ngeenkoro kuwe. Ngizokupha iinzukulwana zakho emva kwakho inarha le kube lilifa lazo lanini nanini.’
yesithandathu kunguYitriyamu, emfazini kaDavida u-Egila.
USomnini ungiphe amadodana amanengi, yeke kwathi kiwo woke wakhetha indodanami uSolomoni bona ihlale esihlalweni sobukhosi bakhe phezu kwaka-Israyeli.
Amadodana ka-Ulamu bekuziingorho ezikwazi ukusebenzisa umsebe. Gade zinamadodana nabazukulu abanengi; balikhulu namatjhumi amahlanu sebaboke. Boke labo bekuziinzukulwana zakaBhenjamini.
Beyinamadodana alikhomba namadodakazi amathathu.
Imisebawo izokubulala amasokana, akazukuba nezwelo phezu kwesithelo sesibeletho; amehlwawo akazukurhawukela abantwana.
Qala, ngilapha mina nabantwana uSomnini angiphe bona kobana babe matshwayo neembonakaliso kwa-Israyeli. Koke lokhu kubuya kuSomnini uMninimandlawoke ohlala entabeni iZiyoni
USomnini uzanandisela ipumelelo: Nizakuba nabantwana abanengi, ifuyo enengi neenthelo ezinengi zequlwani enarheni ayifungele ukuyinikela aboyihlomkhulu.
Kuzakubusiswa iimbeletho zenu, iinthelo zequlwanenu, inzalo yeenlwana zenu: Iinkomo, izimvu neembuzi zenu zizakwanda.
Yena gade anamadodana amatjhumi amathathu namadodakazi amatjhumi amathathu. Wendisela amadodakazi lawo eenkorweni zangaphandle, godu wathathela amadodanakhe abomalukazana eenkorweni zangaphandle. Wakhokhela ama-Israyeli iminyaka elikhomba.
Umsana lo, ngangimthandazela. USomnini wanginikela engikubawileko kuye.