4 Labo bangiyo imithi emibili ye-oliva nezinti ezimbili zesibani ezijame phambi kwakaSomnini iKosi yephasi.
U-Eliya owavela eTitjhibe yeGiliyadi wathi ku-Arhabi: “Ngifunga uSomnini uZimu wakwa-Israyeli engimlotjhako ngithi, akuzukuba nombethe nazulu eminyakeni ezako kufikela lapha ngitjho khona bona akube njalo.”
Abalungileko bazakubona lokho, besabe, bazakuhleka isikhohlakali, bathi:
“ ‘Kodwana mhlokho ngizokusebenza ngokwahlukileko enarheni yeGotjheni lapha kuhlala khona abantu bami. Angeze kwaba khona iimbawu lapho ukuze nazi bonyana mina Somnini ngisenarheni le.
Mbala, okuthetheko ungumbumbi wakho, ibizo lakhe nguSomnini uMninimandlawoke; umhlengakho ungoCwengileko ka-Israyeli, ubizwa bona nguZimu wephasi loke.
Mina Somnini khengakubiza bona umumuthi wama-oliva ohlaza noneenthelo ezihle neziqalekako. Kodwana ngomdumo wokuhlokoma kwesiqubuthu, ngizawuthungela ngomlilo amagatjawo atjhwabe.
bese uthi: “Sikima ugadange, ndodakazi yeZiyoni ngombana ngizakuhlomela iimpondo zesimbi, ngikufake iinqatha zekoporo bese upitliza izizwe ezinengi. Ulethe kimi iinzuzo zazo ezizifumene ngobugirikijani, kimi mina Kosi yephasi loke.”
“Akakho okhanyisa isibani asibeke ekusithekeni namkha ngaphasi kwesitja. Kunalokho usibeka ngesitjeni saso ukuze labo abangenako bakwazi ukubona umkhanyo.
Yeke hlalani nilindile, nithandaze njalo ukuze nikghone ukuphunyurha koke okuzokwenzeka nokobana nikghone ukujama phambi kweNdodana yoMuntu.”
Kodwana nakube iingala ezithileko bezephuliwe, kwathi wena olihlumela le-oliva yemmangweni, wahlonyelelwa esikhundleni sazo, wahlanganyela emrajini onothileko womuthi we-oliva,
Ngesikhatheso uSomnini wahlukanisela ikoro yakwaLevi kobana ithwale umfaji wesivumelwano sakhe nokobana ibe ziinceku zakhe ukuze ilotjhe uSomnini beyibusise ebizweni lakhe njengombana kunjalo nanamhlanje.
Ifihlakalo yeenkwekwezi ezilikhomba ozibonileko ngesidleni sami kanye nezinti zegolide zeembani ezilikhomba zingilokhu: Iinkwekwezi ezilikhomba ziziingilozi zamabandla alikhomba nezinti zeembani ezilikhomba zegolide zimabandla alikhomba.”