20 Kodwana indabami ngawe kukobana unyamezelela umfazi okuthiwa nguJezebheli, ozibiza athi umphorofidi bona afundise iinsebenzi zami bona zenze ubufebe nokudla okuhlatjelwe iinthombe.
Wabona inga akukaneli ukudlhemadlhema eendleleni zokona kwakaJerobhowamu umsa kaNebathi, watjhada no-Izebeli indodakazi ka-Ethi-Bhali ikosi yamaTsidoni, bewakhamba alotjha uBhali wamkhothamela.
U-Eliya wathi kuye: “Ungesabi. Khamba uye ekhaya ufese wenze njengombana utjhwile. Kodwana uthome ngokwenzela mina iqebelengwanyana ngalokho onakho ukulethe kimapha bese-ke uzenzela wena nomsanyanakho
Uzakusela emlanjanenapho begodu ngilayele amagubulu bonyana akondle.”
Lokha uJehoramu nakabona uJehu wabuza wathi: “Uze ngokuthula na, Jehu?” UJehu waphendula wathi: “Kungaba njani nokuthula nangabe ubungwadla nobuloyi bakanyoko u-Izebeli busarhagele kangaka?”
Ufanele ubhubhise indlu ka-Arhabi ikosakho begodu ngizozibuyiselela ngeengazi zeenceku zami abaphorofidi nezazo zoke iinceku zami ezathululwa ngu-Izebeli.
Ningenzi isivumelwano nabahlali benarha le ngombana bazakuthi lokha nabadlhemadlhema ngemva kwabosingazimu babo babahlabele bese bayanimema bona nigome imihlabelwabo.
“Nje-ke wena ndodana yomuntu, beka ubuso bakho emadodakazini wabantu bekhenu, aphorofida ngokwemicabangwawo; iye, phorofida ngokujamelana nawo.
Endaweni yalokhu, asibatloleleni incwadi sibatjele bona batjhide emanyaleni weenthombe, batjhide ebungwadleni, bangadli isilwana esikghanyiweko kanye nobubende
Tjhidani ekudleni okuhlatjelwe iinthombe, ekudleni ububende nokukghanyiweko, nitjhide nebungwadleni. Naningenzi izintwenzi, nizabe nenza kuhle. Salani kuhle.
Kodwana nangabe omunye uthi kini: “Lokhu kuhlatjelwe abosingazimu,” ningabe nisakugoma ngebanga laloyo otjho njalo nangebanga lakanembeza,
Kodwana kukhona okungangiphathi kuhle ngawe: Kukhona abathileko hlangana nani ababambelele eemfundisweni zakaBhalamu, owafundisa uBhalaki bona abeke isikhubekiso phambi kwabakwa-Israyeli, kobana badle okuhlatjelwe iinthombe nokuziphatha ngobufebe.
Kodwana nginalokhu ngawe: Ulilahlile ithando lakho lokuthoma.