37 Ngubani oyale ukwenzeka kwehlekelele? Lokho azange kuvele emlonyeni kaSomandla.
Kodwana ikosi yathi: “Niyithenga ngani indaba le, nina besa bakaTseruya? Ayithukane! Mhlamunye uSomnini uyivumele bona ingithuke. Besibobani-ke thina bonyana singabuza sithi, ‘Ungenwe yini lo?’ ”
Khonapho kwase kwaba nodumuza ngomsebe angakanqophi muntu, wanemba ikosi yakwa-Israyeli hlangana nomphetho wesiphanga sembaji yepi. Ikosi leyo yathi kumtjhayeli wekaranayo: “Jikisa ikarana ungikhuphe epinapha, nakhu sele ngilimele khulu.”
Kuthe asakhuluma nabo njalo, mbala nasi ikosi ivela yehlela ngakuye idlumbana ithi: “Angithi nguZimu osehlisele ihlekelele engaka le. Alo, ngizabe ngisamlindelelani bona asisize?”
Izinto engihlupheka ngazo wazifihla ehliziywenakho; kodwana manje ngiyazi bonyana lokhu kuyihloswakho ngami:
Kodwana yena wathi kuye: “Ukhuluma njengesidlhadlha somfazi. Kanti sizakwamukela okuhle kwaphela kuZimu singasamukela nokumbi na?” Kikho koke lokho uJobho azange one begodu azange akhulume litho elimbi.
UFaro wathi kibo: “Nidlumbana bonyana uSomnini unani kangako kobana ngingabeze nginitjhaphulule nikhambe nababuthakathaka benu na? Ngambala ninamaqhinga nina!
Ehliziywenakhe umuntu utlama indlelakhe, kodwana uSomnini uhlosa amagadangwakhe.
Manengi amaqhinga asehliziyweni yomuntu, kodwana ukuphumelela kwawo kusentandweni kaSomnini.
Akunakuhlakanipha, ukuzwisisa neseluleko okuzakuphumelela ukujamelana noSomnini.
omemezela isiphetho ekuthomeni, iye, ekadeni lokho okungakenzeki. Ngithi, ‘Ihloswami izakujama begodu ngizakwenza koke engikufunako.’
Ngambala ngijamelene nalabo abaphorofida ngamabhudango wamala.” Kutjho uSomnini. “Badurhisa abantu bami ngokubatjela amala nokuzikhukhumeza kwabo, khisibe azange ngibathume namkha ngibayale. Ekugcineni ababasizi ngalitho abantwaba.” Kutjho uSomnini.
Zoke izizwe zephasi zithathwa njengelize, wenza akuthandako eendalweni zezulu, iye, ngokunjalo nebantwini bephasi. Akakho noyedwa ongaphaya isandla sakhe, namkha athi kuye: “Wenzani na?”
Angithi wathi kuMosi: “Ngizokurhawukela engimrhawukelako, ngizwele engimzwelako.”
Kuye godu sakhethwa, saquntelwa ngaphambilini ukuya ngehlelo laloyo owenza koke ngokukhambisana nehloso yentando yakhe,