3 Nasesemanzi uJakopo wabamba isithende sakamfowabo; nasele aqinile wabindana noZimu.
Ngemva kwakhe kwavela umfowabo akakarele isithende saka-Esewu ngesandlana sakhe; yeke bamthiya bona nguJakopo. U-Isaka gade aneminyaka ematjhumi asithandathu lokha uRabega nakababelethako.
Yeke uSomnini wasilingeka khulu ngo-Israyeli bewamsusa phambi kwakhe. Akakho owasalako ngaphandle kwekoro yakwaJuda kwaphela.
Ngebangelo-ke uSomnini wadela soke isizukulwana saka-Israyeli; wasenzela isizi bewasinikela ezandleni zabahlanguli, wasiqeda nya phambi kwakhe.
bekwaba kulokha uSomnini awasusa phambi kwakhe njengombana ayelelisa ngazo zoke iinceku zakhe abaphorofidi. Yeke u-Israyeli waya ekudingisweni, wasuka enarheni yekhabo wasiwa e-Asiriya, useselapho nanamhlanje.
USomnini uthi: “Ngalokho godu ngiyanimangalela, iye, ngimangalela iinzukulwana zenu.
Manje isiphetho siphezu kwakho, wena narha! Ngizakuthulula ilaka lami phezu kwakho, ngikugwebe ukuya ngeendlela zakho, ngibeke zoke iinkghabhudlho zakho phezu kwakho.
Nje-ke masinyana, ngizokuthululela itukuthelwami phezu kwakho narha, ngivuthele ilaka lami phezu kwakho. Ngizakugweba ngokufanele iindlela zakho, ngibeke zoke iinkghabhudlho zakho phezu kwakho.
Lalelani ilizwi lakaSomnini nina ma-Israyeli ngombana uSomnini unesililo ngezakhamuzi zenarha le: “Ngebanga lokobana akusenakwethembeka, neqiniso, nelwazi ngoZimu enarheni,
Kuzose kufane, okwenzeka ebantwini kuzakwenzeka nebaphristini. Ngizokuhlunguphaza abaphristi ngebanga leendlela zabo. Ngibabethe ngentongabo:
Nakhu okwatjhiwo nguSomnini: “Angizoyicolela iJuda ngombana yone kokona: Balahle umthetho kaSomnini begodu bangalalela imiyalwakhe. Badurhiswa bosingazimu, abosingazimu abalandelwa bokhokho babo.
Yizwani nina ntaba ukumangala kwakaSomnini, lalelani nina nsekelo zephasi ezinini nanini. Ngambala uSomnini umangalela abantu bakhe, ubiza u-Israyeli bona azoziphendulela:
Khonapho kwathi bangakabelethwa namkha benze nanyana yini ehle namkha embi (ukuze umnqopho kaZimu wokukhetha uragele phambili