10 Badlile, kodwana asoze basutha; bangwadlile, kodwana asoze bande. ngebanga lokobana abaphristi batjhiye uSomnini,
Ngemva kokuhlongakala kwakaJehoyada, iinkhulu zakwaJuda zeza zazozirhuhlarhuhla ngekosi, yeke yazilalela.
Kodwana labo abaphendukela eendleleni zamabatha, uSomnini akabaqotjhe neengilamkhuba. Ukuthula akube phezu kwaka-Israyeli.
Emehlwenaso sizitjhaya khulu kobana singabona icala laso besilizonde.
Olungileko ugoma abe aneliseke, kodwana izisu zeenkhohlakali ziyaswela.
Mhlapha nje nina nitjhugulukile nabe nenza okufaneleko phambi kwami: Omunye nomunye wenu umemezele itjhaphuluko emuntwini wekhabo. Nenze nesivumelwano phambi kwami ngethempelini elibizwa ngami.
Ngubani ohlakaniphe ngokwaneleko ukwazi lokhu na? USomnini ngokwakhe ukhulume nobani ukuze umuntu loyo akumemezele na? Kubayini inarha irhayilwe beyaba libhudu njengerhalawumba, kwangasaba nomuntu odlula kiyo?
Kodwana lokha olungileko ajika ekulungeni kwakhe enze ubukhohlakali, iye, enze ngokweenkghabhudlho zoke ezenziwa mumuntu okhohlakeleko, uzakuphila na? Awa, akukho nesisodwa sezenzo zakhe ezilungileko esizakukhunjulwa. Ngebanga lokungathembeki kwakhe nangesono asenzileko, uzakufa.
Ngaphakathi kwakho kuneenrhwirirhwiri ezithulula iingazi; kunabadlela phezu kweentaba, kanye nabaziphatha ngameswe.
Angizokuhlunguphaza amadodakazenu lokha nazinikelela ngobungwadla nabomalukazana benu nabahlobongako ngombana abapristaba bandinda neengwadla bebenze nemihlabelo neentjhatjha zethempeli. Abantu abangayeleliko bazakubhubha
Boke abathembeki. Banjenge-ondo yomlilo etjhisako, ongafuni umbhagi awukhwezelele, kusukela ekubhicweni kwehlama bekube sekukhukhumaleni kwayo.
Ngizokwephula umphekgho wesikwa senu bese abafazi abalitjhumi bahlanganyele ekubhageleni imindenabo ipani eyodwa nge-ondweni yinye. Isikwa sakhona sihlukaniselwane ngokulinganisiweko. Nizakudla kodwana ningasuthi.
Uzakudla, kodwana ungasuthi; (Lokha naniya emabhayini imbewakho ayizukuba nepilo, nakungenzeka ibe nepilo ngizayinikelela ngekemba.)
Ngizakuphelisa nabahlanuka uSomnini bangasayifuna ngokungasabuzi kiyo.
Nitjele khulu, kodwana nivuna kancani. Niyagoma, kodwana anisuthi. Niyasela kodwana anikholwa. Niyembatha, kodwana anifuthumali. Niyarhola bese nifaka umrholo ngembadeni evuzako.”