2 Bayangililela bathi: ‘Maye, Sivumelwano sethu, thina, Israyeli, sinetjhebiswano nawe!’
UJehu wathi: “Namba uzokubona ukutjhisakalela kwami uSomnini uZimu.” Yeke wakhamba naye ngekaranakhe.
Nokho, akhange aphambuke ezonweni zakaJerobhowamu umsa kaNebathi, abangela ngazo bonyana u-Israyeli one ngokulotjha amakonyana wegolide eBhethe-Eli nakwaDani.
Ningathembeli emazwini adurhisako athi: “Nanti-ke ithempeli lakaSomnini! Nanti-ke ithempeli lakaSomnini! Nanti-ke ithempeli lakaSomnini!
Yeke ngizakubuyela endawenami ngilinde bebavume umlandwabo. Bazakufuna ubuso bami; esizini labo bazangifuna bebangifunisise.”
Kodwana u-Israyeli ulahle okuhle; nje-ke isitha siseenthendeni zakhe.
Abaphathi bakhona bagweba ngokudizelwa, abaphristi bakhona bafundisa ngokubhadelwa, nabaphorofidi bakhona baphorofidela imali. Bazisama ngoSomnini bathi: “Ngambala uSomnini uphakathi kwethu. Akunamatlhuwo angasehlela.”
“Ngemva kwesikhathi amatlawu laya afika athi, ‘Kosi! Kosi! Sivulela singene!’
“Akusuye woke othi kimi, ‘Kosi, Kosi’ ozakungena embusweni wezulwini, kodwana kwaphela loyo owenza intando kaBaba osezulwini.
Nasele umninimuzi asikimile wavala ibadi, nizakujama ngaphandle nikokode benirabhele nithi, ‘Kosi, yewusivulele.’ Kodwana uzakuphendula athi, ‘Anginazi, angazi nokobana nibuyaphi!’
Bazitjhaya sengathi bayamazi uZimu kodwana ngezenzo zabo bayamlandula. Bayanyenyisa, abezwa, abakalungeli ukwenza nanyana yini elungileko.
Loyo othi: “Ngiyamazi,” kodwana angalondi imiyalwakhe, unamanga begodu neqiniso alikho kuye.