12 Isidiribe sibunile, nemithi yamakhiwani ithintithekile. Amarharinadi, amasundu nemithi yama-apula kanye nayo yoke imithi yemmangweni itjhwabile. Kwamambala, ithabo labantu linyelele.
Banengi abathi: “Ngathana singabona okuhle! Somnini, yewusikhanyisele!”
Amehlwami abonile ukuwa kwamanabami neendlebe zami zizwile ukubhubha kwabajamelani bami.
Njengomuthi wamahabhula hlangana nehlathi, sinjalo-ke isithandwa sami hlangana namasokana. Maye ngikhanuka kangangani ukuhlala emthunzinaso nesithelo saso sizakuba bulende kurhwalabhami.
Wena umthombo wemithi yamarharinada endaweni yokuphumula kanye neenthelo ezimnandi, ihena nenaridi,
Itokozo nethabo kususiwe esivandeni seenthelo; eendiribeni akusabhinwa iingoma, akusahlokonywa nomtlhodlhi wewayini akasekho ebutlhodlhelweni. USomnini wathi: “Ngikuthulisile ukuhlokoma!”
Eendledlaneni kulilwa ngewayini, ithabo loke linyelele, ukuthakasa enarheni kuphelile.
Iwayini liyoma, isidiribe siyatjhwaba, boke abazithokozisako bayabubula.
Sewusikhulisile isizwe, wandisa nokuthaba kwaso, sijabulile phambi kwakho njengokujabulela isivuno, iye, nanjengabantu abajabulako nababelana ipango.
Lalela umkhosi ovela eRhoronayimu uthi, ‘Ukonakala nokubhubhisa kukhulu!
Itokozo nethabo kususiwe esivandeni seenthelo, iye, enarheni yakwaMowabi. Ngivimbe ukugeleza kwewayini ebutlhodlhelweni, akasekho owatlhodlha ngetjhada lethabo, iye, akasahlokomi ngetokozo.
Ummango urhayiliwe; amasimu omile; amabele ahlikiliziwe; iwayini elitja litjhile namafutha we-oliva akasekho.
Angithi ukudla kurhayiliwe phambi kwamehlwethu? Angithi ukuthokoza nethabo kuphelile ekumbeni kaZimethu?
Kodwana kwathi ngomuso ngesamarimarima uSomnini waveza ipehli yadla umrarela lowo bewatjhwaba.
Kusese nembewu eseleko ngesilulwini na? Isidiribe, amakhiwani, amarharinada nanyana imithi ye-oliva ehlomileko. Kodwana kusukela namhlanje, ngizanibusisa.’ ”
Ngizakukhalimela intethe bona ingadli iintjalo zenu ukuze iindiribe emasiminenu zingabhalelwa kuhloma.” Kutjho uSomnini uSomandla.
Afika emrhobeni we-Etjhikolo afese aquntula lapho ipande enesitjhutha samadiribe. Amadoda amabili atjatha isitjhutheso ngesigodo saba phakathi kwawo. Godu bekathwele amarharinada namakhiwani.