42 Indlovukazi yesewula izakujama ebandla imangalele isizukulwanesi ngombana yona yasuka epelazwe yazokulalela ukuhlakanipha kwakaSolomoni. Nje-ke, omkhulu kunoSolomoni sele akhona.”
Iphasi loke lafuna ukuzokulotjhisa uSolomoni nokuzwa ngobuhlakani uZimu abubeke emkhumbulwenakhe.
ngizakupha okubawileko: Ngizakunikela ihliziyo ehlakaniphileko nenombono ukuze kungabikhona owakhe wafana nawe begodu nongeze abakhona.
Woke u-Israyeli wezwa ngesigwebo ikosi eyasikuphako. Abantu bahlonipha khulu ikosi ngombana balemuka bonyana uZimu uyiphe ukuhlakanipha ekugwebeni ngokulunga.
Yeke Somnini yenza incekwakho ibe mgwebi ohlakaniphileko ukuze ikwazi ukubusa abantu bakho nokwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokuhle nokumbi. Ngombana ngubani ongakghona ukubusa isizwe sakho nasisikhulu kangaka?”
UZimu wapha uSolomoni ukuhlakanipha okukhulu nokubona kuhle izinto ngelihlo elibukhali, nommoya wokuzwisisa ngendlela ebanzi.
Kweza amadoda avela ezizweni zoke ukuzokulalela ubuhlakani bakaSolomoni, athunyelwe makhosi woke wephasi egade sele ezwile ngobuhlakani bakhe.
USomnini wapha uSolomoni ukuhlakanipha njengombana bekamthembisile. Kwaba khona itjhebiswano ehle phakathi kwakaSolomoni noRhiramu ngombana benza isivumelwano sokuthula.
Ngalokho-ke, uSomandla ngokwakhe uzonenzela isibonakaliso: Qala, iqhakazana lisidisi, lizakubeletha indodana, liyithiye ibizo bona ngu-Imanuweli.
Amadoda weNiniva azakujama ebandla amangalele isizukulwanesi ngombana atjhuguluka lokha uJona natjhumayelako. Nje-ke omkhulu kunoJona sele akhona.
Ngiyanitjela bonyana kukhona lapha okukhulu kunethempeli.
Kwathi asakhuluma njalo, basibekelwa lilifu elidarhileko, bekwazwakala nelizwi libuya elifinapho lathi: “Le yiNdodanami engiyithandako, engithaba khulu ngayo, ilaleleni!”
Yeke ilizwi lavela ezulwini lisithi: “Le yiNdodanami engiyithandako nengithokozileko ngayo.”
ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu azele umusa neqiniso. Sabona iphazimulwakhe, iphazimulo ayamukela kuYise njengeNdodanakhe eyodwa tere.
Akakho noyedwa owakhe wabona uZimu, ngaphandle kweNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa esesifubeni sakaYise, ngiyo kwaphela embonakalisileko.
Godu awusingaphetjheya kwelwandle bonyana ningathi, ‘Sizakufikelwa ngubani ngaphetjheya kwelwandle kobana asilethele wona ukuze siwuzwe besiwenze?’