10 Ngalokho yayala bonyana uJwanisi aquntwe ihloko angesikhungweni.
Kodwana bahlekisa ngeenthunywa zakaZimu, banyaza amezwakhe bakokomeja nabaphorofidi bakhe kufikela lapha bavusa khona itukuthelo kaSomnini ebantwini bakhe bekwatlhogeka nentatha.
“Ngimadlhe phasi abantwabenu ngelize, azange bamukele ukusolwa. Isabulenu irhiribidele abaphorofidi benu njengebhubezi elidabudabulako.”
Ngambala ihlokwakhe yalethwa ngesiqwebu yanikelwa umntazana, yena wayithatha wayisa kunina.
Ikosi yadana, kodwana ngebanga lesifungo esenzileko kanye neenthekeli zayo ezisesidlweni, yayala bonyana isibawo somntazana siphethwe.
Kodwana ngiyanitjela bonyana u-Eliya wafika kodwana abantu azange bamazi. Bamphatha ngokuthanda kwabo. NeNdodana yoMuntu izose ihlupheke njalo-ke ezandleni zabo.”
Kodwana ngiyanitjela bona u-Eliya ufikile, benza kuye koke abafuna ukukwenza, njengombana kutloliwe ngaye.”
Kodwana uHerode wathi: “UJwanisi ngamqunta ihloko. Alo, ngubani-ke engizwa izinto ezinjalo ngaye lo?” Nje-ke walinga ukubonana naye.
Kuzakuthi lokha nasele baqede ubufakazi babo, isibandana siphume ngemgodini onganamkhawulo silwe nabo, sibahlule besibabulale.