5 Kodwana azange bayelele, yeke omunye waziyela esiminakhe, omunye waziyela ezintweni zakhe.
Yeke uLothi waphuma wakhuluma nabakhwenyani bakhe ebe babone abantazana bakwakhe, wathi kibo: “Rhabani niphume lapha ngombana uSomnini sele abandamele ukuzolibhubhisa idorobheli.” Kodwana bathatha bonyana lihlaya.
Yeke uJakopo waphakela u-Esewu isikwa nesitjhebo seenhlumaya. Wagoma, wasela, wasikima, wakhamba. Ngalokho u-Esewu wanyaza ubuzibulo bakhe.
Ukwesaba uSomnini kukuthoma kokuhlakanipha, kodwana isidlhadlha sinyaza ubuhlakani nokusolwa.
Owamukela imbewu eyawela hlangana nameva ngiloyo ozwa ilizwi, kodwana amatshwenyeko wepilo le, kanye nokuyengwa bugwili, kwayiminyanisa bekwayenza yangaba neenthelo.
Yeke yathuma ezinye iinceku yathi, ‘Tjelani abamenyiwekwabo bonyana sele ngilungise isidlo. Iinkabi zami kanye namathole anonisiweko sele ahlatjiwe nje-ke yoke into sele ilungile. Yenize emnyanyeni womtjhado.’
Abanye babamba iinceku baziphatha kumbi bebazibulala.
Watjela labo abathengisa amazuba wathi: “Asuseni lapha! Lisani ukwenza ikumba kaBaba indawo yokuthengisela!”
Kodwana abanye bebenza amahlaya ngabo, bathi: “Baburhenge!”
UPowula asakhuluma ngokulunga, ukuzibamba nokuza kwelanga lokugwetjwa, uFeliksi wafikelwa kukwesaba wathi: “Okwanje ungakhamba, ngizakubiza godu nanginesikhathi.”
Kghani unyaza umusa omkhulu kaZimu nokunyamezela kwakhe okubanzi na? Awuboni bonyana uZimu unomusa ngombana uhlose bona utjhuguluke na?
Ukubeka umkhumbulo kokwenyama kukukufa, kodwana ukubeka umkhumbulo kokukaMoya kukuphila kanye nokuthula.
abakhaphelako, abawalazelako, abazitjhayako, abathanda injabulo kunobanyana bathande uZimu;
alo, thina sizakuphunyurha njani nasithembela isindiso ekulu kangaka na? Iye, isindiso eyathoma yamenyezelwa yiKosi, yaqiniswa kithi ngilabo abayizwako.
Ngokuba marhamaru kwabo bazonidlelezela ngamezwi wobugalajani. Kwakade balengelwa kulahlwa nokubhujiswa kwabo akukayathi.