2 Amahlanu wawo gade aziindlhayela, amahlanu ahlakaniphile.
Isiqwebu esinye gade sinamakhiwani amahle khulu, anjengavuthwa ntange; esinye besinamakhiwani amambi khulu, bekamambi angagomeki.
“Qalani, nginithuma njengezimvu hlangana neempisi. Ngalokho hlakaniphani njengeenyoka, nibe msulwa njengamazuba.
“Ngiyiphi-ke inceku ethembekileko nehlakaniphileko umniniyo ayibeke bona yeluse iinsebenzi ekhaya, iziphe ukugoma kwazo ngesikhathi esifaneleko na?
Aziindlhayela athatha iimbani zawo, kodwana azange athathe amafutha.
Kwathi amahlanu ahlakaniphileko akhamba aphethe amafutha ngemijekana.
Ahlakaniphileko aphendula athi, ‘Nilale nilahlile, nathi angahle asitlhayelele nasizawabelana nani. Khambani niye kabathengisako niyozithengela khona.’
Baphuma kithi, kodwana bekungasibo bethu; ngombana nakube bekungabethu bebazokuhlala nathi. Kodwana ngokuphuma kwabo kithi kutjengisa tjhatjhalazi bonyana akakho namunye wabo ogade kungowethu.
Nanyana senikwazi koke lokhu, ngithanda ukunikhumbuza bona uSomnini wasindisa kwaba kanye isizwe sakhe enarheni yeGibhide, kodwana emva kwalokho warhayila labo abangazange bakholwe.