23 Kwathi uJesu nangena ngekumbeni yomphathi wafumana ababethi beempalapala nesiqubuthu ebesenza itjhada,
UJoromiya watlamela uJosiya ingoma yesililo. Boke ababhini bembaji nebengubo basakhumbula uJosiya ngesililo bekube kunamhlanje. Lokhu kwaba lisiko kwa-Israyeli bekwatlolwa isililweso encwadini yesiLilo.
“Abakhulu nabancani bazakufa enarheni le. Abazukungcwatjwa nabantu abazukubalilela. Akunamuntu ozazirhaya namkha agude ehloko ngebanga labo.
Quma sidu. Ungamzileli ohlongakeleko: Bopha umbhode wakho ehloko, ufake amapatlagwanakho eenyaweni. Ungasithi isibhena sakho sangehla begodu ungadli ukudla okulethelwa babantu.”
“ ‘Sanidlalela inghwani, kodwana azange nigide! Sarhahlawula, kodwana azange nilile!’
Banjengabantwana abahlezi endaweni yokuthengisela barhuwelelana basithi, “ ‘Sanibethela inghwani, akhange nigide; sanivumela iingoma zesililo, kodwana akhange nilile.’
Kodwana uPowula wehlela phasi waziphosa phezu kwalo walisingatha, wathi: “Ningatshwenyeki ngombana liyaphila.”
UPitrosi wasikima wakhamba nabo. Nafikako, bamusa ngelawini elingehla. Boke abahlolokazi bamzomba, balila bamkhombisa izambatho neempahla ezinye uDorkasi azithunga asaphila nabo.
Umkenenezo wombethi weharibha nabakhaleli, wabavuthela iimfudu neempalapala, awusoze usazwakala kuwe nososino wananyana ngiliphi irhwebo, akasoze asafunyanwa kuwe; ngitjho itjhada elibangwa lilitje lokusila angekhe libuye godu lizwakale ngaphakathi kwakho.