5 Hlanu kwabo kube maTekhowa. Kodwana abosaziwako bawo azange bafake isandla emsebenzini weKosawo uZimu.
Yeke wathumela bona kubizwe umfazi ohlakaniphileko eTekhowa. UJowabi wathi kuye: “Zenze inga uzilile. Wembathe iinzilo, ungazimonyongi. Yenza inga umfazi osele anamalanga alilela umuntu ohlongakeleko.
Wakha iBhethe-Lehema, i-Ethamu, iTekhowa,
Emva kwazo amaTekhowa avuselela esinye isigaba esimalungana nepundu ekulu eyengamele ukufikela emthangaleni we-Ofeli.
Hlanu kwabo bekuvuselela aboMeremothi umsa ka-Uriya omsa kaHakhotsi. Hlanu kwabo kube boMetjhulamu umsa kaBherekiya omsa kaMetjhezabiyeli. Hlanu kwabo kube boTsadokhi umsa kaBhana.
UJoyada umsa kaPhaseyarhi noMetjhulamu umsa kaBhesodiya bavuselela isango iJetjhana. Baqaba amabhaluga bafaka neminyango kanye nemikhonywana neenqabo zakhona.
Mina Joromiya ngakhuluma noTsedekhiya ikosi yakwaJuda ngawo woke amezwi la, ngathi: “Nanifaka intamenu ngaphasi kwejogi lekosi yeBhabheli, niyisebenzele kanye nabantu bayo, khona-ke nizakuphila.
Nakhu okwatjhiwo nguSomnini kimi: “Zenzele iindrobho neenkeyi bese ubeka iinkeyi ezimbili nesidrobho entanyenakho.
Nakube kukhona isizwe nanyana umbuso ongafuni ukusebenzela uNebukadinetsari ikosi yeBhabheli, namkha ongafuni ukuthwala ijogi lekosi yeBhabheli, ngizakuhlunguphaza isizweso ngesabula, ngendlala nangamatshwenyeko, kufikela lapha ngisirhayila khona ngesandla sakhe. Kutjho uSomnini.
Nina bantu bakwaBhenjamini, balekani phakathi kweJerusalema! Vuthelani ipalapala eTekhowa! Yenzani itshwayo lentuthu liphakame ngehla kweBhethe-Hakeremu! Nasi ihlekelele iphayiza ivela ngetlhagwini, ngitjho nokurhayilwa okukhulu!
La mamezwi waka-Amosi ogade angumelusi wezimvu eTekhowa. Wembulelwa iimphorofidezwi ngo-Israyeli eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kokuhlengezela kwephasi, lokha u-Uziya asese yikosi yakwaJuda begodu noJerobhowamu umsa kaJowatjhi asese yikosi kwa-Israyeli.
Thwalani ijogi lami, nifunde kimi ngombana ngimnene begodu ngithobile ngehliziyo, imimoya yenu izakufumana ukuphumula
Alo-ke kungani nifuna ukulinga uZimu ngokuthwesa abafundi umthwalo esingakghoni ukuwuthwala thina namkha abokhokho bethu na?
Khumbulani bona beninjani nanibizwako bazalwana. Inengi lenu beningakahlakaniphi ukuya ngokwesilinganiso sabantu; beningasibanengi ebenikwazi ukukhuluma, beningasibanengi ebenibelethelwe ekuhloniphekeni.
‘Ayinikelelwe iMerozi’, kwatjho isithunywa sakaSomnini, ‘kunikelelwe ngesihluku abahlali bakhona ngombana azange balwele uSomnini, lokha nakulwiwa neengorho.’