11 Nje-ke wabikela uMosi wathi: “Maye, babethu! Bengithi akhe ngikhulume. Ngiyakubawa hle, ungasihlunguphazi ngobudlhayela esone ngabo.
wathi kiyo: “Ikosi ayidle izitjhiyele. Inga ikosi ingakhohlwa ubudlhayela obenziwa yincekwayo mhlana ikosami isuka eJerusalema. Bengithi ekosinami tjhebetjhebe.
Ngemva kwalokho uDavida wathoma ukuzisola ehliziyweni ngokubala kwakhe amadoda wepi, wathi kuSomnini: “Maye mina, ngonile ngesenzo samesi. Ngiyabawa Somnini, libalela umlandu wencekwakho. Ubudlhadlha abelatjhwa.”
Ikosi uJerobhowamu yathi emuntwini kaZimu: “Yewungirabhelele kuSomnini uZimakho bese uyangithandazela bonyana isandla sami sibuyele esigeni.” Yeke umuntu kaZimu warabhela kuSomnini, ngambala isandla sekosi sabuyela esigeni.
Ngombana amehlo kaSomnini athalaza ephasini loke ukuqinisa labo abanhliziyo zabo zinamathele kuye. Wena-ke wenze ubudlhadlha. Nje-ke ukusuka gadesi uzakuphila ngepi.”
Thathani izimvu neembuzi zenu kanye neenkomo zenu njengombana nitjhwile bese ningena indlela. Nami ningibeke.”
Nakube wenze ubudlhadlha, waziphakamisa, namkha nawutlame ubumbi, beka isandla emlonyenakho!
kuJoromiya umphorofidi bathi kuye: “Sendlala nasi isinghonghoyilo sethu phambi kwakho: Sibawa uthandazele yoke imisalela le kuSomnini uZimakho. Njengombana sewubona nje, sakhe saba banengi, kodwana kwanjesi sekusele ibinzana.
Abantu balila kuMosi, yena wabathandazela kuSomnini, umlilo wacima.
UMiriyamu akangabi njengobelethwa ahlongakele, ophuma esibelethweni sakanina sele onakele.”
Nje-ke uSimoni waphendula wathi: “Yeningithandazele kuZimu kobana koke enikutjhwileko kungangehleli.”
Labo abalisinagogi lakaSathana, abathi bamaJuda khisibe abasiwo kodwana baleya amanga, ngizobenza beze bazokuguqa eenyaweni zakho bebalemuke bonyana ngikuthandile wena.
Boke abantu bathi kuSamyela: “Yewusirabhelela thina nceku zakho kuSomnini uZimakho; kobana singafi ngombana sithe sinezono, sazingezelela ngokuzibawela ikosi.”
“Nje-ke mina Somnini, uZimu wakwa-Israyeli ngithi ngathembisa bonyana indlwakho nendlu kayihlo nizakusebenza e-aldarini lami ngeenkhathi zoke. Kodwana kwanjesi nginisuthi ngombana ngidumisa abangidumisako nginyaze abanginyazako.