31 ngombana anyaze ilizwi lakaSomnini begodu wephula nomyalwakhe. Iye, umuntu loyo uzakujutjwa nya ebantwini bekhabo, athwale isono sakhe.”
Ulinyazeleni ilizwi lakaSomnini ngokwenza okumbi kangaka emehlwenakhe na? Ubulele u-Uriya umHite ngesabula bewathatha umkakhe bona abe ngewakho. Umbulele ngabomu ngesabula yabakwa-Amoni.
ngombana bahlubuka amezwi kaZimu, banyenya iinluleko zongoPhezulu.
Somnini, kusikhathi, hlanazela; abantu bephule umthethwakho.
Akusenapilo emzimbenami ngebanga lelaka lakho; akukho ukuthula emathanjenami ngenca yesono sami.
Nanyana ngubani ozenzela wakhe afana nawo namkha azese ngawo nanyana ngubani ongakahlukaniselwa, uzakujutjwa ebantwini bekhabo.’ ”
Onyefula umyalo kuzakuba kumbi ngaye, kodwana owuhloniphako yena, uyavuzwa.
Ngalokho nakhu okwatjhiwo ngoCwengileko wakwa-Israyeli: “Ngebanga lokobana nilahle ilizwi leli, nabeka ithemba lenu ekugandeleleni nekohlakalweni, nabambelela kikho,
Thina soke sidurhe njengezimvu, ngiloyo naloyo uphendukele eendleleni zakhe, kodwana uSomnini wehlisela icala lethu phezu kwayo.
Umuntu owonako uzakufa. Indodana angeze yathwala icala lakayise namkha uyise athwale icala lendodana. Ukulunga kolungileko kuzakuba phezu kwakhe, nobukhohlakali besikhohlakali buzakuba phezu kwaso.
nidela iimiso zami nehliziywenu ikghabhudlhwa mithethwami kobana niphambane nemiyalwami yoke bese nephule isivumelwano sami,
Inarha kufuze khebayitjhiye ukuze iphumule, ithabele iminyaka yamaSabathayo ngokungabikho kwabo kiyo, nje-ke bona kufuze bamukele isibetho sezono zabo ngombana bahlubuka imithethwami bebakghabhudlhwa ziimiso zami.
“Kungenzeka umuntu abone namkha ezwe ngobulelesi kodwana athule ngobufakazi, phezu kokobana asazi bonyana umuntu onjalo unikelelwe, ngalokho uzabe wonile bese uyakhathazeka ngebanga lesonweso;
Kodwana nangabe umuntu ohlambulukileko begodu ongekho ekhambeni wala ukugidinga iPhasika, uzakujutjwa ebantwini bekhabo ngombana akakanikeli umnikelwakhe ngesikhathi sawo kuSomnini. Kwamambala umuntu loyo uzazizwa ngesono sakheso.
Umuntu ozitjhayako angalaleli umphristi olotjha phambi kwakaSomnini uZimakho endaweni leyo, namkha ongalaleli umgwebi, akabulawe. Ngalokho uzabe uthanyela ubumbi kwa-Israyeli.
Nje-ke nanyana ngubani owala lokhu akali umthetho womuntu kodwana wala uZimu, onguye oninikela uMoyakhe oCwengileko.
Yena ngokwakhe wathwala izono zethu emzimbenakhe emthini ukuze sife esonweni siphile ekulungeni. Ngemivuvu yakhe naphiliswa
Bekuyoba ngcono kibo thana akhange bayazi indlela yokulunga kunokuba kuthi sebayazile babuye bawufulathela umyalo ocwengileko owethulwa kibo.
Ngebangelo ngiyafunga ngiyaqinisa phezu kwendlu ka-Eli ngithi, ‘Akunamhlabelo nanyana umnikelo ongahlangula isono sendlu ka-Eli.’ ”