11 Aninghonghoyili ku-Aroni! Eqinisweni wena nalo loke ijinyana lakhwelo niphambene noSomnini ngokukghuthana kwenu lapha!”
Labo-ke bekuziinqhema zabalindisango ebegade baziinzukulwana zakaKhorarhi noMerari.
Ekampeni bafela uMosi umona no-Aroni ocwengileko wakaSomnini.
Ngalokho abantu basola uMosi bathi: “Siphani amanzi sisele nina!” UMosi wathi kibo: “Kubayini nisola mina? Kuhlekuhle nizizinya uSomnini ngesenzo senwesi!”
Abantu bakwa-Israyeli bakhola uSomnini ngokumbalabalela ngobudisi abanabo. Kwathi lokha uSomnini nabezwako wavutha khulu ngelaka lakhe. Nje-ke kwaqubuka umlilo kaSomnini hlangana nabantwabo watjhisa amahlangothi wekampa.
Nje-ke uMosi wathumela bona kubizwe uDatani no-Abiramu amadodana ka-Eliyabu. Bona bathi: “Thina asizi lapho!
Babuthana ndawonye bajamelana noMosi no-Aroni bathi kibo: “Kwanje khona, sekwanele! Boke abantu bomkhambathi, omunye nomunye wabo ungocwengileko begodu noZimu uphakathi kwabo. Alo, nina kubayini niziphakamisa ngaphezu kwehlangano kaSomnini na?”
“Loyo onilalelako, nami uyangilela; loyo onalako nami uyangala kodwana owala mina, wala loyo ongithumileko.”
Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Owamukela engimthumileko wamukela mina; owamukela mina wamukela loyo ongithumileko.”
Kanti ungakayithengisi bekungasingeyakho na? Nangemva kobana seyithengisiwe imali beyingekho kanti elawulwenakho na? Alo-ke, kuyini ekwenze bona ucabange ukwenza into enje na? Awukakhulumi amanga ebantwini kodwana kuZimu!”
Nje-ke nanyana ngubani ophikisana namandla wombuso, uphikisana nalokho okujanyiswe nguZimu. Labo abaphikisako bazakufumana isigwebo.
Godu ningarhononi njengombana abanye babo benza, babulawa yingilozi ebhubhisako.
Ubegade ayini-ke u-Apholo loyo? UPowula yena uyini nje? Angithi sebaziinceku nje enakholwa ngazo kwaphela njengombana iKosi yabapha ngamunye umsebenzabo!
Laba kubabantu abakhalalako nabasolako; balandela iinkanuko zabo; bayazigqaja begodu balutha abanye ukuze bafumane inzuzo.
USomnini wathi kuye: “Lalela koke abantu abakutjhoko kuwe. Abakalahli wena, kodwana balahle mina ekubeni yikosabo.