13 Akukaneli kuwe bona usenyule enarheni egeleza ibisi neliju bonyana uzosibulalela erhalawumbenapha, ubuye uzenze ikosana ngaphezu kwethu?
Ngalokho bawabekela abatjhotjhozeli kobana bawagandelele emsebenzinawo okatelelako. Bekufuze akhe iPitomu neRamesese njengamadorobho wakaFaro wokubeka ipahla.
Yeke uFaro wakhupha umyalo othi: “Boke abesana ababelethwako baphoseleni emlanjeni iNayili, kodwana abentazana bona nibalise baphile.”
wathi kibo: “Ngathana uSomnini wase wasibulalela enarheni yeGibhide lapha gade sizihlalela khona kamnandi ngeempotweni zenyama, sidla isikwa, sibetha esimonyongwana. Kodwana qalani nje, nina nisilethe erhalawumbenapha bona nibulale yoke ihlangano le ngendlala.”
Kodwana abantu bomela amanzi banghonghoyila kuMosi bathi: “Umuntu bekasikhuphelani eGibhide nazosibulalisa ngomrhawu thina nabantwabethu kanye nefuywethu na?”
Indoda leyo yathi kuye: “Ubekwe ngubani bonyana ube mbusi nomgwebi phezu kwethu? Kghani ucabanga ukungibulala nami njengomGibhide ombuleleko loya?” UMosi waba nokwesaba wadlumbana wathi: “Kutjho bona sekuyaziwa ngendabami le.”
Ngemva kwesikhathi eside ikosi yeGibhide yahlongakala. Kodwana ama-Israyeli bekasoloko anghunanghuna ngobukhoboka bawo. Abalabala njalo ngobukhoboka bawo isililo sawo sabe safika kuZimu.
Akukaneli kini nina eninamandla bona nitlabe emadlelweni amahle na? Kubayini nitlhifirije ubunengi bamadlelo ngeenyawo na? Nanisela amanzi atsengileko, kufuze nidunge amanye amanzi ngeenyawo zenu na?
kodwana inyanga yoke, ize ininukele beyinigonyulukise ngombana nidele uSomnini ophakathi kwenu ngokubuza bona kubayini naphuma enarheni yeGibhide.’ ”
Phakathi kwama-Israyeli bekunecubevange yabantu egade imarhamaru ifuna ukutla. Kanti-ke nama-Israyeli athoma abubula godu athi: “Uyazi bona sikhanuka inyama kangangani!
Sese sikhumbula neenhlambi ebegade sizidlela zona eGibhide singazithengi, iinkomukomu, amakhabe, imihlobohlobo yama-eyi namakonofula.
Atjela uMosi athi: “Kazi besafika-ke enarheni owasithuma kiyo. Kuyinarha egeleza ibisi neliju, neenthelo zakhona nanzi.
Woke ama-Israyeli anghonghoyila kuMosi no-Aroni. Umkhambathi woke wathi kibo: “Ibe thana sase safela enarheni yeGibhide leya namkha ngathana sesafela erhalawumbenapha.
Kubayini uSomnini asilethe enarheni le bona sibulawe ngesabula na? Abomkethu nabantwabethu bazakuba yipango. Akusingcono sizibuyelele eGibhide na?”
Nje-ke uMosi wathumela bona kubizwe uDatani no-Abiramu amadodana ka-Eliyabu. Bona bathi: “Thina asizi lapho!
Kodwana abantu bakhe bebamhloyile, yeke bathumela abazenda ngemva kwakhe bona bayokuthi, ‘Asimfuni umuntu lo bona abe yikosethu.’
“Nguye kanye yena Mosi loyo ebamdela ngamezwi wokuthi, ‘Ubekwe ngubani bonyana ube mbusi nomgwebi?’ Yena loyo bekathunyelwe nguZimu ngesandla sengilozi eyabonakala kuye esithukghwaneni bona abembusi nomsindisi.