2 Nje-ke lapho umkhambathi bewunganamanzi wokusela. Abantu bakghuthana ndawonye bajamelana noMosi no-Aroni.
Godu bathukuthelisa uSomnini emanzini weMeriba, uMosi wehlelwa zizehlo ngebanga labo:
“Ngikuzwile ukunghonghoyila kwama-Israyeli. Nje-ke yithi kiwo, ‘Ngamarhwaqela nizagoma inyama bese ekuseni nisuthiswa ngesikwa. Ngalokho nizakwazi bonyana mina Somnini nginguZimenu.’ ”
Umkhambathi lowo wanghonghoyila kuMosi no-Aroni erhalawumbeni,
Woke ama-Israyeli anghonghoyila kuMosi no-Aroni. Umkhambathi woke wathi kibo: “Ibe thana sase safela enarheni yeGibhide leya namkha ngathana sesafela erhalawumbenapha.
Into nje masani ukuhlubuka uSomnini begodu ningabesabi abantu benarha leyo ngombana bakukudla kwethu. Ukuvikeleka kwabo kususiwe kibo begodu uSomnini ujame nathi; nje-ke ningabesabi.”
Kuthe bona uKhorarhi abuthelele loke ijima lakhe elijamelene noMosi phambi komnyango wetende lokuhlanganela, kwabonakala iphazimulo kaSomnini emkhambathini woke.
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?”
Kwathi lokha umkhambathi lowo nawukghuthanako bona ujamelane noMosi no-Aroni, wajika etendeni lokuhlanganela; qala nanto ilifu lembatha itende, kwabonakala iphazimulo kaSomnini.
Abantu banyefula uZimu noMosi bathi: “Nisikhupheleni eGibhide bona sizokufela erhalawumbenapha? Akunakudla! Namanzi awekho lapha! Begodu sese sidinwe nakukudlanyana okungazisikokhu!”