8 Yena wathi kibo: “Lalani lapha namhlanje, kuzakuthi kusasa nginibuyele nelizwi engilifumene kuSomnini.” Mbala iinkhulu zakwaMowabezo zalala kwaBhiliyamu.
Kodwana umuntu kaZimu waphendula ikosi wathi: “Ngitjho nanyana bewungangipha isiquntu salokho onakho kwakho, bengingeze ngakhamba nawe, namkha ngigome isikwa nanyana ngisele amanzi endaweni le.
Kodwana uMikaya wathi: “Ngiyaqinisa phambi kwakaSomnini ngithi, ngizokukhuluma kwaphela lokho uSomnini akukhuluma kimi.”
Ubatjalile, nje-ke bayadzimelela; bayatlhurha bathele iinthelo. Uhlala usemlonyenabo kodwana ukude neenhliziyo zabo.
Beza kuwe njengombana abantu bahlala basenza, bahlale phambi kwakho njengabantu bami, balalele amezwakho kodwana abakwenzi okutjhokokho. Ngemilomabo babonisa inga bayabuka, kodwana iinhliziyo zabo ziphezu kwenzuzwabo.
USomnini wathi kibo: “Akhese nilalele la: Nakube kukhona umphorofidi hlangana nani, mina-ke Somnini ngizazazisa kuye ngombono, ngikhulume naye ngebhudango.
Kodwana uBhiliyamu waphendula iinceku zakaBhalakhi wathi: “Ngitjho nanyana uBhalakhi gade angangipha isigodlo sakhe sigcwele isiliva negolide bengingeze ngeqa umyalo kaSomnini uZimami ngenze nanyana yini.
UBhiliyamu waphendula uBhalakhi wathi: “Lalela-ke, kwanje sengifikile kuwe. Kodwana ungacabangi bonyana ngizakukhuluma ilizwi uSomnini angakalitjho kimi. Kwaphela lokho uSomnini athe ngikutjho.”
Nje-ke abaphathi bakwaMowabi nebakwaMidiyani basuka baphethe isiliva yokuthukula ezandleni zabo. Bafika kuBhiliyamu, bambikela umlayezo kaBhalakhi.
UZimu wabonakala kuBhiliyamu wambuza wathi: “Bobani amadoda anawe la?”
Yena waphendula wathi: “Kanti akukafaneli bona ngiyelele lokho uSomnini akufake emlonyenami na?”
UBhiliyamu wathi kuBhalakhi: “Jama hlanu kwemihlabelwakho yokutjhiswa le, mina ngisathi ukubethwa mumoya; mhlamunye uSomnini uzazibonakalisa kimi. Nje-ke nanyana yini azakwambula kimi, ngizakutjela khona.” Mbala wakhamba waya embunjwaneni onganalitho.
‘Nanyana uBhalakhi gade angangipha isigodlo sakhe sigcwele isiliva negolide bengingeze ngeqa umyalo kaSomnini ngenze okuhle namkha okumbi. Kwaphela lokho uSomnini athi ngikutjho.’