17 Mbala uBhiliyamu wabuyela kuye wamfunyana ajame hlanu kwemihlabelwakhe yokutjhiswa neenkhulu zakwaMowabi ezikanye naye. UBhalakhi wambuza wathi: “Alo, uSomnini utheni?”
ikosi uTsedekhiya yathumela bonyana abizwe. Walethwa esigodlweni ngasese, yambuzisisa yathi: “Unelizwi elibuya kuSomnini na?” UJoromiya wathi: “Iye, uzokunikelwa esandleni sekosi yeBhabheli.”
USomnini wahlangana noBhiliyamu wafese wafaka ilizwi ngemlonyenakhe. Begodu wathi: “Buyela kuBhalakhi ufese umtjele engikutjele khona.”
UBhiliyamu waphimisa umlayezo okuye wathi: “Sikima wena Bhalakhi, ulalele, iye, lalela kuhle wena msa kaTsipori:
Kodwana uBhiliyamu waphendula uBhalakhi wathi: “Angitjho ngikutjelile bona kufuze ngenze kwaphela lokho uSomnini akutjhwileko.”
U-Eli wathi: “USomnini utheni kuwe na? Ungangifihleli litho. UZimu uzakuhlunguphaza kumbi nawungangifihlela into ayikhulume kuwe.”