5 yeke nange sifunyene umusa emehlwenenu sibawa bona iinceku zenu ziphiwe yona inarha leyo ibe lilifa lazo. Nje-ke ningasiyamisi iJordani.”
Qala, incekwakho ifumene umusa omkhulu phambi kwakho begodu ungitjengise isirhawu esikhulu ngokusindisa ipilwami. Yeke angikwazi ukubalekela eentatjaneneziya ngombana ihlekelele le ingahle ingehlele ngife.
UJowabi waguqa wahloma ihloko phasi, wathokoza ekosini wathi: “Bayede! Namhlanjesi incekwakho iyazi bona ifumene umusa phambi kwekosayo ngombana ikosi iphendule isibawo sencekwayo.”
Kuthe lokha ikosi nayibona indlovukazi u-Esta ijame ngesirhodlweni, yakareka ngaye. Yeke yelulela ngaku-Esta intongayo yegolide egade iyiphethe. Nje-ke u-Esta watjhidela wafese wathinta ihloko yentonga leyo.
Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini: “Abantu abaphunyurhe esabuleni bazakufumana umusa erhalawumbeni, iye, u-Israyeli usendleleni yokufumana ukuthula kwakhe.
uSomnini ayirhayila phambi komkhambathi wama-Israyeli, yona kuyinarha yokufuya. Iinceku zenu zinefuyo,
Kodwana uMosi wakhuluma namaGadi namaRubeni wathi: “Abafowenu bazakuya epini khisibe nina nizihlalele lapha na?
USomnini nami wangithukuthelela ngebanga lenu bewathi kimi: “Nawe abe awuzukungena enarheni leyo, ngiyakutjela!
UJotjhuwa wathi: “Maye, Somnini Somandla! Bewusasiyamiselani iJordani isizwesi? Kungabe bewusinikela ezandleni zama-Amori kobana asirhayile na? Bekungasi ngcono thana sase sazihlalela ngaphetjheya kweJordani!
URute wawa ngobuso equlwaneni, wathi kuye: “Kubayini ungenzele umusa ongaka ngokungitjheja ngiliphandle na?”
UDavida wathi: “NgoZimu uqinisile, ubabakho uyazi bona ngiyathandeka kuwe, nje-ke uzitjele wathi, ‘UJonathani akakafaneli akwazi lokhu ngombana angaphatheka kumbi.’ Nokho ngiqinisile ngithi uSomnini uyangizwa, phila ngiphile, ngisemlonyeni wokufa.”