22 Nome silima ungasigaya etjeni lekusila sibe yimphuphu nome inhlama, kodvwa bulima baso ungeke ubukhiphe kuso.
Ngisho nome sekwenteke loku, Jerobowamu akazange aphendvuke etindleleni takhe letimbi, kodvwa wachubeka wabeka baphristi bekukhonta etindzaweni letiphakeme tekukhontela, abekhetsa nome ngumuphi umuntfu labefisa kuba ngumphristi, amehlukanisele indzawo lephakeme yekukhonta.
Kulobo busuku Faro, netiphatsimandla takhe, nemaGibhithe onkhe bavuka; kwaba nekukhala nekulila lokukhulu eveni lonkhe laseGibhithe, ngobe kute umuti lowawungenamuntfu lofile.
Kwatsi Faro, inkhosi yaseGibhithe, nabikelwa kutsi ema-Israyeli asahambile, Faro netiphatsimandla takhe bagucula umcondvo wabo. Batsi: “Hawu, yini lena lesesiyentile? Sesiyekele ema-Israyeli ahamba! Sesilahlekelwe tigcili!”
“Sitsa satsi: ‘Ngitawubacosha ngize ngibakhandze. Ngitawutehlukanisela ngaloko lengikudle kubo, ngititike ngako; ngitawukhipha inkemba yami ngibabhubhise.’
Umvuzo wesihlakaniphi kuhlakanipha kwaso; kodvwa bulima ngumchele wetilima.
Utawutsi: “Bangilimatile, kodvwa angikabuva buhlungu; bangishayile, kodvwa angikhumbuli. Nginelibhabhalazi, ngifuna kuyawunatsa futsi.”
Silima lesenta intfo lembi kuze kube kabili sifanana nenja yona lebuyela iyekudla emahlante ayo.
Kona nisashayelwani nje? Nisachubekelani nekuhlubuka? Inhloko yenu yonkhe ilimele, nenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe ishayiwe.
UmTopiya angasigucula yini sikhumba sakhe nome ingwe emabala ayo? Nani ningeke nikwente lokuhle, ngobe senetayele kwenta lokubi.
Awu Simakadze, emehlo akho akafuni lona yini liciniso? Wabashaya, kodvwa abazange babuve buhlungu, wabapitjita, kodvwa bakwala kucondziswa. Benta buso babo baba lukhuni kunelitje, bala kuphendvuka.
Kwatsi kube Sawula atjelwe ngaloko, waphindze watfumela lamanye emadvodza; nawo futsi ahhunguleka aphrofetha. Sawula waphindze kwesitsatfu watfumela emadvodza, nawo ahhunguleka aphrofetha.