16 Tingwadla letimbili teta enkhosini, tefike tema embikwayo.
Solomoni wase uyaphaphama. Wabona kutsi abebhudza. Wancandzeka wabuyela eJerusalema, wafike wema embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze wenta imihlatjelo yekushiswa neyekuthula. Emvakwaloko wase wenta lidzili labo bonkhe bantfu basesigodlweni sakhe.
Lenye yeta yatsi: “Nkhosi yami, lomfati lona sihlala naye endlini yinye. Bengibeleke umntfwana, naye akhona, sihlala naye.
Ngakusasa Mosi wahlala esihlalweni sekwehlulela bantfu, alamula lababecabene nalababenemibango. Bantfu babema tindvwendvwe kusukela ekuseni kuze kushone lilanga.
Nangabe kukhona labacabene ngako, bantfu beta kimi, bese-ke mine ngiyabalamula; ngibatjele imitsetfo nemiyalo yaNkulunkulu.”
Bukhosi baNkulunkulu bubonakala kuloko lakufihlile; kodvwa bukhosi bemakhosi busekuphenyisiseni tintfo.
“ ‘Ungahlazisi indvodzakati yakho ngekuyenta ingwadla, funa live lonkhe ligcwale bugwadla nako konkhe kungcola.
ekungeneni kwelithende lekuhlangana ema embikwaMosi, na-Eleyazare, umphristi, nebaholi besive sonkhe, atsi:
“Kute um-Israyeli lomdvuna nome lomsikati loyawuba yingwadla yasethempelini kuso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli.
Joshuwa, umsa waNuni, wase utfumela tinhloli letimbili ngasense kusuka eShithimu, watsi: “Hambani niyewuhlola lela live, ikakhulu lidolobha laseJerikho.” Ngako-ke tahamba tefika khona, tangenisa endlini kaRahabi, ingwadla, tahlala khona.
Jeftha bekuyingwazi yakaGileyadi. Uyise, Gileyadi, abemtele kulenye nje ingwadla.