30 Jehu wase uya eJezreyeli. Watsi kube akuve loko Jezebeli, wapenda emehlo akhe, walungisa tinwele takhe, wase uvela ngelifasitelo.
Lomunye wetindvuna takhe labenguZimri, labephetse incenye yemabutfo akhe etincola temphi, wenta luzungu ngaye. Ngaleso sikhatsi Ela abeseThisa, alibele kutinklinkla ngetjwala ekhaya ka-Arisa, indvuna yesigodlo saseThisa.
“Macondzana naJezebeli Simakadze utsi: ‘Tinja tiyawudlela Jezebeli ngaselubondzeni lwaseJezreyeli.’
Ungacali kumkhanukela buhle bakhe enhlitiyweni yakho, nome-ke akutfumbe ngemashiya akhe.
Masinyane lomfati wahlangabeta lensizwa, embatsise kwengwadla, agcwele bucili.
Wentani wena lobhidlitiwe? Utembatsiselani ngaletibovu klebhu wegabe nebuhlalu begolide? Emehlo akho uwagcobiseleni ngapende? Utihlobisela lite. Emashende akho ayakwedzelela, afuna kukubulala.
“Badzimate batfumela titfunywa kutsi tilandze emadvodza labephuma khashane kakhulu, atsi kube efike wageza, wagezela wona, wapenda emehlo akho, wegaba imihlobiso yakho.
Bubula nje uthule; ungamlileli lowo lofile. Umshuculo wakho awuhlale uboshelwe enhloko, netincabule takho tihlale etinyaweni takho; ungalimbonyi lingentansi lebuso bakho, futsi ungakudli kudla kwelisiko kwalabalilako.”
Kuhloba kwenu kungabi kwekubukisa ngemichino, nangekugaba, nangekufaka imihlobohlobo yegolide, nome-ke ngekugcoka.
EmaFilisti abutsa onkhe emabutfo awo awabutsela e-Afeki, kwatsi ema-Israyeli wona abutsana ngasemtfonjeni loseJezreyeli.