24 Babusi betive temhlaba ubemuka kuhlakanipha, abayekele bazulazule ehlane bangayiboni indlela,
Ubindzisa beluleki labetsembekile, esuse inhlakanipho yebaholi.
Utivalile tingcondvo tabo, abasangiva nekungiva, ngako ngeke usabaphumelelisa.
Labanye bazulazula ehlane, kalashameshame, kepha abazange batfole ngisho nemuti wekungenisa.
watsela kwedzelewa etikwetikhulu, wabazulazulisa ehlane lelite indlela.
Emavi abo asono semilomo yabo. Ababhajwe ekutigcabheni kwabo, ngobe bayacalekisa, bacale nemanga.
Livi lesembulo lelimacondzana nelive laseGibhithe: Buka la, Simakadze ugibela lifu leligijima kakhulu, ubange kulaseGibhithe. Tithico taseGibhithe tiyawutfutfumela embikwakhe, netinhlitiyo tebantfu baseGibhithe tiyancibilika ngekhatsi kwabo.
Emacembe aso abemahle netitselo taso titinyenti, lapha kuso bekunekudla kwabo bonkhe. Ngaphansi kwaso tilwane tesiganga tatfola umtfunti wekuphumula, netinyoni tasemoyeni takhela tidleke tato emagaleni aso; tonkhe tidalwa tondliwa kuso.
“Kulemibono lengayibona ngisalele embhedzeni wami, ngatsi ngiyabuka, ngabona embikwami sitfunywa lesingcwele, sehla siphuma ezulwini.
Ingcondvo yakhe ayigucuke ekubeni yemuntfu, yena anikwe ingcondvo yetilwane kuze tikhatsi letisikhombisa tendlule kuye.
Ngekushesha nje loko lokwakukhulunyiwe ngaNebukhadnezari kwagcwaliseka. Wakhishwa emkhatsini webantfu, wadla tjani njengetinkhomo. Umtimba wakhe wanetfwa ngematolo asezulwini, tadzimate tinwele takhe takhula taba ngangetinsiba telusweti, netingalo takhe tafanana netingalo tenyoni.
“Efrayimu ufanana nelituba, usheshe ayengeke, akanangcondvo. Bacela lusito eGibhithe, baze babalekele e-Asiriya!