12 Shangatsi bantfwana lotawubaphiwa nguSimakadze ngalomakoti bangenta umndeni wakho ufanane nemndeni waPheresi Thamari lowamtalela Juda.”
Kodvwa lawufinyeta lomkhono walo, kwase kuphuma umnakabo kucala. Lombelekisi wase utsi: “Sewuphuma ngekufohla!” Ngako-ke wametsa libito watsi nguPheresi.
Thamari, malukatana waJuda, wamtalela boPheresi naZera. Juda abenemadvodzana lasihlanu asawonkhe.
Eli abebabusisa bo-Elkhana nemkakhe, atsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angakupha bantfwana ngalomfati lona, kuze bavale sikhala salona lamthandazela wase umnikela kuSimakadze.” Babeyaye bese bayancandzeka emvakwaloko, babuyela ekhaya labo.
Juda watala boPheresi naZara, unina wabo bekunguThamari; Pheresi watala Hesroni; Hesroni watala Ramu;
Emadvodzana aJuda bekubo-Era, na-Onani, naShela, naPheresi, naZera; kodvwa Era na-Onani bafela eveni laseKhenani. Emadvodzana aPheresi bekubo-Hesroni naHamule.
Nati-ke titukulwane taPheresi: Pheresi watala Hesroni;
Simakadze akabenti baba munye yini? Enyameni nasemoyeni bakhe. Bamunye leni? Ngobe abefuna bantfwana labesaba Nkulunkulu. Ngako tilindze wena emoyeni wakho, wetsembeke kumfati webusha bakho.