3 Kambe ke bona babengamfuzanga uyise; bona babesemva kwenzuzo ngobuqhetseba, bengamathanda-kunyotywa, belamla ngesheyi.
4 Amadoda amakhulu ke akwaSirayeli aqokelelana, aya kutsho eRama kuSamweli,
5 afika athi kuye: “Sewaluphele wena ngoku, yaye noonyana bakho abakufuzanga mpela. Ngoko ke sityumbele ukumkani, khon' ukuze nathi sifane nezinye izizwe, sibe nokumkani osilawulayo.”
6 Samngena kakubi uSamweli isicelo sabo sokufuna ukumkani. Wabhenela *kuNdikhoyo,
7 waza wathi kuye uNdikhoyo: “Bek' iindlebe uyiphulaphule into abayithethayo aba bantu. Ababukuli wena; ndim lo bangamfuniyo ukuba abalawule.
8 Okoko ndaphuma nabo eJiputa, kude kube namhlanje, basoloko bendifulathela bekhonza thixo bambi; nangoku basayenza loo nto!
9 Siphulaphule isicelo sabo, kodwa uze ubaqononondise ibacacele impatho abaya kuyifumana kwabo kumkani babafunayo.”