7 Imana leyo ke ibilingana nembewu yekoriyanda, imhlotshana oku kwentlaka.
8-9 Ke yona yayibakho ngokuhlwa, isiwa nombethe. Kwakusithi ke kusasa abantu baphume baye kuyichola bayiqokelele, bayisile ibe ngumgubo, okanye bayingqushe. Babeyipheka okanye bayenze amaqebengwana ngamafutha. Emlonyeni yayingathi sisonka esenziwe ngamafutha omnquma.
10 UMosis weva imizi ngemizi yamaSirayeli ikhalaza. Wev' intw' embi, kuba umsindo *kaNdikhoyo wasuka wavutha.
11 Wabhekisa kuNdikhoyo wathi: “Ngani ukuba undiphathe kanje, Mhlekazi? Undiqumbele ngani? Kwakutheni ukuze undinike aba bantu baluxanduva olunje?
12 Kakade, ngaba bakhawulwa ndim? Hayi kaloku, àbazalwa ndim; ngani ke ukuba uthi mandibasingathe oku kwempelesi egcina usana, ndibase kwelo lizwe wabathembisa ngalo ngesifungo ooyise-mkhulu?
13 Kodwa kodwa ndingayizuza phi inyama, ukuze ndiphe bonke aba bantu? Kuba nâbo besoloko bebhomboloza, besithi mandibaphe inyama.
14 Hayi bo! Andinako ukuwuthwala ndedwa lo mthwalo ungaba bantu; ungaphezu kwam!