3 Ngani ukuba *uNdikhoyo asise kwilizwe elinjalo? Kuba kucacile ukuba siya kufel' emfazweni, baze abafazi nabantwana bethu babe ngamaxhoba. Anitsho nina ukuba kubhetele sibuyele kwaseJiputa?”
4 Baza ke bacebisana bathi: “Masizikhethele inkokheli yokusibuyisela eJiputa.”
5 Kwesi sithuba ke uMosis noAron bathi guqaqa apho phambi kwebandla lakwaSirayeli liphela.
6 Ke yena uYoshuwa unyana kaNune, noKalebhi unyana kaJefune, abanye bezaa ntlola, basuka baziqwenga iimpahla zabo ngenxa yokukhathazeka,
7 baza babhekisa kumaSirayeli, bathi: “Hayi bo! Elaa lizwe sivela kulijonga lelihle kunene.
8 Ukuba uNdikhoyo uyakholwa sithi, uza kusisa kulo, alinikezele kuthi, yeka ke kambe indyebo yalo – liyintombazana!
9 Nto nje nina musani ukumvukela uNdikhoyo, ningabaxhaleli nabemi belo lizwe, kuba siya kuboyisa lula. UNdikhoyo ungakuthi, ibe ke bona bakukutya kwethu, kuba *izithixo zabo azinakubanceda. Hayi bo, sanukuba nadyudyu ngenxa yabo!”