15 khon' ukuze kwenziwe uphando kumaxwebhu ashiywa ngabo bakwandulelayo. Apho kwezo ngcombolo ke uya kufumanisa ukuba esi sisixeko sabavukeli, abaphembeleli-dushe kookumkani nakumaphondo; kakade yayiyindawo yodushe kwamandulo. Kwakungenxa yaloo nto ukuze sitshatyalaliswe esi sixeko.
16 Ewe, siyakulumkisa, mhlekazi: ukuba sikhe sakhiwa esi sixeko, zavuswa neendonga zaso, wena uya kusala ungenanto apha kwelentshona ye-Efrati.”
17 Ukumkani ke waphendula wenjenje:“URehum igosa eliphetheyo, uShimshayi unobhala, nawo onke amahlakani abo ahlala eSamariya naphi na kwelentshona ye-Efrati: Bhotani!“Ke
18 ileta eniyibhalileyo nasithumelela yona ifundiwe yaguqulwa nam ndisiva.
19 Ndilugunyazisile uphando, kwaza kwaphengululwa kwafumaniseka ukuba esi sixeko kwakudala sinembali yabavukeli-zikumkani – yindawo yovukelo nesiphithi-phithi.
20 EJerusalem kwakukho ookumkani abanamandla, belawula kwelentshona ye-Efrati, irhafu neminikelo nemirhumo ihlawulwa kubo.
21 Ngoko ke wisani umyalelo abo bantu bawuyeke loo msebenzi, ukuze eso sixeko singakhiwa de mna ndikuyalele oko.