3 Yahamba njalo indoda, isiya ngasempumalanga, iphethe umtya wayo wokulinganisa. Yalinganisa kangangamakhulu amahlanu eemitha, yandiweza kumanzi awayebetha eqatheni.
4 Yaphinda yalinganisa kangangamakhulu amahlanu eemitha, yandisa kumanzi abetha edolweni. Yaphinda yalinganisa kangangamakhulu amahlanu eemitha, yandiweza kumanzi abetha esinqeni.
5 Kwakhona ilinganise amanye amakhulu amahlanu eemitha, kodwa ngoku safika ingumlambo endingenakuwuwela, kuba amanzi ayephezulu, unzulu kangangokuba umntu wayengadadayo – akukho mntu wayenokuwela ngeenyawo ngoku.
6 Yabuza kum yathi: “Mntundini, uyayibona na le nto?”Yabuya nam, yandisa elunxwemeni lomlambo.
7 Ndakuba ndilapho ndabona imithi emininzi ikhula macala omabini omlambo.
8 Ithe kum: “La manzi aqukuqela esiya kummandla wasempumalanga, ehle aye kwintili yeJordan, apho angena khona kuLwandle oluFileyo. Athi akungena elwandle amanzi alapho aphele ubutyuba.
9 Apho lo mlambo uqukuqela khona kubakho inkitha yezilo ezihlala khona. Ziya kuba ninzi kakhulu iintlanzi, kuba apho la manzi angena khona amanzi amtyuba ayajika abe nokuselwa; ngako oko apho ucanda khona zonke izinto ziya kuphila.