39 “Ngaphezu koko ke uNdikhoyo wathi: ‘Ngabantwana benu kuphela abaya kungena kwelo lizwe; nditsho abo bangekakwazi ukwahlula okubi kokuhle, abo kanye nanisithi nina boba ngamaxhoba otshaba. Elo lizwe ndiya kulinikela kubo, limiwe ngabo.
40 Ke nina jikani, nisinge entlango ngendlela eya kuLwandle oluBomvu.’
41 “Ke nina naphendula nathi kum: ‘Simonile uNdikhoyo. Ngoko ke siza kujika silihlasele elo lizwe ngokomlomo kaNdikhoyo uThixo wethu.’ Ngenene ke nonke naqulela imfazwe, nicinga ukuba yoba yindlwana iyanetha ukuhlasela eleentaba.
42 Ke yena uNdikhoyo wathi kum: ‘Balumkise uthi: “Ningayi kulwa; andiyi kuhamba nani ndinilwele; niya koyiswa ziintshaba zenu.” ’
43 Ndanixelela ke loo mazwi kaNdikhoyo, kodwa zange niwakhathalele. Ewe, nasuka namgwilikela, naza nathi ngelo kratshi lenu nalihlasela eleentaba.
44 Asuka ke wona ama-Amori awayehlala kwezo ntaba, athi quba phezu kwenu oku kwebubu leenyosi. Aningena ke, aniswantsulisa, nada naya kufika eHoma, anoyisela kwezo ntaba zaseSeyire.
45 Kweso sithuba ke naba ngazibika kuNdikhoyo nilila, suka wavingc' iindlebe, akaniphulaphula.