1 Ngoku ke amadoda nabafazi bawo benza isimbonono bekhalazela amawabo angamaJuda.
2 Abanye babesithi: “Thina noonyana neentombi zethu sibaninzi; ngoko ke ukuze sibe nokutya siphile kufuneka sikufumane ukudla.”
3 Abanye ke babesithi: “Sibambise ngamasimi ethu, nezidiliya, namakhaya, ukuze sizuze ukudla ngethuba lendlala.”
4 Kwakukho nabathi: “Siboleke imali ukuze sibe nokuhlawula irhafu yakomkhulu ngenxa yamasimi nezidiliya zethu,
5 kodwa nangona sibanye ngegazi namawethu la, futhi oonyana bethu befana nababo, kodwa thina oonyana neentombi zethu bazizisulu zobukhoboka. Ezinye kwiintombi zethu sezingene ebukhobokeni; ke thina asinakwenza nto, kuba amasimi nezidiliya zethu zathathwa zanikwa bantu bambi.”
6 Ndithe ke ndakusiva esi simbonono sabo, ndawonye nezityholo zabo, ndasuka ndacaphuka kakhulu.