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.
7 Ndawetyisa engqondweni lo mcimbi, ndaza ke ndazikhalazela izikhulu namagosa, ndathi: “Nicinezela amawenu ngokutsala ingeniso kwakuwo!” Ngoko ke ndabiza imbizo ukuze ichophele lo mbandela wabo,
8 ndathi: “Senze unako-nako sawakhulula ngokuwathenga amawethu angamaJuda awayethengiswe kwiintlanga. Ngoku ke nina nithengisa ngabo abantakwenu, nisenzela ukuba baphinde bathengiswe kwakuthi.” Kwathi cwaka ke, kuba babengenayo indlela yokuziphendulela.
9 Ndaqhuba ndathi: “Le nto niyenzayo ayilunganga. Ngani ukuba ningamhloneli uThixo, khon' ukuze niziphephe izinyeliso zeentlanga eziziintshaba zethu?
10 Mna nabantakwethu namadoda akwam siyababoleka abantu imali nokudla. Ngoko ke masiyeke ukubaxhaphaza sizuze ingeniso.
11 Khanibabuyisele kwanamhlanje amasimi, izidiliya, izinquma, nezindlu zabo, ngokunjalo nala matyala banibamba wona: isahlulo sekhulu semali, ingqolowa, iwayini, kunye namafutha omnquma.”