17 Ewe, uEliya wayengumntu efana nathi. Kodwa wathandaza ngokuzimisela ukuba ingani imvula, ngenene labalela iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha.
18 Waphinda wathandaza, saza isibhakabhaka sayithoba imvula, lachuma ilizwe.
19 Mawethu, ukuba omnye wenu ulahlekile waphuma enyanisweni, waza omnye umntu wambuyisa,
20 qinisekani ngale ndawo: Nabani na oguqula umoni olahlekayo usindise umphefumlo ekufeni, watsho kwaxolelwa izono ezininzi.