7 Athi kuye: ‘Kungenxa yokuba kungekho mntu usiqeshileyo.’ Waza wathi kuwo: ‘Nani yiyani kusebenza esidiliyeni sam.’
8 “Kwakuhlwa ke umninimzi wathi kunobhalana wakhe: ‘Babize abasebenzi, ubamkelise, uqale ngabafike ekugqibeleni, uye kwabafike kuqala.’
9 Beza ke abo babeqeshwe emalanga, baza banikwa loo mali baqhele ukuyamkela ngemini.
10 Bakufika ke abo babeqeshwe kuqala, baba baya kwamkeliswa ngaphezulu, kodwa kwanabo banikwa loo mali baqhele ukuyamkela ngemini.
11 Beyamkele ke basuke bamkhalazela umninimzi,
12 besithi: ‘La madoda afike mva asebenza nje ixeshana, kanti wena uwamkelise ngokulingana nathi, thina esibulaleke kangaka ngumsebenzi, sitshiswa lilanga imini yonke!’
13 Umninimzi wabhekisa komnye, wathi: ‘Mfondini, andiqhathanga mntu. Besingavumelananga na ngemali eqhele ukwamkeliswa umntu ngemini?