8. Wawutyalwe kumhlaba otyebileyo, kufuphi namanzi amaninzi, ukuze uhlume, ukhule, uvelise iziqhamo, ube yinzwakazi yomdiliya.
9. “Yithi kubo: Itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo ukuthi: Ngaba lo mdiliya uza kuchuma na? Awusayi kuncothulwa na lukhozi lokuqala, lunqothule zonke iziqhamo zawo, uze ubune? Amahlumelo awo onke aya kubuna. Xa uncothulwe emhlabeni akuyi kubakho mfuneko yandoda isisigantsontso okanye iqela labantu.
10. Khona ukuba uphinde watyalwa kwenye indawo uya kukhula na? Awukubuna mpela na xa kuthe kwavuthuza ulophu, ubune umi kuloo ndawo ubukhula kuyo?”
11. Ndeva ilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi:
12. “Yithi kwindlu yoonkanishe: ‘Ngaba aniyazi intsingiselo yezi zinto?’ Yithi kubo: ‘Ukumkani waseBhabheli waya eJerusalem, wamthimba ukumkani walapho nezinxiba-mxhaka zakhe, wabasa eBhabheli,
13. waza wakhetha omnye kwabegazi, wenza isivumelwano naye, wamfungisa. Wawasusa amadoda amakhulu esizwe,
14. khon' ukuze ubukumkani buhle, bungabi nakuphakama, bume buyiloo nto ngokugcinwa kwesivumelwano nokumkani waseBhabheli.
15. Kodwa ukumkani waseJerusalem wamvukela owaseBhabheli, waza wathuma izithunywa eJiputa ukuba ancedwe ngamahashe nomkhosi omkhulu. Ngaba uya kuphumelela? Ngaba umntu owenza izinto ezilolu hlobo uyasinda; nditsho ofumana asikhabe isivumelwano?’
16. “Ndiyafunga, itsho iNkosi uNdikhoyo, úya kufela eBhabheli, kwilizwe laloo kumkani wayembekile waza wasidela isifungo asenze naye, wasaphula isivumelwano.
17. Ukumkani waseJiputa nomkhosi wakhe oqinileyo oyinyambalala akasayi kumnceda nganto emfazweni, xeshikweni kusakhiwa izikanisi nezinye izixhobo zokungqinga ukuze kufe inyambalala yabantu.
18. Usidelile isifungo ngokutyeshela umnqophiso. Akayi kusinda, kuba kaloku uzenza zonke ezi zinto ekubeni ebevumelene.