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.
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.