Abafana bakhula; u-Esawu waba yiphisi , umuntu wasendle; uJakobe waba yibeka, ehlala ematendeni.

ingelosi engisindise ebubini bonke mayibusise abafana ; mababizwe ngegama lami nangegama lawobaba o -Abrahama no -Isaka; mabande, babe baningi phakathi kwezwe.

Kodwa ababelethisi babemesaba uNkulunkulu , abenzanga njengalokho yasho kubo inkosi yaseGibithe, babasindisa abafana.

Inkosi yaseGibithe yayisibiza ababelethisi , yathi kubo : Nenzeleni lokhu , nasindisa abafana, na?

UFaro wayesebayala abantu bakhe bonke , ethi: Bonke abafana abazalwayo anobaphonsa emfuleni, kepha amantombazana niwasindise onke.

Ngiyakubanika abafana babe yizikhulu zabo, nezingane ziyakubabusa.

Amehlo akho mawabe sensimini ayivunayo , uwalandele; angithi ngiyalile abafana ukuba bangakuthinti na ? Nxa womile, yana ezitsheni, uphuze lokho abakukhileyo abafana.

Esesukile ekukhothozeni uBowazi wayala abafana bakhe , wathi: Makakhothoze nasezithungwini, ningamkhathazi.

USamuweli wathi kuJese : Sebephelile abafana na ? Wathi: Kusasele omncane; bheka, uyalusa izimvu . USamuweli wathi kuJese : Thumela umlande, ngokuba asiyikubuya, engakafiki lapha.

Wenyuka lapho , waya eBethele ; esenyuka endlelni , kwaphuma abafana emzini, bamklolodela, bathi kuye : Yenyuka wena mpandlandini ! Yenyuka wena mpandlandini!

Wabheka emva kwakhe , wababona, wabaqalekisa egameni likaJehova . Kwase kuphuma ehlathini amabhere amabili ezinsikazi , adwengula abafana abangamashumi amane nambili kubo.

Kwakhala ku-Elisha owesifazane othile wabafazi bamadodana abaprofethi, wathi: Inceku yakho , indoda yami , ifile; wena uyazi ukuthi incek u yakho yayimesaba uJehova ; sekufike umtshelekisi ukuzithathela abafana bami ababili babe yizigqila.

abafana abangenasici , ababukeka kahle , abanengqondo ekuhlakanipheni konke, abanolwazi ekwazini , abanokuqonda ekwazini , abanamandla ukukhonza endlini yenkosi, abafundise izincwadi nolimi lwamaKaledi.

Ngasekugcineni kwezinsuku eziyishumi ubuso babo babonakala bubuhle , babekhuluphele emzimbeni kunabo bonke abafana ababedla isabelo sokudla kwenkosi.

Izitaladi zasemzini ziyakugcwala abafana namantombazana bedlala ezitaladini zawo.

Kepha uma leyo nceku ithi enhliziyweni yayo : Inkosi yami ilibele ukufika , iqale ukushaya abafana namantombazana, idle, iphuze, idakwe,