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

Kwase kwehla indodakazi kaFaro ukuyogeza emfuleni ; amantombazana ayo ahamba eceleni komfula ; ibona ibhokisi emhlangeni yathuma intombazana ukulilanda.

Kepha onke amantombazana angazanga ndoda ngokulala nayo , nizisindisele wona.

UBowazi wayesethi kuRuthe : Angithi uyezwa, ndodakazi yami ? Ungayi ukukhothoza kwenye insimu , futhi ungasuki lapha , kepha namathela kuwo amantombazana ami lapha.

Wayesenamathela-ke kuwo amantombazana kaBowazi ukukhothoza kwaze kwaba sekugcineni kokuvunwa kwebhali nokukakolweni ; wahlala-ke noninazala.

Besakhuphuka ummango womuzi bafumana amantombazana eyakukha amanzi; bathi kuwo: Umboni ukhona na?

Kepha ijuba lami , opheleleyo wami munye nje ; ungoyedwa kunina , ungokhethiweyo wakhe owamzalayo. Amantombazana ayamb ona, athi ubusisiwe; amakhosikazi nezancinza bayamdumisa. Abangane:

Ungadlala naye njengenyoni, umbophele amantombazana akho, na?