OShemi noJafete bathatha ingubo , bayifaka emahlombe abo bobabili , bahamba nyovane , basibekela ubunqunu bukayise ; ubuso babo babubh eka emuva, abaze babona ubunqunu bukayise.

Kwathi ekuseni umoya wakhe wakhathaz eka; wathuma wabiza izanusi zonke zaseGibithe nezihlakaniphi zonke zalo ; uFaro wazilandisa iphupho lakhe; kepha akubangakho ongachazela wona uFaro.

Lokho kuceka kokuqala abakwenzayo uJonathani nodibi lwezikhali zakhe kwakungabantu kungathi amashumi amabili ebangeni elingathi inxenye ye - eka lensimu.

Ngokuba ama -eka ayishumi esivin i ayakuthela ibhati elilodwa , nehomere lembewu liyakuthela i-efa nje.

eka-Ezra: nguMeshulamu; eka-Amariya: nguJehohanani;

eka-Ido: nguZakariya; ekaGinethoni: nguMeshulamu;

eka-Abiya: nguZikiri; ekaMiniyamini, ekaMohadiya: nguPhilitayi;

ekaSalayi: nguKhalayi; eka-Amoki: ngu-Ebere;

INkosi yayisithi kuye: Suka uye esitaladini esithiwa Siqondile, ufune endlini kaJuda umuntu ogama lakhe linguSawulu waseTarsu ; ngokuba bh eka, uyakhuleka;

othe ngezizukulwane ezidlulileyo way eka izizwe zonke zihambe ngezindlela zazo.

Kepha ngifuna ukuba ningabi nakukhathaz eka. Ongaganiwe ukhathalela okweNkosi ukuba angayithokozisa kanjani iNkosi.