U-Esawu wathi kuJakobe : Ake ungiphe ukuba ngidle kokubomvu , kulokho okubomvu, ngokuba sengidiniwe, ngalokho igama lakhe lathiwa u-Edomi.

ungilungisele isilovela engisithandayo , usilethe kimi ukuba ngidle , umphefumulo wami ukubusise ngingakafi.

Ngilethele inyamazane , ungilungisele isilovela , ukuze ngidle , ngikubusise ebusweni bukaJehova ngingakafi.

Wayesethi: Sondeza kimi , ngidle inyamazane yendodana yami ukuba umphefumulo wami ukubusise . Wayeseyisondeza kuye, wadla; wayisa kuye iwayini, waphuza.

Uyakuthengisa kimi ukudla ngemali ukuba ngidle, ningiphe amanzi ngemali ukuba ngiphuze; mangidabule kuphela ngezinyawo,

Ungakhulumi enhliziyweni yakho , uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho esebaxoshile ngaphambi kwakho , ngokuthi: Ngenxa yokulunga kwami uJehova ungingenisile ukuba ngidle leli zwe , ingani kungenxa yobubi balezo zizwe uJehova azixosha phambi kwakho.

Kuyakuthi bonke abasele endlini yakho bafike bamkhothamele ngohlamvu lwesiliva neqebelen gwane lesinkwa , bathi: Ake ungibeke kwesinye sezikhundla zompristi ukuba ngidle ucezu lwesinkwa.

U-Uriya wathi kuDavide : Umphongolo, no-Israyeli, noJuda bahlezi emadokodweni; inkosi yami uJowabe nezinceku zenkosi yami zimisile endle ; mina-ke, pho, ngingene endlini yami, ngidle, ngiphuze, ngilale nomkami na? Kuphila kwakho nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, angiyikuyenza leyo nto.

Wayeselala phansi u-Amnoni, wazishaya ogulayo; isifikile inkosi ukumbona, u-Amnoni wathi enkosini : Ake kuze uTamari udadewethu , enze amaqebelengwane amabili phambi kwami ukuba ngidle esandleni sakhe.

Wayesethi u -Amnoni kuTamari : Letha ukudla ekamelweni lami ukuba ngidle esandleni sakho. UTamari wawathatha amaqebelengwane awenzileyo, wawangenisa ekamelweni ku-Amnoni umnewabo.

Ekuphumeni kwakhe ukuya endleleni umuntu wagijimela kuye , waguqa ngamadolo phambi kwakhe , wambuza wathi : Mfundisi omuhle , ngiyakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?

Bheka, kwase kusukuma isazimthetho esithile , samlinga sathi : Mfundisi, ngizakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?

Kodwa akayikusho kuyo ukuthi: Lungisa engizakukudla , uzibophe, ungiphakele, ngize ngidle, ngiphuze, andukuba udle, uphuze wena, na?

Umbusi othile wayesembuza ethi : Mfundisi omuhle, ngiyakwenzani ukuba ngidle ifa lokuphila okuphakade na?

Bheka, ngimi ngasemnyango ngingqongqotha ; uma umuntu ezwa izwi lami, avule umnyango, ngiyakungena kuye, ngidle naye, naye adle nami.