Owaletha umbiko waphendula wathi : U-Israyeli ubalekile phambi kwamaFilisti; kwakukhona ukubulawa okukhulu phakathi kwabantu ; amadodana akho omabili oHofini noFinehasi afile , nomphongolo kaNkulunkulu uthathiwe. Ukufa kuka-Eli. U-Ikabodi

wahlala khona, waze wafa uHerode , ukuze kugcwaliseke okwakhulunywa yiNkosi ngomprofethi ukuthi: Ngayibiza indodana yami iphume eGibithe. Ukubulawa kwabantwana baseBetlehema

Bakhipha amademoni amaningi , bagcoba abagulayo abaningi ngamafutha , babaphulukisa. Ukubulawa kukaJohane uMbhapathizi (Math. 14:1; Luk. 9:7)

Bamuka-ke, bahamba imizi ngemizi beshumayela ivangeli , bephulukisa ezindaweni zonke. Ukubulawa kukaJohane uMbhapathizi (Math. 14:1; Mark. 6:14)

Uma ekhona oyisa ekuthunjweni , uya naye ekuthunjweni ; uma ekhona obulala ngenkemba , umelwe naye ukubulawa ngenkemba . Nakhu ukubekezela nokukholwa kwabangcwele.