Izithole ezondileyo ezimbi ezakhuphuka emva kwazo ziy iminyaka eyisikhombisa kanye nezikhwebu ezincane , ezihamukile ngumoya wasempumalanga; ziyiminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala.

Emva kwayo iyakuvela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala ; iyakukhohlakala inala yonke ezweni laseGibithe; indlala iyakuliqeda izwe.

Inala ayiyukwaziwa ezweni ngenxa yendlala elandelayo , ngokuba iyakuba nzima kakhulu.

Lokhu kudla kuyakubekelelwa izw e ngenxa yeminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala eyakuba khona ezweni laseGibithe ukuba izwe lingabhubhi ngendlala. Ukuphakanyiswa kukaJosefa

Iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala yayisiqala ukufika , njengalokho eshilo uJosefa; kwakuyindlala emazweni onke ; kepha ezweni lonke laseGibithe ukudla kwakukhona.

ngikondlele khona , ngokuba kuseyiminyaka eyisihlanu yendlala , funa uswele, wena nomuzi wakho, nakho konke onakho.

UGadi wayesefika kuDavide , wamtshela, wathi kuye : Kufike kuwe yini iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala ezweni lakini, noma ubalekele izitha zakho izinyanga ezintathu zisakuxosha, noma kube khona izinsuku ezintathu zesifo ezweni lakini na ? Manje cabanga , ubone ukuthi yiliphi izwi engiyakulibuyisela kongithumileyo.

Babe khona nabathi : Sibambisile ngamasimu ethu , nangezivini zethu , nangezindlu zethu; masithole amabele ngenxa yendlala.

Abantu abaprofetha kubo bayakuphonswa ezitaladini zaseJerusalema ngenxa yendlala nenkemba ; abayikuba namuntu wokubembela , bona nawomkabo, namadodana abo , namadodakazi abo ; ngiyakuthela okubi kwabo phezu kwabo.

Lapho ngithumela kini imicibisholo emibi yendlala eyakuba ngukuchitheka kwabo, engiyakuyithuma ukunichitha, ngiyakukhulisa indlala phe zu kwenu, ngaphule uzime lwenu lwesinkwa,