3. Ndim lo ke, ndithi ukuba ndakha ndanona ndimangaleleni ngoku apha phambi *koNdikhoyo naphambi komthanjiswa wakhe ukumkani. Ndakha ndahlutha bani inkabi yakhe yenkomo okanye idonki? Ndakha ndacinezela bani na; ingubani endakha ndamngcungcuthekisa? Ngubani owakha wandinyoba ukundivala umlomo? Ukuba ndakha ndayenza into enjalo, ndiya kuyenza imbuyekezo.”
4. Wahlokoma umzi wathi: “Akuzange wasicinezela nanini, ungazange wangcungcuthekisa bani nakanye; yaye akuzange wathatha nto mntwini.”
5. Wathi ke uSamweli: “UNdikhoyo nomthanjiswa wakhe ukumkani ngamangqina am ke ukuba kutsho nina ukuthi ndimsulwa.”“Ewe,” kutsho abantu, “nguNdikhoyo ingqina lethu.”
6. Uqhube wenjenje uSamweli: “Ingqina nguNdikhoyo lo watyumba uMosis noAron, waza wabakhupha ooyihlo-mkhulu eJiputa.
7. Sondelani ke, ndiniyale phambi koNdikhoyo ngokunikhumbuza ngemisebenzi yobulungisa ayenzele nina nooyihlo.
8. “Kwathi akuba seJiputa uYakobi nomzi wakhe, bazibika kuNdikhoyo, yena wathumela uMosis noAron ababakhuphayo eJiputa, beza kuma kulo mhlaba.
9. Bathi bakuba lapha abantu bamlibala uNdikhoyo uThixo wabo. Yena ke ngoko wabanikela esandleni sikaSisera umphathi womkhosi waseHazore, nakumaFilistiya, nakukumkani wakwaMowabhi, – zintshaba zabo ezo ezabahlaselayo.
10. Babuya bazibika kuNdikhoyo, besithi: ‘Ewe, sonile, kuba sikufulathele, Ndikhoyo, sanqula ooBhali nooAshtaroti. Sihlangule kwiintshaba zethu; sokhonza wena!’
11. UNdikhoyo ke wathumela uGidiyon, noBharaki, noJefta, waza wagqibela ngam. Wanihlangula kwiintshaba zenu macala onke, nahlala ngenzolo.
12. Kodwa nithe nakuqonda ukuba ukumkani uNahashe wama-Amon ufuna ukunihlasela, neza kum, nathi: ‘Sifuna ukumkani wethu,’ naxa uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu engukumkani wenu.”
13. Utyatyadule wathi uSamweli: “Nanku ke ukumkani enimkhethileyo. Ufunwe nini ke; uNdikhoyo uyanikhululela ke ngoku.
14. Kuya kuba hele, kube chosi, ukuba nje uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu niyamhlonela, nimkhonze, nimphulaphule, ningaphikisani nomyalelo wakhe, koko nimlandele nikunye nokumkani wenu onilawulayo.
15. Kodwa ukuba animva uNdikhoyo, niphikisane nomyalelo wakhe, wonichasa njengoko wenjenjalo kooyihlo-mkhulu.