10. Ngoko ke masihlale sivundlile, hleze athi akwanda ngaphezu koku adibane neentshaba zethu ngexesha lemfazwe, asihlasele, afumane ithuba lokubaleka emke kweli lizwe.”
11. Ngoko ke, ukuwaphul' iimpondo amaSirayeli, amaJiputa awamisela iinduna, khon' ukuze asetyenziswe nzima. Zakhiwa ngolu hlobo ke izixeko zokumkani, iPitom neRamesi, ezazingoovimba.
12. Kambe ke, okukhona bawatshutshisayo amaSirayeli, yaba kokukhona andayo, alizalisa lonke ilizwe. Le meko ke yawenza ahlala exhaleni elingathethekiyo amaJiputa ngenxa yamaSirayeli.
15. Ukumkani waseJiputa wathetha noShifra noPuwa ababelekisi bamaHebhere, wathi:
16. “Xa ninceda amaHebherekazi, aze afumane abantwana abangamakhwenkwe, babulaleni; kanti ke ningabayeka abangamantombazana baphile.”
17. Kodwa ke ababelekisi abo yayingabafazi abamoyikayo uThixo. Basuka bawaphula umyalelo kakumkani, àbawabulala amakhwenkwe lawo.
18. Ukumkani ke wababiza ababelekisi abo, wababuza wathi: “Ngani ukuba nibayeke abantwana bamaHebhere abangamakhwenkwe ningababulali?”
19. Ababelekisi baphendula bathi: “AmaHebherekazi akafani namaJiputakazi; wona akufikelwa yinimba abeleka lula, singekafiki nokufika thina.”