10. Nakufika khona niya kufumanisa ukuba abantu bakhona bazihlalele nje, abanaxhala lanto. Ewe, ilizwe elo lithe gabalala; mayela neentswelo zomntu kukwanto zilungile, ibe ke uThixo ulinikele kuni.”
11. Apho ke eZora nase-Eshtawoli amaDan akhupha umkhosi wamadoda angamakhulu amathandathu.
12. Enyuka aya kumisa entshona yeKiriyati-yarim kwelakwaJuda. Ngenxa yeso sizathu ke loo ndawo isabizwa ngokuba yiMarhane-dan unangoku.
13. Loo mkhosi ke waphuma apho, waya kutsho kwaMika kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim.
14. Ke ezaa ntlola zintlanu zaziye kuhlola elo lizwe zada zaya kufika eLayishe, zathi kumawazo: “Ngaba benisazi na ukuba kwenye yezi zindlu kukho umfanekiso oqingqwe ngomthi watyatyekwa ngesiliva? Kukwakho nomnye umfanekiso otyhidiweyo, kunye *nemilonde-khaya, ndawonye *nesidanga. Niyayazi ke into emayenziwe!”
15. Ke kaloku zangena kwaMika, apho wayehlala khona umfana womLevi, zafika zabulisa zabuza impilo.
16. Ke wona umkhosi omakhulu mathandathu amadoda, lowa wawuxhobe waf' amacala, wawuthe xonkxosholo esangweni.
17. Ezo ntlola zathi ngqo endlwini, zafika zathatha loo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo, nalowo utyhidiweyo, kunye nemilonde-khaya ndawonye nesidanga, ngeli lixa yena umbingeleli wayesesesangweni nomkhosi lowo.
18. La madoda ke athi akungena endlwini kaMika athatha imifanekiso leyo ndawonye nesidanga. Ke umbingeleli lowo wawabuza wathi: “Nenza ntoni?”
19. Ke wona amyala athi: “Yithi tu, ungabi sayiphatha! Yiza, uhambe nathi, ube ngumfundisi nombingeleli wethu. Awutsho wena ukuba kubhetele ube ngumbingeleli wenye yezindlu zikaSirayeli endaweni yokuba ube ngumbingeleli womzi womntu omnye?”
20. Eli cebo lamkholisa umbingeleli lowo, waza ke wasithatha isidanga nemifanekiso ikunye nalowo uqingqiweyo, wahamba namaDan lawo.
21. Loo madoda ke ajika ahamba. Abantwana bawo, iinkomo, nako konke okwawo, akubeka ngaphambili.
22. Athe selemgama, uMika nabamelwana bahlab' umkhosi, baphuma besukelisa. Bathe bakusondela kumaDan apho
23. bawakhwaza. Ke wona ajika abuza kuMika athi: “Konakele phi? Ngowani lo mkhosi?”
24. UMika waphendula wathi: “Ningathini ukuthi: ‘Konakele phi?’ Nindohluthe oothixo bam endizenzele bona nombingeleli wam, nemka nabo! Ndosala nantoni mna?”