4. Waya ke kukumkani loo mfazi waseTekowa, wafika wawa ngamadolo, ekhahlela, wathi: “Ndincede, mhlekazi!”
5. Ukumkani wathi kuye: “Ngaba ukhathazwa yintoni?”Uthe ukuphendula loo mfazi: “Mhlekazi, ndingumhlolokazi; ndibhujelwe yindoda.
6. Yaye bendinoonyana ababini. Ngenye imini baxabana besemadlelweni, kwathi ngenxa yokuba kwakungekho mlamli, balwa wabethwa wafa omnye unyana wam.
7. Ngoku ke, mhlekazi, abantu basemzini wam bonke bandivukele besithi: ‘Mnikezele lo ubulele umntakwabo, khon' ukuze sibuyekeze ukufa komntakwabo lo ambuleleyo, kungabi sabakho ndlalifa.’ Ewe, bafuna ukuyicima igama impunde ebesendijonge ukuba yiyo eya kuvusa igama likayise, ivuse nomzi wakowayo.”