6. Ke yena uYoshuwa unyana kaNune, noKalebhi unyana kaJefune, abanye bezaa ntlola, basuka baziqwenga iimpahla zabo ngenxa yokukhathazeka,
7. baza babhekisa kumaSirayeli, bathi: “Hayi bo! Elaa lizwe sivela kulijonga lelihle kunene.
8. Ukuba uNdikhoyo uyakholwa sithi, uza kusisa kulo, alinikezele kuthi, yeka ke kambe indyebo yalo – liyintombazana!
9. Nto nje nina musani ukumvukela uNdikhoyo, ningabaxhaleli nabemi belo lizwe, kuba siya kuboyisa lula. UNdikhoyo ungakuthi, ibe ke bona bakukutya kwethu, kuba *izithixo zabo azinakubanceda. Hayi bo, sanukuba nadyudyu ngenxa yabo!”
10. Ke kaloku amaSirayeli ephela athi selezimisele ukubaxuluba ngamatye, suka abona ngobukhazi-khazi bokukhazimla kukaNdikhoyo bukhakhaba phezu kwesibingelelo.
11. *UNdikhoyo ke wadanduluka wathi: “Koda kube nini aba bantu bendidela? Koda kube nini bengandithembi, nangona sendenze imimangaliso engaka nje phakathi kwabo?