Kwase kufika enkosini abesifazane ababili ababexegelwa yisimilo, bema phambi kwenkosi. Omunye wabo wathi: “Bayede, nkosi, mina nalo wesifazane sihlala endlini eyodwa. Ngibelethe nginaye endlini. Kuthe ngosuku lwesithathu ngibelethile, lo wesifazane naye wabeletha; besindawonye, kungekho omunye obenathi endlini; bekuyithi nje sobabili kuphela.
“Umfana walo wesifazane ufe ebusuku, ngokuba ulale phezu kwakhe. Uvuke phakathi kwamabili wathatha umfana wami eceleni kwami, incekukazi yakho isalele. Ube esembeka esifubeni sakhe, wabeka umfana wakhe ofileyo esifubeni sami. Lapho ngivuka ekuseni ukuze ngincelise umfana wami, ngithole ukuthi ubesefile. Kepha kuthe sekusile lapho sengimbhekisisa ngabona ukuthi akusiye umfana wami engimzeleyo.”
Omunye wesifazane wayesethi: “Qha, lo mfana ophilayo ngowami, ofileyo ngumfana wakho.”
Kepha yena wathi: “Qhabo bo, ofileyo ngumfana wakho, ophilayo ngumfana wami.”
Baphikisana kanjalo phambi kwenkosi.
Inkosi yayisithi: “Omunye uthi: ‘Ngowami lo mfana ophilayo, ngowakho umfana ofileyo;’ omunye uthi: ‘Qhabo bo, ngumfana wakho ofileyo, ngumfana wami ophilayo.’ ”
Yathi-ke inkosi: “Ngiletheleni inkemba.”
Base beyiletha inkemba enkosini. Inkosi yayisithi: “Mklayeni phakathi umntwana ophilayo, ninike omunye ingxenye, nomunye ingxenye.”
Owesifazane okungowakhe umntwana ophilayo wakhuluma enkosini, ngenxa yokuthi kwavuka izinseka ngomntwana wakhe, wathi: “Ngixolele, nkosi yami, mnike yena umntwana ophilayo, ungalokothi umbulale,” kepha lo omunye, wathi: “Makangatholwa muntu phakathi kwami nawe; makaklaywe.”
Inkosi yayisithatha, ithi: “Umntwana ophilayo mnikeni lona othe ningamklayi, ngokuba nguyena ongunina wakhe.”
U-Israyeli wonke wezwa ngaleso sehlulelo esasenziwe yinkosi, wayesaba inkosi ngokuba wabona ukuthi ukuhlakanipha kukaNkulunkulu kwakunayo ekwehluleleni kwayo.
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