UGadi wayesefika kuDavide , wamtshela, wathi kuye : Kufike kuwe yini iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala ezweni lakini, noma ubalekele izitha zakho izinyanga ezintathu zisakuxosha, noma kube khona izinsuku ezintathu zesifo ezweni lakini na ? Manje cabanga , ubone ukuthi yiliphi izwi engiyakulibuyisela kongithumileyo.

Izithole ezondileyo ezimbi ezakhuphuka emva kwazo ziy iminyaka eyisikhombisa kanye nezikhwebu ezincane , ezihamukile ngumoya wasempumalanga; ziyiminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala.

Emva kwayo iyakuvela iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala ; iyakukhohlakala inala yonke ezweni laseGibithe; indlala iyakuliqeda izwe.

Inala ayiyukwaziwa ezweni ngenxa yendlala elandelayo , ngokuba iyakuba nzima kakhulu.

Lokhu kudla kuyakubekelelwa izw e ngenxa yeminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala eyakuba khona ezweni laseGibithe ukuba izwe lingabhubhi ngendlala. Ukuphakanyiswa kukaJosefa

Iminyaka eyisikhombisa yendlala yayisiqala ukufika , njengalokho eshilo uJosefa; kwakuyindlala emazweni onke ; kepha ezweni lonke laseGibithe ukudla kwakukhona.

ngikondlele khona , ngokuba kuseyiminyaka eyisihlanu yendlala , funa uswele, wena nomuzi wakho, nakho konke onakho.

Lapho ngithumela kini imicibisholo emibi yendlala eyakuba ngukuchitheka kwabo, engiyakuyithuma ukunichitha, ngiyakukhulisa indlala phe zu kwenu, ngaphule uzime lwenu lwesinkwa,

Abantu abaprofetha kubo bayakuphonswa ezitaladini zaseJerusalema ngenxa yendlala nenkemba ; abayikuba namuntu wokubembela , bona nawomkabo, namadodana abo , namadodakazi abo ; ngiyakuthela okubi kwabo phezu kwabo.

Babe khona nabathi : Sibambisile ngamasimu ethu , nangezivini zethu , nangezindlu zethu; masithole amabele ngenxa yendlala.