1Kwathi lapho uBhilidadi umShuhi waphendula wathi:
2“Koze kube nini ulokhu uphethe emlonyeni?
3Kungani usithatha njengezinkomo
4Wena ozidabudabulayo ube yiziqa ngokuthukuthela kwakho,
5Isibane somubi siyacima;
6Ukukhanya ethenteni lakhe kuyafiphala;
7Izisinde zakhe zamandla ziyadeda;
8Inyawo zakhe zimbeka emambuleni
9Umjibila umhwiphula ngesithende;
10Isihitshela usifihlelwe phansi;
11Uyethuka ngokwesaba inxa zonke
12Umonakalo umlambele;
13Kudla ingxenye yesikhumba sakhe;
14Uyasuswa ekuvikelekeni kwethente lakhe
15Umlilo uhlala ethenteni lakhe;
16Impande zakhe ziyabuna ngaphansi
17Ukukhunjulwa kwakhe kuyaphela emhlabeni;
18Uyasuswa ekukhanyeni aye ebumnyameni
19Kalabantwana loba isizukulwane ebantwini bakibo,
20Abantu bentshonalanga bayanengwa yisiphetho sakhe;