UDavide wayesethi ku -Uriya: Yehla uye endlini yakho, ugeze izinyawo zakho. U-Uriya waphuma endlini yenkosi , kwamlandela isipho sokudla esivela enkosini.

Yayisithi iNkosi : Ngumuphi-ke umphathi othembekileyo noqondileyo , inkosi yakhe eyakumbeka phezu kwabendlu bayo ukuba abanike isabelo sabo sokudla ngesikhathi sakho?

Wayesethi kubo : Zanini nina nodwa endaweni eyih lane, niphumule ingcosana. Ngokuba babe baningi abezayo nabahambayo , abaze bathola nasikhathi sokudla.

Bese bubekwa ubuso bethu phambi kwakho kanye nobuso babafana abadla isabelo sokudla kwenkosi, wenze ezincekwini zakho njengokubona kwakho.

Ngasekugcineni kwezinsuku eziyishumi ubuso babo babonakala bubuhle , babekhuluphele emzimbeni kunabo bonke abafana ababedla isabelo sokudla kwenkosi.

Inceku yayisisusa isabelo sokudla newayini lokuphuza, yabapha imifino.

Inkosi yabamisela isabelo semihla ngemihla sokudla kwenkosi nesewayini eliphuzayo, bondliwe iminyaka emithathu; kuyakuthi ngasekugcineni kwayo beme phambi kwenkosi.

Kepha uDaniyeli wazimisela enhliziyweni yakhe ukuba angazingcolisi ngesabelo sokudla kwenkos i nangewayini e liphuzayo; wayesecela enduneni yabathenwa ukuba angazingcolisi.

Ngesikhathi sokudla uBowazi wathi kuye : Woza lapha , udle isinkwa , ugcobhoze ucezu lwa kho kuviniga . Wahlala eceleni kwabavuni , wamnika utshwele, wadla wasutha, washiya phansi.