" As a thief in the night shall the Lord come,"-suddenly, and unexpected by all those who have reason to fear, or who ought to have watched the signals of his approach; while men are eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, lying quietly in their beds, or preparing their daily food at the mill; unbelieving, and therefore unprepared.
[7] Kutani ntshungu wa matiko hinkwawo lowu lwaka na Ariele, ni hinkwavo lava rhendzeleke muti ni khokholo ra wona, wu ta va tanihi norho, ni leswi voniwaka emunyameni wa vusiku.[8] Tanihi munhu loko a ri ni ndlala a lorha, leswaku wa dya, kutani a pfuka, a twa ndlala; kukotisa ni munhu la nga ni torha, loko a lorha a ri karhi a nwa; kutani a pfuka, a karhele, kambe moya wa yena wu ni torha; swi ta va tano ni mitshungu ya matiko lama humaka nyimpi ku lwa ni ntshava ya Siyoni.