Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3.
"Ndodana yomuntu, khuluma kubantwana babantu bakho, uthi kubo: 'Lapho ngehlisela phezu kwezwe inkemba, abantu bezwe bese bethatha umuntu phakathi kwabo, bambeke umlindi wabo, 3nalapho yena esebona inkemba yehla phezu kwezwe, abethe icilongo, axwayise abantu, 4okuzwayo ukukhala kwecilongo angaxwayi kodwa, bese yehla inkemba, imsuse, igazi lakhe liyakuba sekhanda lakhe.