Quietly I made myself free of the surrounding crowd, in order to proceed on my way; but then they got hold of my arms and gently tried to induce me to go with them, so I had to speak more firmly to make them understand that they could not prevail on me.
Bantu bami, ngilikhulule okwezikhathi ezinengi kangakanani kugobe lasebubini bezitha zenu, kube kanti, ngokothando lwami lonke lomusa, angiceli lutho ukwenanisa lokhu, ngaphandle kokukhuthala ethandweni lekuhambeni kwenu ezindleleni zami ngokulalela.