He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
Wathi yena, Xa ebesahleli umntwana, ndazila ukudla, ndalila; ngokuba bendisithi, Ngubani na owaziyo? Mhlawumbi uYehova angandibabala, aphile umntwana.