Shangatsi Simakadze angakhipha sigwebo emkhatsini wetfu sobabili. Shangatsi Simakadze angangiphindziselela ngabo bonkhe lobubi lobente kimi; kodvwa mine sandla sami singeke sikutsintse.
Sarayi wakhuluma ku-Abrama watsi: “Nguwe lofanele kulungisa letintfo lesetonakala. Ngimi lengakunika loHagari, kodvwa utsite kube abone kutsi sewukhulelwe, wase uyangedzelela. Simakadze akasehlulele abone kutsi ngubani lowonile emkhatsini wakho nami.”
Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama naNkulunkulu waNahori, utakwehlulela emkhatsini wetfu.” Ngako-ke Jakobe wafunga ngaNkulunkulu weyise Isaka, wagomela kutsi utasigcina lesetsembiso.
UnguNkulunkulu longiphindziselelako, lobeka tive ngaphansi kwami.
Moya wabe sewehlela ku-Amasayi, lowabe sewuyabekwa kutsi abe ngumholi walabangema-30, watsi: “Davide, msa waJese, tsine sibakho! Sihambisana nawe! Imphumelelo! Nalabo labakusitako ababe nemphumelelo! Ngobe Nkulunkulu wakho utakusita.” Davide wavele wabemukela, wababeka baba baholi bemabutfo akhe ekuhlasela.
“Kodvwa kube bekungimi, ngabe ngiyatincengela kuNkulunkulu, ngabe ngibeka yonkhe indzaba yami embikwakhe.
Cabana nalabo labacabana nami, ulwe nalabo labalwa nami, Simakadze.
Hhawu Nkulunkulu, ngikhulumele ungimele ecaleni lami. Ungephule esiveni lesingamesabi Nkulunkulu, ungikhulule nakumuntfu lonemacebo nalongakalungi!
Yebo, Simakadze, nguwe Nkulunkulu wemphindziselo! Wena unguNkulunkulu wekuphindzisela. Phumela ebaleni ukhanye.
Bazalwane bami, ningatiphindziseleli, kodvwa yekelelani konkhe elulakeni lwaNkulunkulu; ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Kuphindzisela ngekwami, mine ngiyawubuyisela, kusho iNkhosi.”
Kwatsi etfukwa, wangete waphindzisela ngenhlamba; kwatsi ahlushwa, wangete wasongela. Kodvwa watinikela kuNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngekulunga.
Bamemeta kakhulu, ngelivi lelikhulu, batsi: “Nkhosi Somandla, longcwele naloliciniso, kuyawudzimate kube ngunini ungehluleli uphindzisele ingati yetfu kulabo labahleti emhlabeni?”
Mine angikakoni ngalutfo, kodvwa nguwe lowonile ngekufuna kungihlasela ngemphi. Shangatsi Simakadze longuyena angumehluleli angakhipha sigwebo lamuhla emkhatsini wesive sema-Israyeli nesive sema-Amoni.’ ”
Davide wesuka wabaleka eNayothi, eRama, waya kuJonathani, wafike wabuta watsi: “Sengenteni? Yini licala lami? Siyini sono sami kuyihlo kutsi angaze afune kungibulala?”
Shangatsi Simakadze angaba ngumehluleli ehlulele emkhatsini wetfu sobabili, angimelele ngekungitfola ngite licala, angikhulule esandleni sakho.”
Simakadze umnika umvuzo wonkhe umuntfu lolungile nalowetsembekile. Lamuhla Simakadze abekunikele esandleni sami, kodvwa angikatsandzi kubeka sandla sami etikwalogcotjiwe waSimakadze.