“Ngikuvile kukhonona kwebantfu baka-Israyeli. Batjele utsi: ‘Kusihlwa nitawudla inyama, ekuseni nibe nenala yesinkhwa. Nitawukwati-ke kutsi mine nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu.’ ”
Lomuntfu waNkulunkulu wefika wakhuluma enkhosini yaka-Israyeli, watsi: “Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: ‘Njengobe emaSiriya acabanga kutsi Simakadze ungunkulunkulu wemagcuma, akasiye nkulunkulu wematsafa, yonkhe lemphi yawo ngitayinikela etandleni tenu, kuze nati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’ ”
Bacela, wabapha tigwaca, wabesutsisa ngesinkhwa lesivela ezulwini.
Niyawuligcina kuze kube lilanga leli-14 kuyo lenyanga kusihlwa, mhlazana sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sitawahlaba lamazinyane.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi watsi:
Simakadze wachubeka watsi: “Uyakwenta loko-ke embikwema-Israyeli kuze akukholwe kutsi Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyihlomkhulu, Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe, utibonakalisile kuwe.”
Ngitanenta nibe sive sami, mine ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu. Nine-ke niyawungati kutsi nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu lowanikhipha ngaphansi kwelijoko laseGibhithe.
Utsi-ke Simakadze: “Loku lengitakwenta ngiko lokutakwenta wati kutsi nginguSimakadze.” Ngitawushaya lamanti emfula iNayili ngalendvuku lesesandleni sami, bese-ke onkhe lamanti ayagucuka aba yingati.
Bantfu bayawuhlala ndzawonye kaJuda nakuwo onkhe emadolobha akhona, balimi nalabo labahambe bakhotsisa imihlambi yabo yetimvu netimbuti.
Ngulapho-ke bayawukwati khona kutsi mine Simakadze longuNkulunkulu wabo nginabo, nekuktsi bona labayindlu yaka-Israyeli, basive sami, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Wangichoshela, wakhuluma kabi ngami ngaphandle kwekutibamba, ngakuva loko.
Kusukela ngalelo langa kuye embili indlu yaka-Israyeli iyawungati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wayo.
“Niyawube seniyati-ke kutsi: Mine, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wenu, ngihlala eSiyoni, intsaba yami lengcwele. IJerusalema iyawuba ngcwele, kute betive labayawuphindze bayihlasele.
Mine nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu; tehlukaniseleni mine, nibe ngcwele, ngobe nami matfupha ngingcwele. Ningatingcolisi nganome ngusiphi silwane lesihamba ngesisu.
Lencenye yesitsatfu ngiyakuyimikisa emlilweni, ngibacenge njengesiliva, ngibahlolisise njengegolide. Bayakulibita Libito lami, bese mine ngiyabaphendvula; ngiyawutsi: ‘Bona babantfu bami;’ nabo batsi: ‘Simakadze nguNkulunkulu wetfu.’ ”
Kukhona bantfu betive lababesemkhatsini wema-Israyeli, lababekhala ngekukhanuka inyama. Nawo ema-Israyeli akhala, atsi: “Ngubani lotasipha inyama sitekudla?
“Kutawuze kube ngunini lesive lesikhohlakele singisola? Sengikuvile kusola kwalama-Israyeli lakhononako.