Ngingeke ngiyisebentise intfukutselo yami leyesabekako, futsi ngingeke ngiphindze ngimbhubhise Efrayimu. Ngobe mine nginguNkulunkulu, angisiye umuntfu, nginguLongcwele losemkhatsini wenu. Ngingeke ngifike ngelulaka.
Amasa abengakayicapheli lenkemba leyayisesandleni saJowabe, Jowabe wayiphisela esiswini sa-Amasa, ematfumbu akhe acitsekela phansi emhlabatsini. Angakamphindzi kabili kumgwaza, wavele waphangalala Amasa. BoJowabe na-Abishayi, umnakabo, bachubeka bacosha Sheba, umsa waBikri.
Nkulunkulu uhlala kulelo khaya, lingeke litanyatanyiswe, Nkulunkulu uyawulisita ekuseni entsatsakusa.
Kodvwa yena waba nesihawu, watisibekela tono tabo, akazange ababhubhise abacedze. Kanyenti watibamba ekutfukutseleni kwakhe, akaluvusanga lonkhe lulaka lwakhe.
Sibuyise, Nkulunkulu wensindziso yetfu! Lahla kucansuka kwakho ngatsi.
Memetani kakhulu, nihlabele ngenjabulo, nine bantfu baseSiyoni, ngobe mkhulu lowo Longcwele waka-Israyeli losemkhatsini wenu.”
Maye kulabo labaya eGibhithe bayewucela khona lusito, labetsembela emahhashini, betsembele nasebunyentini betincola tabo temphi, nasemandleni lamakhulu ebagibeli babo bemahhashi, kodvwa bangabuki kuLongcwele waka-Israyeli, nome-ke bafune lusito kuSimakadze.
Ungesabi, wena mphetfu, Jakobe, awu, mntfwanyana, Israyeli, ngobe mine matfupha ngitakusita,” kusho Simakadze, uMhlengi wakho, Longcwele waka-Israyeli.
Uyakuwela, umoya uwakhetse, sivunguvungu siyakuwaphephula. Kodvwa wena uyawujabula ngaSimakadze, utibonge ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngenca yeLibito lami ngiyalwephutisa lulaka lwami, ngenca yeludvumo lwami ngiyalubamba, ngingalwehliseli kini, kuze ngingetikunicedza.
Ngako-ke, njengobe lulwimi lwemlilo lukhotsa tibi, nanjengobe tjani lobomile bushona phansi, nabushiswa ngemalangabi, kanjalo timphandze tabo tiyawubola, netimbali tabo tiphephuke njengelutfuli; ngobe bawalile umtsetfo waSimakadze longuSomandla, bedzelela livi laLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Mhlawumbe bayawulalela, kube ngulowo nalowo aphendvuke endleleni yakhe lembi. Ngiyawube sengiyagucuka ngingabe ngisabehlisela lenhlekelele lebese ngitilungiselele kuyehlisela kubo ngenca yebubi lababentile.
Nginawe, futsi ngiyawukusindzisa. Noko ngiyatibhubhisa ngiticedze tonkhe letinye tive, lebengikusakatele kuto, kodvwa wena ngingeke ngikubhubhise ngikucedze. Ngiyawukujezisa ngikucondzise noko ngekwehlulela ngebucotfo bemtsetfo, ngingeke ngikuyekele uhambe nje ungasashaywa nawonile,’ kusho Simakadze.
Efrayimu utondla ngemoya, ucoshana nemoya wasemphumalanga lonkhe lilanga, wandzise emanga nebudlova. Wakha sivumelwane ne-Asiriya, atfumele emafutsa emncumo eGibhithe.
“Ngiyawukuphilisa kunhlanhlatsela kwabo, ngibatsandze ngekukhululeka, ngobe intfukutselo yami seyisukile kubo.
“Mine, Simakadze, angigucuki. Ngako nani titukulwane taJakobe, anikabhujiswa.
Nkulunkulu akasiye umuntfu kutsi angacala emanga, futsi akasiyo indvodzana yemuntfu legucukako engcondvweni yayo. Uyakhuluma yini angabe asenta? Uyetsembisa yini angabe asasifeza setsembiso sakhe?
Kute nome yinye yaleto tintfo letilahliwe lekufanele titfolakale etandleni tenu, kuze Simakadze atewugucuka ekutfukutseleni kwakhe lokwesabekako. Uyakunentela umusa abe nesihawu kini, anandzise, njengobe afunga kuboyihlomkhulu,
Abishayi wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Lamuhla Nkulunkulu sitsa sakho usetfule etandleni takho. Mane ungivumele ngimgwaze ngesikhali, size siyewuphumela emhlabatsini; ngingeke ngiphindze kwesibili.”