Ngabe anikatiletseli nine yini loku, ngalokutsi nishiye Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu ngesikhatsi asanihola kahle endleleni?
“Wena-ke, Solomoni, ndvodzana yami, yenta Nkulunkulu weyihlo abe ligugu kuwe, umkhonte ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakho nangengcondvo levumako, ngobe Simakadze uhlolisisa tonkhe tinhlitiyo acondzisise tonkhe tinjongo temicabango. Nawumfuna, utamtfola; kodvwa nawumlahla, naye utakuyekela phakadze naphakadze.
Wahamba waya kuyawuhlangana nenkhosi Asa, wafike kuye watsi: “Lalela lapha kimi, nkhosi Asa, nani nonkhe nine bakaJuda nebakaBhenjamini. Simakadze unani, uma ninaye. Nanimfuna, nitamtfola, kodvwa nanimlahla, naye uyakunilahla.
ngobe bagucuka ekulandzeleni yena, abanandzaba nanayinye nje yetindlela takhe.
Njengobe sengike ngabona kutsi labo labalima bubi bahlanyele kuhlupheka, bavele bavune kona loko.
Wabahola ngendlela lecondzile kutsi bahambe baze befike emtini lababengangenisa kuwo.
Nguye lowahola sive sakhe ehlane, ngobe umusa wakhe ume kuze kube phakadze.
Sive sakho wasihola njengetimvu, ngesandla saboMosi na-Aroni.
Umuntfu lowedukako ubuyiswa kamatima; kodvwa lowala kucondziswa uyawukufa.
Awu, sive lesonako, bantfu labasindvwa kona, nine ntalelwane yalabenta lokubi, bantfwana labasimilo sabo sonakele. Simakadze sebamshiyile; bamhlubukile Longcwele waka-Israyeli, bagucuka bamfulatsela.
kuhlubuka nekumbulutela Simakadze, nekumfulatsela kwetfu Nkulunkulu wetfu. Sivusa umoya wencindzetelo newekuvuka indlwabane, tinhlitiyo tetfu temitse kukhuluma emanga.
Nawutibuta utsi: “Loku kwentekeleni kimi?” phela kungenca yetono takho letinyenti, lokutsi tidvwaba takho tidzatjulwe, nemtimba wakho uphatseke kabi.
Ngobe bangishiyile mine, benta lendzawo yaba yabonkulunkulu betive, bashise imihlatjelo kuyo kubonkulunkulu labangabati, bona kanye naboyisemkhulu, ngisho nemakhosi akaJuda, bagcwalise lendzawo ngengati lengenacala.
“Sive sami sente tono letimbili: Singishiyile mine, mtfombo wemanti ekuphila, satimbela ticojana taso emadvwaleni, ticojana letinetimbobo letingeke tiwemise emanti.”
Bubi benu butanijezisa, nekuhlubuka kwenu kutanitsetsisa. Cabangani-ke nibukisise kahle kutsi kubi kangakanani nekutsi kunibabela kangakanani, nanishiya Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, ningangesabi mine,” kusho Simakadze, Simakadze longuSomandla.
“Kutiphatsa kwakho netento takho, nguko lokwehlisele loku etikwakho. Lesi sijeziso sakho. Maye, kubuhlungu bo! Maye, kuyayihlaba inhlitiyo bo!”
ngenca yebubi lobentiwe ngulabo bantfu. Bangicunula, ngabatfukutselela ngekutfuncisa kwabo imphepho nangekukhonta labanye bonkulunkulu labangazange babati bona kanye nani naboyihlo.
Konkhe loku kuvinjwe kona kwenu, tono tenu tinemuke lokuhle.
Ngabaphatsa njengalokungcola kwabo, nanjengekona kwabo, ngabufihla buso bami kubo.
“Awu, Israyeli, ngiyawukubhubhisa ngobe umelene nami, uphambene nemsiti wakho.
Konkhe loku kuyakwenteka, ngobe Israyeli onile wahlubuka kuNkulunkulu. Empeleni nje ngubani lekufanele asoleke ngenca yekuhlubuka kwa-Israyeli? Vele, yiSamariya. Ngubani lonelicala lekukhonta tithico kaJuda? Vele, yiJerusalema matfupha.
Kodvwa naningakwenti loko, niyona kuSimakadze, futsi-ke nibociniseka-ke kutsi salakutjelwa sibona ngemopho.
“Eveni lelisehlane, lapho amtfola khona, esikhotseni kalashameshame, wamvikela wamnakekela; wamlondvolota njengenhlavu yeliso lakhe,
“Simakadze wakubona loko, wabalahla, ngobe abetfukutseliswe ngemadvodzana nemadvodzakati akhe.