Lamadvodza efika eGileyadi, esiveni sakaRubeni, nesakaGadi kanye nasencenyeni yesive sakaManase, akhuluma atsi:
Kodvwa Jowabe waphendvula watsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angawandzisa ngalokuphindvwe kalikhulu emabutfo akhe. Nkhosi yami, nkhosi, kungabe kambe bonkhe labo bantfu akusibo bantfu benkhosi yami yini? Inkhosi yami ifunelani kukwenta loko? Ifunelani inkhosi yami kwehlisela licala etikwema-Israyeli?”
Ngako ema-Israyeli solomane yesuka ngalelo langa alwisana nendlu yakaDavide kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Kusukela ngesikhatsi lajika ngaso Amasiya ekulandzeleni Simakadze, bakha luzungu ngaye eJerusalema, wase uyabaleka waya eLakhishi, kodvwa batfumela emadvodza amcosha, afike ambulalela khona eLakhishi.
Babhekana naye batsi: “Akukafaneli kutsi wena Uziya ushise imphepho kuSimakadze. Loko kufanele kwentiwe baphristi, titukulwane ta-Aroni, labehlukaniselwe kutsi bashise imphepho. Suka lapha endzaweni lengcwele, ngobe wonile kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu, ngobe awusenaso sibusiso sakhe.”
Batsi: “Akukafaneli nite naletitfunjwa lapha, ngobe sitawutfolakala sinelicala kuSimakadze. Kungabe kambe nicondze kwengeta kulesono nakulelicala letfu? Empeleni licala letfu selivele likhulu, nentfukutselo yakhe leyesabekako seyisetikwa-Israyeli.”
Maye, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, wena ulungile! Lamuhla sisele siyinsali. Lapha sisembikwakho ngenca yelicala letfu, noko kute nome munye longakhona kuma embikwakho.”
Batsetse lamanye emadvodzakati ato bawenta bafati babo, baze batsatsela nemadvodzana abo bafati kuto, bahlanganisa sive lesingcwele kanye netive letakhelene naso. Labaholi netindvuna bavele baba bekucala ekuphileni imphilo yekungetsembeki.”
bangenti njengobe kwenta bokhokho lekwakusitukulwane lesinenkhani nalesihlubukako, situkulwane lesite inhlitiyo lenebucotfo, nalesasinemoya longaketsembeki kuSomandla.
Sebaphambuke ngekushesha kuloko lengabayala ngako; sebancibilikise igolide benta litfole lelidvuna. Balikhotsamela balikhonta, badzimate batsi: ‘Israyeli! Nangu-ke nkulunkulu wakho lowakukhipha eveni laseGibhithe.’ ”
Noko, bamhlubuka, badzabukisa Moya wakhe Longcwele. Ngako-ke wagucuka waba sitsa sabo, yena cobo lwakhe walwa nabo.
“ ‘Kodvwa nabavuma tono tabo netaboyise ekungihlubukeni kwabo nasekumelaneni nami kwabo,
Lowo-ke ngumnikelo loyinhlawulo yelicala; empeleni abenelicala kuSimakadze.”
ngobe ema-Amaleki nemaKhenani atawuhlangana nani lapho. Njengobe nisukile kuSimakadze, naye angeke abe nani, ngako nitakuwa ngelusiko lwenkemba.”
Nanijika ningamlandzeli, utawuphindze asishiye sonkhe futsi lesive ehlane, nine-ke nitawuba sisusa sekubhujiswa kwaso.”
“Tjela ema-Israyeli utsi: ‘Nangabe indvodza nome umfati ona nome ngaluphi luhlobo lwekungetsembeki kuSimakadze, lowo muntfu uyawuba nelicala,
Kodvwa nangabalaleli nabo, yonkhe lendzaba yetfule ebandleni. Kantsi, nangabe akalilaleli nelibandla, sale sewumtsatsa njengemfokati nome njengemtselisi.”
Bazalwane bami labatsandzekako, ngiyanincenga ngelibito leNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu kutsi nivumelane ngantfo yinye nonkhe; kubete kwehlukana emkhatsini wenu, kodvwa nipheleliswe emcondvweni munye nasembonweni munye.
ngimlahle egameni leNkhosi yetfu Jesu. Nanihlangana nine, nami nginani ngemoya, nangemandla eNkhosi yetfu Jesu,
“Kodvwa nanijikisa tinhlityo tenu ningete namlalela, nidvonseleke ekukhotsameleni labanye bonkulunkulu,
ngobe ayawuhlubukisa lamadvodzana enu angabe asangilandzela, awente akhonte labanye bonkulunkulu, intfukutselo yaSimakadze bese iyanivutsela, inibhubhise ngekushesha.
Caphelani ningamali lowo lokhulumako: Nangabe bangaphunyulanga labo labamala lowo abebacaphelisa alapha emhlabeni, natsi-ke singeke siphunyule, nasala kutsatsa tecwayiso talowo lokhuluma asezulwini.
sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sahlangana ndzawonye eShilo, sayakulwa nato.
Bamtfuma wahamba nemadvodza lalishumi lahloniphekile, yaba yinye kuleso nakuleso sive etiveni taka-Israyeli, nguleyo naleyo ndvodza iyinhloko yesive sema-Israyeli, lusendvo ngelusendvo.
“Sonkhe sive saSimakadze sitsi: ‘Niyenteleni lentfo lembi kangaka kuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli? Nimshiyeleni Simakadze namhlubuka lamuhla ngekutakhela lilati?
Manje senimshiyile yini Simakadze? “ ‘Lamuhla nanihlubuka Simakadze, kusasa utasitfukutselela sonkhe lesive sema-Israyeli.
Ngobe kuhlubuka kufanana nesono sekubhula, nekutigcabha kufanana nekukhonta tithico. Njengobe walile kutsatsa umyalo waSimakadze, naye sewukwalile kutsi uchubeke ube yinkhosi.”