Labantfu bacimuleka bawe phansi, kepha tsine sima sitsi zica.
Ngetigijimi takho umpongise tindvundvuma tetinhlamba kuSimakadze, futsi watsi: “Ngetincola tami temphi letinyenti ngigibele ticongo tetintsaba, ticongo letiphakeme kakhulu taseLebanoni. Ngijube imisedari yakhona lemidze kakhulu, kanye netipheshula telikhetselo. Ngifinyelele kuletikhashane tindzawo takhona, emahlatsi akhona elikhetselo.
Asa waphuma wayawumhlangabeta, batsatsa tindzawo tabo tekulwa eSihosheni saseSefatha, eceleni kweMaresha.
Asa wakhala kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe, watsi: “Hawu, Simakadze, kute lofanana nawe ngekusita lote emandla umvikele kulonemandla. Sisite, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu, ngobe setsembele kuwe, futsi site kutekulwa nalemphi lenkhulu kangaka, ngobe setsembele ebitweni lakho. Awu, Simakadze, wena unguNkulunkulu wetfu; ungavumeli muntfu kutsi akuncobe.”
Nganginemahloni kutsi ngicele inkhosi kutsi isinike emasotja nalagibele emahhashi kutsi asiphekeletele kusivikela etitseni tetfu endleleni, ngobe sase sivele siyitjelile inkhosi ngaloko, satsi: “Sandla lesihle saNkulunkulu wetfu sisetikwalowo nalowo lomfunako, kodvwa intfukutselo yakhe iphambene nalabo labamlahlako.”
Lusito lwetfu lusegameni laSimakadze lowente lizulu nemhlaba.
Labo labetsembele kuSimakadze bafanana neNtsaba iSiyoni, lengeke itanyatanyiswe, kodvwa leyawuma kuze kube phakadze.
Kute inkhosi lencoba sitsa ngobe inemabutfo lamanyenti, nesichwaga asincobi ngebunyenti bemandla aso.
Lihhashi lemphi lingeke likukhulule; nome lingaba nemandla lamakhulu, lingeke likusindzise.
Nome bantfu emahhashi abo bangawalungiselela imphi, kodvwa kuncoba kusetandleni taSimakadze.
“Ngiyawukuphilisa kunhlanhlatsela kwabo, ngibatsandze ngekukhululeka, ngobe intfukutselo yami seyisukile kubo.
Titsa tetfu kute letingasicoloshela ngako. Nome sesiwile, sitawuvuka futsi. Nome sesisebumnyameni kwanyalo, kodvwa Simakadze utawuba kukhanya kwetfu.
Bonkhe baphuma nemabutfo abo kanye nemahhashi netincola, baba yimphi lenkhulukati leyayiyinyenti ingangesihlabatsi saselwandle.
“Yebo, Simakadze, shangatsi tonkhe titsa takho tingabhubha. Kodvwa labo labatsandza wena bangakhanya njengelilanga naliphumako ngemandla alo.” Live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40.
Davide wakhuluma kulomFilisti, watsi: “Wena uta kimi uphetse inkemba, nelijozi, nesikhali, kodvwa mine ngita kuwe ngelibito laSimakadze wetimphi, Nkulunkulu wemabutfo aka-Israyeli, wona lawo mabutfo bewuwabita insayeya.