Umphefumulo wami utithulele kuNkulunkulu kuphela, insindziso yami ivela kuye.
Davide kanye netindvuna takhe letatiphetse emaLevi behlukanisela emadvodzana a-Asafa, naHemani, naJeduthuni, bawehlukanisela inkonzo yekuphrofetha, kwanandziswa ngemahabhu, nengemalire, nangemasimbali. Luhla lwalamadvodza lenta lomsebenti bekungulolu:
Mayelana naJeduthuni, kumadvodzana akhe bekuboGedaliya, naSeri, naJeshaya, naShimeyi, naHashabiya, naMathithiya, babesitfupha sebabonkhe, bangaphansi kwemtsetfo weyise Jeduthuni labephrofetha bese ubonga Simakadze amdvumise ngelihabhu.
Lusito lwami luchamuka kuSimakadze lowenta lizulu nemhlaba.
Yebo, njengobe inceku yencike enkhosini yayo, nanjengobe umzanyana encike kumphatsi wakhe, natsi-ke sincike kuSimakadze, longuNkulunkulu wetfu, aze abe nesihawu kitsi.
Ngihambise ecinisweni lakho, ungifundzise, ngobe wena unguNkulunkulu wensindziso yami. Litsemba lami likuwe lonkhe lilanga.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, cina ungadzangali, ube nesibindzi. Yebo, tsemba kuSimakadze.
Umphefumulo wetfu wetsembele kuSimakadze, yena ungumsiti wetfu nelihawu letfu.
Insindziso yalabalungile iphuma kuSimakadze, usiphephelo sabo ngesikhatsi sekuhlupheka.
Thula embikwaSimakadze, umlindzele ngesineke. Ungahawukeli kumuntfu lonotsa ngebucili bakhe.
Ngacabanga ngatsi: “Ngiyawunakekela tindlela tami, kuze ngingoni ngelulwimi lwami, umlomo wami ngiyakuwufaka sifonyo, yingci nangisesembikwalomubi.”
Lusito lwaNkulunkulu ngalulindzela ngesineke, wavula indlebe yakhe, wakuva kuncusa kwami.
Nguye yedvwa lolidvwala lami, nensindziso yami, nenqaba yami, ngingeke ngishukunyiswe.
Yebo Nkulunkulu, lukufanele ludvumo eSiyoni, tetsembiso tetfu kufanele tigcwaliseke kuwe.
Ngakhala kuNkulunkulu, ngakhala kuye, kuze atengiva.
Impela, Nkulunkulu uyinsindziso yami; ngiyakumetsemba ngingesabi, Simakadze, Simakadze ungemandla ami nengoma yami; nguye loyinsindziso yami.”
Noko Simakadze ulangatelela kangaka kutsi abe nemusa kini. Uyaphakama kutsi anihawukele, ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngemtsetfocotfo. Babusisiwe bonkhe labalindzela yena.
kodvwa labo labetsembele kuSimakadze batfola emandla lamasha. Bayawukhuphuka ngemaphiko njengetinsweti, bayawugijima bangadzinwa, bayawuhamba bangaphelelwa ngemandla.
Impela, kukhonta kwetfu tithico, yebo, kuyaluka emagcumeni nasetintsabeni kutiyenga nje. Impela insindziso yaka-Israyeli ikuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.
Simakadze ulungile kulaba lababeke litsemba labo kuye, kulaba labamfunisisako.
Akuphumi lokuhle nalokubi yini emlonyeni wakhe, Longetulu Kwako Konkhe?
Ngako-ke, bazalwane, beketelani kuze kufike iNkhosi. Ase nibuke umlimi lolindzela sitselo semhlaba lesiligugu; usibeketelela size sitfole imvula yekucala neyekugcina.