Masihambe siyowulanda siwubuyisele kithi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wethu, ngokuba asizange siwufune ngezinsuku zikaSawule.”
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Masihambe siyowulanda siwubuyisele kithi umphongolo kaNkulunkulu wethu, ngokuba asizange siwufune ngezinsuku zikaSawule.”
UDavide wambuthela ndawonye wonke u-Israyeli, kusukela eShihori eGibhithe, eLebo, kuze kube seHamathi, ukuba kuyolandwa umphongolo kaNkulunkulu eKiriyathi Jeharimi.
Kukhona nomunye umuntu owaphrofetha egameni likaSimakade, u-Uriya, indodana kaShemaya waseKiriyathi Jeharimi, waphrofetha kulo muzi nangaleli lizwe, njengawo wonke amazwi kaJeremiya.
Kuphela, yazi ububi bakho ukuthi uhlubukile kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, izindlela zakho wazihlakazela kwabezizwe, phansi kwazo zonke izihlahla eziluhlaza; anililalelanga izwi lami,’ ” kusho uSimakade.
Bayakuza bekhala, bekhuleka; lapho ngibabuyisa, ngiyakubaholela emifuleni yamanzi, ngendlela eqondileyo abangayukukhubeka kuyo, ngokuba nginguyise ka-Israyeli, no-Efrayimi uyizibulo lami.
Abantu bakwa-Israyeli basuka bagasela kuzo, bafika emizini yazo ngosuku lwesithathu. Imizi yazo kwakuyiGibheyoni, iKhefira, iBhiyerothi neKiriyathi Jeharimi.
Ngesikhathi ingelosi kaSimakade ikhuluma lawo mazwi ku-Israyeli wonkana, abantu badazuluka, bakhala.
Abantu baseKiriyathi Jeharimi bafika belethe umphongolo kaSimakade, bawungenisa endlini ka-Abhinadaba entabeni, bangcwelisa u-Eleyazare, indodana yakhe, ukuba anakekele umphongolo kaSimakade.
USamuweli wathi kuyo yonke indlu yakwa-Israyeli: “Uma nibuyela kuSimakade ngenhliziyo yenu yonke, susani phakathi kwenu onkulunkulu babezizwe no-Ashitharothi, nibhekise izinhliziyo zenu kuSimakade, nikhonze Yena yedwa; uzonihlenga esandleni samaFilisti.”