Ngokuba uSimakade uyokwehlulela abantu bakhe, azihawukele izinceku zakhe.
Ngokuba uJehova uyakwahlulela abantu bakhe, ahawukele izinceku zakhe.
Ngoba uJehova uyakwahlulela abantu bakhe, futhi uyozisola ngezinceku zakhe.
UNkulunkulu wathumela ingelosi eJerusalema ukuba ilibhubhise. Kwathi lapho isabhubhisa uSimakade wabuka, wazisola ngale nhlekelele, wathi engelosini eyayibhubhisa: “Sekwanele manje, finyeza isandla sakho.” Ingelosi kaSimakade yayimi ngasesibuyeni sika-Orinani, umJebusi.
Ubiza izulu ngaphezulu nomhlaba, ukuba ahlulele isizwe sakhe:
Sengathi Simakade ungehlulela izizwe! Ngahlulele, Simakade, ngokulunga kwami nangobuqotho bami.
Buya, Simakade! Kuyoze kube nini na? Hawukela izinceku zakho.
phambi kukaSimakade, ngokuba uyeza, impela uyeza ukuzokwehlulela umhlaba. Uzowehlulela ngobuqotho umhlaba, nezizwe ngokwethembeka kwakhe.
USimakade waxola ngalokhu. “Ngeke kusenzeka,” kusho uSimakade.
Wase ekhuleka kuSimakade, wathi: “Simakade, angikushongo yini lokhu kwasekuqaleni ngesikhathi ngisesezweni lakithi na? Yingakho ngashesha ngabalekela eTharishishi, ngoba ngangazi kahle ukuthi Wena unguNkulunkulu onomusa, owephuza ukuthukuthela, unobubele obukhulu, uyayithambisa inhliziyo yakho ungabe usakwenza okubi obukuhlosile.
“USimakade uyobehlulela abantu bakhe, abe nesihawu ezincekwini zakhe, lapho ebona ukuthi amandla abo aphelile, akusekho oboshiweyo nokhululekileyo.
Base besusa onkulunkulu babezizwe ababephakathi kwabo, bakhonza uSimakade; akakwazanga ukukubekezelela ukubona u-Israyeli ehlupheka.