Ngaleso sikhathi kwafika uHanani, umboni ku-Asa, inkosi yakwaJuda, wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba manje uthembele enkosini yase-Aramu, awuthembelanga kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, ngakho-ke impi yenkosi yase-Aramu iphunyukile esandleni sakho.
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Ngaleso sikhathi kwafika uHanani, umboni ku-Asa, inkosi yakwaJuda, wathi kuye: “Ngenxa yokuba manje uthembele enkosini yase-Aramu, awuthembelanga kuSimakade uNkulunkulu wakho, ngakho-ke impi yenkosi yase-Aramu iphunyukile esandleni sakho.
Kepha Wena uyamqaphela osenkathazweni nasosizini, wenze okuthile ngaye. Abampofu bangethembela kuwe, nezintandane ngokunjalo.
USimakade uyabavikela abafokazi, asize intandane nomfelokazi, kodwa abhuntshise indlela yezikhohlakali.
UnguYise wezinkedama, nomvikeli wabafelokazi; unguNkulunkulu osendaweni yakhe yokuhlala engcwele.
“Impela niyokuba namahloni ngemi-okhi ebeniyilubalubela, niphoxeke ngezivande enaseniziqokile.
Ngalolo lusuku abantu bayozilahla ezimvukuzaneni nasemalulwaneni, izithombe zabo zesiliva nezithombe zabo zegolide, abazenzele zona ukuba bazikhonze.
Ngalokhu ububi bukaJakobe buzohlangulwa, kube yisithelo esiphelele sokususa isono sakhe, lapho enza wonke amatshe ase-althare abe yimvithi afane nomcako, kungabe kusamiswa nsika engu-Ashera, ngisho nama-althare empepho imbala.
Kodwa nathi: ‘Qha, siyakubaleka ngamahhashi,’ ngakho niyakubaleka: ‘Siyakubaleka sigibele anejubane,’ ngalokho abanixoshayo bayakuba nejubane.
Abehlela eGibhithe ngaphandle kweseluleko sami, ukuze baphephele ekuvikelweni nguFaro, bafune ukukhosela emthunzini eGibhithe.
Maye, kulabo abehlela eGibhithe ukuyocela usizo, abethembele emahhashini nasezinqoleni zempi ngoba ziziningi, nakubagibeli bamahhashi ngokuba benamandla, kodwa bengabheki koNgcwele ka-Israyeli, bengamfuni uSimakade!
AbaseGibhithe bangabantu, abasiye uNkulunkulu, namahhashi abo ayizilwane, awasiwo umoya. Lapho uSimakade elula isandla sakhe, umsizi uyokhubeka, nosizwayo awe, babhubhe kanyekanye.
“ ‘Uma wenza isivumelwano nenkosi yami, inkosi yase-Asiriya, ngiyokunika amahhashi ayizi-2 000, uma ungase ukwazi ukugibelisa abagibeli kuwo.
Zishiye izintandane zakho, Mina ngizozigcina ziphilile; abafelokazi bakho mabethembele kimi.”
Ngiyakunifafaza ngamanzi acwebe cwe, nihlambuluke, nginihlambulule kukho konke ukungcola kwenu nakuzo zonke izithombe zenu.
Abasayukuzingcolisa ngezithombe zabo, ngokunengekayo kwabo, nangesisodwa seziphambeko zabo, kepha ngiyakubasindisa kukho konke ukuhlubuka kwabo abone ngakho, ngibahlambulule babe ngabantu bami, Mina ngibe nguNkulunkulu wabo.
U-Efrayimi udla umoya, uxoshana nomoya wasempumalanga, abhebhethekise amanga nobudlova imihla yonke. Wenza isivumelwano ne-Asiriya, athumele amafutha eGibhithe.
Manje bayaqhubeka nokona, bazenzele imifanekiso ebunjiweyo ngesiliva labo, nezithombe ezibaziweyo ngobungcweti babo, konke lokhu kungumsebenzi wezingcweti, bakhuluma kubo, bathi: “Abenza umhlatshelo kumele bange amathole.”
U-Efrayimi uyakuthi: “Zizongenzelani nje izithombe ezibaziweyo na? Mina ngiyakuphendula, ngimnakekele. Mina nginjengomsayiphuresi oluhlaza, izithelo zakho zifunyanwa kimi.”
Abantu bami babuza ukhuni olubaziweyo, induku yabo ibatshele, ngokuba umoya wobufebe ubadukisile, basuka phansi kukaNkulunkulu wabo ngenxa yokufeba.
“Kwathi lapho u-Efrayimi ebona ukugula kwakhe noJuda ebona isilonda sakhe, u-Efrayimi waya e-Asiriya, wathumela enkosini uJarebi, kodwa nayo ayiyukukwazi ukuniphulukisa, iyakwehluleka ukwelapha isilonda senu.
Ngokuba livela kwa-Israyeli, ingcweti ilenzile, kodwa alisiye uNkulunkulu; impela ithole laseSamariya liyakuba zicucu.
Ngokuba bakhuphukele e-Asiriya bazihambela njengembongolo yasendle; u-Efrayimi ucubuzile ezithandweni zakhe.
USimakade wayiyala inhlanzi ukuba imhlanze uJona, yase imkhafulela emhlabathini owomileyo.
USimakade Wamabandla uthi: “Ngalolo lusuku ngiyakushabalalisa amagama ezithombe ezweni, futhi awayukuphinde akhunjulwe; ngiyakususa abaphrofethi nemimoya engcolileyo ezweni.
Kodwa akumele abe namahhashi amaningi, futhi angababuyiseli abantu eGibhithe, ukuze athole amahhashi amaningi. Ngokuba uSimakade ushilo kini, wathi: ‘Anisayukubuyela ngaleyo ndlela.’