U-Eliya wasondela kubo bonke abantu, wathi: “Kuyoze kube nini ninqikaza phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezimbili na? Uma uSimakade enguNkulunkulu, mlandeleni Yena, kodwa uma kunguBhali, landelani yena.” Kepha abantu kabamphendulanga ngazwi.
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U-Eliya wasondela kubo bonke abantu, wathi: “Kuyoze kube nini ninqikaza phakathi kwezinhlangothi ezimbili na? Uma uSimakade enguNkulunkulu, mlandeleni Yena, kodwa uma kunguBhali, landelani yena.” Kepha abantu kabamphendulanga ngazwi.
Sekwenziwe konke lokho, abaholi beza kimi, bathi: “Abantu bakwa-Israyeli, abaphristi, abaLevi abazehlukanisanga kubantu bezizwe nasemikhubeni yabo eyenyanyekayo, eyamaKhanani, amaHithi, amaPherizi, amaJebusi, ama-Amoni, abakwaMowabi, abaseGibhithe nama-Amori.
Ngakho-ke amadodakazi enu ningawaganiseli amadodana azo, namadodana enu ningawathatheli abafazi kumadodakazi azo, ningalokothi nifune ukuthula kwazo nempumelelo yazo, ukuze nibe namandla, futhi nidle okuhle kwezwe, nilishiyele abantwana benu libe yifa labo laphakade.’
“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.
Abethembekanga kuSimakade, ngokuba bazale amavezandlebe, manje-ke inyanga eyethwasayo iyakubashwabadela nezabelo zabo.
Abafokazi badle amandla akhe, kodwa yena akazi; izinwele zakhe seziyaqhakaza, kepha yena akazi.
Abayukuhlala ezweni likaSimakade, u-Efrayimi uyakubuyela eGibhithe, badle ukudla okungcolileyo e-Asiriya.
nabakhothama ophahleni bekhuleka kulo ibandla lasezulwini, nabakhothamela ukufunga kuSimakade bebe befunga nakuMalkhamu,
“UJuda akathembekanga, kwenziwe okunyanyekayo kwa-Israyeli naseJerusalema, ngokuba uJuda uyingcolisile indawo engcwele kaSimakade ayithandayo, uganwe yindodakazi kankulunkulu wabezizwe.
“Akekho ongakhonza amakhosi amabili. Ngokuba uyakuzonda enye, athande enye; noma abambelele kwenye, ayedelele enye. Ningeke nakhonza uNkulunkulu noMamona.