Yathi: “Makabongwe uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, owakhuluma ngomlomo wakhe kuDavide, ubaba, ukufezile lokhu ngesandla sakhe, ethi:
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Yathi: “Makabongwe uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, owakhuluma ngomlomo wakhe kuDavide, ubaba, ukufezile lokhu ngesandla sakhe, ethi:
ngokuba bangabantu bakho nefa lakho owalikhipha eGibhithe nasesithandweni somlilo wensimbi.
“Bayizinceku zakho nabantu bakho owabophula ngamandla akho amakhulu nangesandla sakho esinamandla.
Yazini ukuthi uSimakade unguNkulunkulu; nguYena osidalileyo, asizidalanga thina, singabantu bakhe, nezimvu zedlelo lakhe.
Intukuthelo kaSimakade yabavuthela abantu bakhe, ifa lakhe laba yisinengiso kuye.
Sindisa abantu bakho, ubusise ifa lakho, ubeluse, ubathwale, kuze kube phakade.
Ngokuba Yena unguNkulunkulu wethu, thina singabantu bedlelo lakhe nezimvu zesandla sakhe.
Ngakho-ke uma nililalela ngokucophelela izwi lami, nigcine isivumelwano sami, niyokuba yisabelo sami esiligugu phakathi kwazo zonke izizwe, ngokuba umhlaba wonke ungowami.
Ngakho-ke uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ake ungibonise izindlela zakho ukuba ngikwazi, ngifumane umusa emehlweni akho. Khumbula futhi ukuthi lesi sizwe singabantu bakho.”
Wathi: “Ngiyakuncenga, Nkosi, uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, uSimakade makahambe nathi, nakuba laba bantu bengontamolukhuni. Sixolele ububi bethu, nezono zethu, usithathe sibe yifa lakho.”
Ngakho-ke yisho kubantu bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘NginguSimakade, ngiyakunikhulula emithwalweni yabaseGibhithe, nginikhulule ekugqilazweni yibo, nginihlenge ngengalo eyeluliweyo nangezenzo ezinkulu zokwehlulela.
Kuyothi ngalolo lusuku, iNkosi ibuye yelule isandla sayo okwesibili ukubutha insali yabantu bayo e-Asiriya, eGibhithe, ePhathirosi, eKhushe, e-Elamu, eShineyari, eHamathi, naseziqhingini ezisolwandle.
Kodwa manje, Simakade, unguBaba, thina siyibumba, Wena ungumbumbi wethu, sonke singumsebenzi wesandla sakho.
Mina ngenzile umhlaba, abantu nezilwane; okusebusweni bomhlaba; ngamandla ami amakhulu, nangezikhwepha zami, futhi ngikunika noma ngubani othandekayo emehlweni ami.
Nokho uSimakade wakuthatha wena, wakukhipha esithandweni sensimbi, iGibhithe, ukuze nibe ngabantu abayifa lakhe njenganamuhla.
Ukhona yini unkulunkulu owake walinga ukuza azithathele isizwe phakathi kwesinye isizwe ngezilingo, ngezibonakaliso, ngezimangaliso, ngempi, ngesandla esinamandla, ngengalo eyeluliweyo, nangengebhe enkulu njengakho konke uSimakade uNkulunkulu wenu anenzela khona eGibhithe, nizibonela ngawenu, na?
USimakade wathi kimi: ‘Sukuma, wehle masinyane, ngokuba abantu bakho owabakhipha eGibhithe bonile, ngokushesha baphambukile endleleni engabayala ngayo; bazenzele isithombe esibunjiweyo.’
Ngakhuleka kuSimakade, ngathi: ‘Nkosi Simakade, ungababhubhisi abantu bakho nefa lakho olihlengile ngobukhulu bakho, walikhipha eGibhithe ngesandla esinamandla.