“Uyakubatshela leli lizwi, uthi: ‘Usho kanje uSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Zonke izimvaba ziyakugcwaliswa ngewayini.’ Bayakuthi kuwe: ‘Impela asazi yini ukuthi kungani zonke izimvaba zigcwaliswe ngewayini na?’
“Uyakukhuluma kubo leli zwi lokuthi: ‘Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Zonke izimvaba ziyagcwaliswa ngewayini.’ Bayakusho kuwe ukuthi: ‘Impela asazi yini ukuthi zonke izimvaba zigcwaliswa ngewayini na?’
Ngakho-ke kumelwe ukhulume leli zwi kubo; Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli, uthi: Zonke izimbiza ziyakugcwaliswa ngewayini, bathi kuwe: Asazi yini ukuthi zonke izimbiza ziyakugcwaliswa ngewayini na?
Njengalokhu indwangu yasokhalo inamathela okhalo lomuntu, kanjalo ngiyenze indlu yonke yakwa-Israyeli, nayo yonke indlu yakwaJuda ukuba zinamathele kimi,’ kusho uSimakade, ‘ukuba babe ngabantu bami, ngizenzele ngabo igama, nodumo, nendumiso, kodwa kabalalelanga.’
Uyokuthi kubo: ‘Usho kanje uSimakade, uthi: Bheka, ngizakuzigcwalisa ngokudakwa, zonke izakhamuzi zakuleli lizwe; amakhosi ahlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sikaDavide, abaphristi, abaphrofethi, nabo bonke abakhileyo eJerusalema.
Ziyakuphuza, zidiyazele, zibe njengezinhlanya ngenxa yenkemba engiyakuyithumela kuzo.”
Abantu bangibuza, bathi: “Kusho ukuthini kithi lokhu okwenzayo na?”