UJowabe wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade, ukuba ubungakhulumanga, abantu bonke bebeyobe sebekuyekile kusasa ukuhubha abafowabo.”
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UJowabe wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade, ukuba ubungakhulumanga, abantu bonke bebeyobe sebekuyekile kusasa ukuhubha abafowabo.”
U-Eliya, umThishibhi owayengomunye wababegogobele kwaGileyadi, wathi ku-Ahabi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli engimi phambi kwakhe, akuyukuba khona mazolo namvula kule minyaka, kuze kusho mina.”
Kepha u-Eliya wathi: “Ngifunga phambi kukaSimakade Wamabandla engimi phambi kwakhe namuhla, ngizakuzibonakalisa kuye.”
Wafika kumuntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni, wabamba izinyawo zakhe. UGehazi wasondela ukuba amxoshe, kodwa umuntu kaNkulunkulu wathi: “Myeke, ngokuba inhliziyo yakhe inomunyu; uSimakade ungifihlele lokho, akangitshelanga.”
Kuhle yini kuwe ukuba ucindezele, ulahle umsebenzi wezandla zakho, uphumelelise icebo lezikhohlakali na?
UNkulunkulu unginikele kubantu abonakeleyo, ungiphonse esandleni sezikhohlakali.
yazini-ke ukuthi nguNkulunkulu owenze okubi kimi, wangigubuzela ngenetha lakhe.
“Ucabanga ukuthi lokhu kulungile yini na? Uthi: ‘Mina ngilungile phambi kukaNkulunkulu,’
Uyakuchitha yini ukwehlulela kwami, ungilahla ngecala ukuze wena ube ngolungileyo na?
Ukhulumelani wena Jakobe, usholoni wena Israyeli, ukuthi: “Indlela yami isithekile kuSimakade, nelungelo lami akalinaki uNkulunkulu wami na?”
Kuyakuthi uma bezifunda nokuzifunda izindlela zabantu bami, ukuba bafunge igama lami, bathi: ‘Kuphila kukaSimakade,’ njengalokhu befundise abantu bami ukufunga uBhali, bayakuzinziswa phakathi kwabantu bami.
Uyakufunga ngeqiniso, ngobulungiswa, nangokulunga, uthi: ‘Ngifunga phambi kukaSimakade,’ izizwe ziyakuzibusisa ngaye, zizishaye isifuba ngaye.”
“Batshele, uthi kubo: ‘Ngifunga ngiyagomela, kusho iNkosi uSimakade, angithokoziswa ngukufa komubi, kodwa ngithokoza uma isoni siphenduka endleleni yaso, siphile. Phendukani, nishiye izindlela zenu ezimbi, nina ndlu yakwa-Israyeli niyakufelani na?’
Nokho ngifunga ngiyagomela, uma nje inkazimulo kaSimakade isawugcwalisa umhlaba wonke,
Okwanamuhla kulobu busuku ungalala, kuzothi ekuseni ngikhulume naye. Uma engathandi ukukuhlenga kulungile, mina ngizokuhlenga. Ngiyakwethembisa phambi kukaSimakade; lala kuze kuse.”
Kuphila kukaSimakade osindisa u-Israyeli, ngisho noma ngabe senziwe nguJonathani indodana yami, uyakufa nokufa.” Kepha akekho noyedwa owamphendula.
Abantu bathi kuSawule: “Uyakufa yini uJonathani osilethele lokhu kusindiswa okukhulu kwa-Israyeli na? Siyafunga siyagomela phambi kukaSimakade, makungenzeki lokho; akuyukuwela phansi nolulodwa unwele lwekhanda lakhe, ngokuba usebenze noNkulunkulu namuhla.” Abantu bamhlenga uJonathani, akabulawanga.
Uyabona, ngiyothumela umfana, ngithi kuye: ‘Hamba ucinge imicibisholo.’ Uma ngithi kumfana: ‘Bheka, inganeno kwakho, yithathe,’ ubokuza ngokuba uyobe uphephile, kungekho ngozi; ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade.
“Nkosi yami, ngiyafunga ngoSimakade, nangempilo yakho uqobo, njengoba uSimakade ekuvimbele ukuba ube necala legazi nokuba uziphindiselele ngesandla sakho; mazibe njengoNabali izitha zakho nalabo abafuna ukubulala inkosi yami.
Impela ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ongivimbile ukuba ngingakulimazi, uma bewungazange usheshe uze ukuzongihlangabeza, impela ngabe akusalanga nakunye okukaNabali okwesilisa okungokwakhe, ekuseni kusasa.”