1 Watsi kube Hiramu, inkhosi yaseThire, eve kutsi Solomoni sewugcotjiwe kutsi atsatse sikhundla seyise Davide, watfumela emancusa akhe kuSolomoni, ngobe abeloku angumngani waDavide.
Ngalo lelo langa Simakadze wenta sivumelwane na-Abrama, watsi: “Lelive ngilinika situkulwane sakho, kusukela emfuleni waseGibhithe kuze kufike emfuleni lomkhulu iYufrathe,
Hiramu, inkhosi yaseThire, watfumela titfunywa kuDavide, kanye netingodvo temsedari, nebabati kanye nebacoti bematje, bafike bakha sigodlo saDavide.
Thoyi wase utfumela indvodzana yakhe Joramu kuDavide, inkhosi, kutsi iyekumbingelela iphindze imhalalisele ngekuncoba kwakhe emphini yabo naHadadezeri. Hadadezeri abeke walwa naThoyi ngaphambili. Joramu waphatsela Davide tintfo tesiliva, netegolide, netelitfusi.
Umnyaka ngemnyaka, wonkhe labeta kuye abefika nesipho: tintfo letentiwe ngesiliva, nangegolide, nemijiva, netikhali, netinandzisi, nemahhashi kanye neminyuzi.
Ngempela Hiramu watfumelela Solomoni tonkhe tingodvo temisedari netetipheshula labetidzinga,
Inkhosi Solomoni yabutsekisa ngenkhani tisebenti kulo lonkhe laka-Israyeli, emadvodza lati-30 000.
Hiramu, inkhosi yaseThire, watfumela titfunywa kuDavide, kanye netingodvo temsedari, nebacoti bematje kanye nebabati kutsi bayewumakhela sigodlo.
Lamanye emaFilisti aletsa kuJehoshafati tipho nesiliva lekwakutetfulo; ema-Arabu amupha imihlambi yetihhanca letatiti-7 700, netimbuti letatiti-7 700.
Solomoni watfumela umlayeto kuHiramu, inkhosi yaseThire, watsi: “Ngitfumelele tingodvo temsedari, njengobe wenta kubabe wami Davide, ngesikhatsi umtfumelela tingodvo tekwakha sigodlo, lapho abetawuhlala khona.
Wawabusa onkhe emakhosi kusukela emfuleni, kuye eveni lemaFilisti, kuze kuyewufika emnyeleni waseGibhithe.
IJerusalema beyinemakhosi lanemandla kakhulu, abusa lonkhe leli lelingaseNshonalanga Yufrathe, imitselo, netetfulo kanye nentsela bekukhishwa kuwo.
Wena, ndvodzakati yaseThire, tingcunga tiyawutincengela kuwe ngekukuletsela tipho.”
Shangatsi bukhosi bayo bungagcwala umhlaba, busuke elwandle buye bufike elwandle lolunye; busuke eMfuleni, buze bufike ekugcineni kwemhlaba.
Pho, wena uludziliteleni lolutsango loluwutungeletile lomvini? Manje bonkhe labendlulako bangateba kalula letitselo tawo.
Ngobe ngiyawucitsa tive embikwakho ngandzise neminyele yakho; kute loyawuhawukela live lakho, ngetikhatsi tekwenyuka kwakho katsatfu ngemnyaka nawuyekutibonakalisa kuSimakadze, longuNkulunkulu wakho.
Leli livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neThire lelitsi: Lilani, nine mikhumbi yaseThashishi, ngobe iThire seyibhujisiwe, yasala ite indlu nome sikhumulo. Nivile ngalombiko ngesikhatsi nibuya eSiphrosi.
Emagala aso abecinile, alungele nekuba yindvuku yebukhosi. Sakhula saphakama saba ngetulu kwawo onkhe emacembe lamanyenti; sabonakala ngekuphakama kwaso nangemagala aso lamanyenti.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu baseThire bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Batfumba yonkhe imindeni yesive bayitsengisa ka-Edomu, bangete basigcina sivumelwane sebuhlobo lesasentiwe.
emanti atawugeleta asuka etimbiteni takhe, nenhlanyelo yakhe itfole emanti lamanyenti. “Inkhosi yabo iyawuba yinkhulu kuna-Agagi, nembuso wabo uyawuphakanyiswa.
Uyasitsandza sive sakitsi, futsi nguye lowasakhela lelisinagoge.”
Nangabe bavumile, bavula emasango abo, bonkhe bantfu labakulelo dolobha niyawubenta tigcili, nibagcilate.
Kodvwa labanye belutfutfuva babebuta batsi: “Kodvwa lomuntfu angasisindzisa kanjani?” Bamedzelela, bangete baletsa ngisho nasinye setfulo. Kodvwa Sawula watithulela nje.