10 Bakhala kuSimakadze batsi: ‘Sonile; simkhohliwe Simakadze, sakhonta boBhali nabo-Ashtarothe. Kodvwa manje sicela usikhulule esandleni setitsa tetfu, sesitawukhonta wena.’
Noko walunaka lusizi lwabo, asakuvile kukhala kwabo.
Simakadze, beta kuwe ekudzabukeni kwabo, ngesikhatsi ubajezisa babehluleka ngisho nekuhebeta umkhuleko.
Ngobe Simakadze ngumehluleli wetfu; Simakadze nguyena sishayamtsetfo setfu, Simakadze yinkhosi yetfu, nguye lotasisindzisa.
nencenye yaseGileyadi, ne-Ashtarothe, ne-Edreyi, emadolobha a-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani. Lelo-ke laba ngeletitukulwane taMakhire, umsa waManase, incenye yemadvodzana aMakhire, lusendvo ngelusendvo.
Ngako sive saka-Israyeli sase siyakhala kuSimakadze, sitsi: “Sonile kuwe, safulatsela Nkulunkulu wetfu, sayawukhonta boBhali.”
Ngako sive sema-Israyeli senta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze; sakhonta boBhali.
ngekutsi bamfulatsele yena bayewukhonta boBhali nabo-Ashtarothe.
Aphindza futsi ema-Israyeli akhala kuSimakadze, wase ubapha umkhululi, Ehudi, labelancele, umsa waGera, wesive sakaBhenjamini. Ema-Israyeli amtfumela netetfulo ku-Egloni, inkhosi yakaMowabi.
Ema-Israyeli enta lokubi embikwaSimakadze; akhohlwa Simakadze Nkulunkulu wawo, akhonta boBhali nabo-Ashera.
Kodvwa atsi ema-Israyeli nakakhala kuSimakadze, Simakadze wawavusela umkhululi lekwakungu-Othniyeli, umsa waKhenazi, umnakaboKhalebi lomncane, longuyena abasindzisa.
Jabini abenetincola tensimbi letatingema-900; wabusa sive sema-Israyeli ngelulaka nangesihluku iminyaka lengema-20. Ema-Israyeli akhala acela lusito kuSimakadze.
Satsi kube sive sema-Israyeli sikhale kuSimakadze ngenca yemaMidiyani,
Kwaba sikhatsi lesidze, lesasingiminyaka lengema-20, seloku libhokisi lesivumelwane liseKhiriyathi Jeyarimu, sonkhe sive saka-Israyeli salila, sikhala kuSimakadze.
Batsi kube bahlanganele eMispa, bakhelela emanti, bawatsela embikwaSimakadze. Ngalona lelo langa bazila khona lapho, bavuma tono tabo, batsi: “Sonile kuSimakadze.” Samuweli wehlulela sive sema-Israyeli eMispa.