12 Ngako Jese wase uyatfumela, yalandvwa, nayo yangeniswa kuye. Yayibovana inebuso lobuhle itsandzeka. Simakadze watsi: “Sukuma umgcobe, ngobe nguye yena lowo.”
Ngako-ke Photifari wakuyekelela etandleni taJosefa. Abengasahlupheki ngalutfo ngaphandle kwekudla labekudla. Josefa abemuhle, alikhwa.
Lawa ngemavi ekugcina enkhosi Davide: “Inkhulumo yaDavide, umsa waJese, inkhulumo yalowo lowaphakanyiswa nguLosetikwako Konkhe. Ungumuntfu lowagcotjwa nguNkulunkulu waJakobe, umhlabeleli wetingoma ka-Israyeli.
“Manje-ke tjela inceku yami Davide, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Ngakutsatsa emadlelweni, ekulandzeleni imihlambi, kutsi utewuba ngumholi wesive sami, ema-Israyeli.
Nitawutsi ningefika lapho, boSadoki, umphristi, naNathani, umphrofethi, batawube sebayamgcoba, bambeke abe yinkhosi etikwema-Israyeli. Nibobe senishaya kakhulu impalampala, nimemete nitsi: ‘Lunwele loludze! Nkhosi Solomoni!’
Emakhosi emhlaba asukume phansi ahloma, nebabusi bahlangene bemelana naSimakadze, bemelana neMgcotjwa wakhe batsi:
“Ngimi loyibekile inkhosi eSiyoni, inkhosi lengiyikhetsile ngiyibeke eSiyoni, intsaba yami lengcwele.”
Wakhetsa Davide, inceku yakhe, wamlandza ekweluseni timvu,
Lomfati wakhulelwa, watala indvodzana, watsi kube abone indlela lolwaluluhle ngayo loluswane, walufihla lwaze lwaba netinyanga letintsatfu.
Longitsandzako wami uyakhanga ngelibala; uyabonakala ngisho nome sebahlangene baba tinkhulungwane letilishumi.
Tikhulu tabo taticwebetela kwendlula sitfwatfwa, timhlophe kwendlula lubisi. Imitimba yato yayibovu yendlula emarubi, kubonakala kwato kwakunjengekwemasafire.
Ngako yatsi: “Laba ngulababili labagcotjelwe kutsi bakhonte Simakadze wemhlaba wonkhe.”
“Nembala kulelidolobha Herodi naPhontiyuse Philatu bahlangana ndzawonye nebetive, nebaka-Israyeli baphambana naJesu, Sisebenti sakho lesiNgcwele, lowasenta kutsi sibe nguKhristu.
Ngiso-ke lesikhatsi latalwa ngaso Mosi, labengumntfwana lotsandzekako kuNkulunkulu. Wakhulela ekhaya tinyanga letintsatfu.
Ngekukholwa batali baMosi, aseluswane, bamfihla tinyanga letintsatfu, ngobe bambona kutsi muhle; abesabanga kungawulaleli umtsetfo wenkhosi yaseGibhithe.
Lenye yetinceku yaphendvula yatsi: “Ngibone indvodzana yaJese waseBhetlehema lenelikhono ekudlaleni ihabhu. Uyindvodza lenesibindzi, futsi uyingwazi. Ukhuluma kahle futsi, ulikhwa, naSimakadze unaye.”
Wabuka Davide wambona kutsi usengumfana, abovana, amuhle, wamedzelela.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Sawula abuka Davide nakayawuhlangabetana nalomFilisti, wabuta ku-Abneri, indvuna yemphi yakhe, watsi: “Abneri, ngumsa wabani lomfana?” Abneri wamphendvula watsi: “Kuphila kwakho, nkhosi, angimati.”
Watsi Samuweli nakabona Sawula, Simakadze wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Nangu-ke lomuntfu lengikhulume ngaye kuwe. Nguye lotawubusa sive sami.”