13 Ngobe ngamtjela kutsi indlu yakhe ngitayehlulela phakadze naphakadze ngenca yesono lasatiko: Emadvodzana akhe atidvonsele sicalekiso, naye akazange awekhute kutsi ayekele.
Uyise Davide abengazange amekhute, ambute nekumbuta atsi: “Uyentelani lentfo lenjana?” Adoniya abemuhle kakhulu, elama Absalomu.
Inkhosi yachubeka yakhuluma kuShimeyi, yatsi: “Nawe uyakwati enhlitiyweni yakho konkhe lokubi lowakwenta kubabe Davide. Manje-ke Simakadze utakukhokhela ngaloko lokubi lowakwenta.
Awu, Nkulunkulu wetfu, ungeke ubehlulele yini? Ngobe tsine site emandla ekubhekana nalemphi lenkhulu kangaka letewusihlasela. Asati kutsi kufanele senteni, kodvwa emehlo etfu abuke kuwe.”
Jezisa indvodzana yakho lisekhona litsemba ekwakhekeni kwayo; kodvwa ungayishayi kakhulu, ungahle uyibulale.
Luswati nekuyalwa kunika inhlakanipho; kodvwa umntfwana longashaywa nalongayalwa uhlazisa unina.
ngobe ngisho nawe wati kahle enhlitiyweni yakho kutsi kukanyenti kangakanani uhlambalata labanye bantfu.
“Ngako-ke, awu, wenandlu yaka-Israyeli, ngiyawukwehlulela, ngulowo nalowo ngekwetindlela takhe, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze. Phendvukani! Gucukani kuto tonkhe tiphambuko tenu; khona-ke sono senu ngeke sibe kufa kwenu.
Siphetfo nyalo sesifikile kuwe, ngiyawutfululela lulaka lwami etikwakho. Ngiyakukwehlulela njengekutiphatsa kwakho, ngikukhokhele ngangekwetento takho tonkhe letinengekako.
“Tive ativuswe tehlele eSigodzini sakaJehoshafati, ngobe lapho ngulapho ngitawuhlala khona ngitekwehlulela tonkhe tive letikuleyo ndzawo.
“Lotsandza uyise nome unina kwengca mine, akangifaneli; nalotsandza indvodzana yakhe nome indvodzakati yakhe kwengca mine, akangifaneli.
Umuntfu longamhloniphi umehluleli nome umphristi loma kuleyo ndzawo akhonte Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu kufanele abulawe. Niyawukukhipha kanjalo-ke lokubi lokumila emkhatsini wesive sema-Israyeli.
“Nangabe umuntfu anendvodzana lenenkhani kantsi futsi ayiva, lengabahloniphi boyise nenina, lengabalaleli ngisho nome sebayijezisa,
ngekutsi nangabe nembeza wetfu asilahla, Nkulunkulu mkhulu kunanembeza wetfu, futsi wati konkhe.
Emadvodzana a-Eli abengemadvodza lakhohlakele; abengenandzaba naSimakadze.
Leso sono saletinsizwa saba sikhulu kakhulu emehlweni aSimakadze, ngobe umnikelo waSimakadze abewuphatsa ngekwedzelela lokukhulu.