18 Ngako Samuweli wamtjela konkhe, wangete wamfihlela lutfo. Eli wakhuluma watsi: “UnguSimakadze; akente konkhe lakubona kukuhle emehlweni akhe.”
Akube khashane nawe kwenta intfo lenje! Ungababhubhisi labalungile kanye nalababi, bese labalungile baba njengalabangakalungi! Akube khashane nawe loko. Angeke yini umehluleli wemhlaba wonkhe ente kulunga?”
Cina, ube nesibindzi! Asilwe ngesibindzi silwele sive sakitsi nemadolobha aNkulunkulu wetfu. Simakadze utakwenta loko lokuhle emehlweni akhe.”
Kodvwa nangabe utsi: ‘Angijabuli ngawe,’ sengikulungele loko; akente kimi loko lakubona kumlungele.”
Hezekiya waphendvula watsi: “Lelivi laSimakadze lose ulikhulumile lilungile ngempela.” Hezekiya abecabanga kutsi loko kwakusho kutsi kusetakuba nekuthula kanye nekuvikeleka ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi sekuphila kwakhe.
Cina, ube nesibindzi! Asilwe ngesibindzi, silwele sive sakitsi nemadolobha aNkulunkulu wetfu. Simakadze utakwenta loko lokuhle emehlweni akhe.”
watsi: “Ngaphuma esiswini samake ngingcunu, kanjalo futsi ngiyawubuyela ngingcunu. Simakadze uphile, Simakadze utsatsile. Alidvunyiswe libito laSimakadze.”
Jobe wamphendvula, watsi: “Wena ukhulumisa kwemfati losilima. Kantsi sesitakwemukela lokuhle kodvwa yini kuNkulunkulu, singasakwemukeli lokubuhlungu nalokubi?” Kuko konkhe loku Jobe akazange one ngekukhuluma kwakhe.
Ngiyawuvala umlomo wami ngingasho lutfo, ngobe kunguwe longente ngahlupheka.
Simakadze wehla ngelifu wema naye khona lapho, wamemeta libito laSimakadze.
Hezekiya waphendvula watsi: “Livi laSimakadze lolikhulumile lihle,” ngobe abecabanga atsi: “Kutawuba nekuthula nekuvikeleka ngesikhatsi sekuphila kwami.”
Ngako Jeremiya, umphrofethi, konkhe loku wakutjela Sedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, eJerusalema,
Inkhosi Sedekiya yase itsi akulandvwe Jeremiya, umphrofethi, yatsi akaletfwe esangweni lesitsatfu lelithempeli laSimakadze, yatsi kuJeremiya: “Ngitawubuta lutfo. Ungafihli lutfo kimi.”
Jeremiya, umphrofethi, wabaphendvula, watsi: “Senginivile, ngempela ngitawuthandaza kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, njengobe nicelile. Ngitanitjela konkhe Simakadze lakushoko, futsi kute lengitanigodlela kona.”
Umuntfu nje lophilako ukhononelani, nakajeziswa ngenca yetono takhe?
Mosi wakhuluma ku-Aroni watsi: “Simakadze abesho kona loku-ke ngesikhatsi atsi: ‘Ngiyawutibonakalisa ngingcwele kulabo labasedvute nami; ngiyawukhatimuliswa embikwabo bonkhe bantfu.’ ” Kodvwa Aroni wathula.
Ngako-ke titfobeni ngephansi kwesandla lesinemandla saNkulunkulu, kuze ateniphakamisa ngesikhatsi lesifanele.
Kodvwa baka-Israyeli bachubeka bakhala kuSimakadze, batsi: “Sonile! Yenta lokutsandzako ngatsi, kodvwa nje mane usephule kwanyalo.”