8 Davide kanye nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli babejabula bagidza ngawo onkhe emandla abo embikwaNkulunkulu ngetingoma, nangemahabhu, nangemalire, nangemafahlawane, nangemasimbali kanye nangemacilongo.
Kodvwa letsa lapha umdlali welihabhu.” Watsi umdlali welihabhu asadlala, sandla saSimakadze sehlela ku-Elisha,
Ngako onkhe ema-Israyeli enyuka nelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze amemeta, ashaya timphondvo tetihhanca, nemacilongo, nemasimbali, ashaya ngisho nemalire nemahabhu.
BoHemani naJeduthuni bona umsebenti wabo bekukushaya emacilongo, nemasimbali kanye nekudlala letinye tingubhu tekuhlabela ingoma lengcwele yekudvumisa. Emadvodzana aJeduthuni wona abema esangweni.
Asafa abengumholi wabo lomkhulu, wesibili kunguZakhariya, bese kuba boJeyiyeli, naShemiramothi, naJehiyeli, naMathithiya, na-Eliyabe, naBhenaya, na-Obedi Edomu kanye naJeyiyeli. Bekufanele badlale emalire nemahabhu, bese kutsi Asafa adlale emasimbali.
Labati-4 000 bona batawuba bomahlalesangweni, labati-4 000 babe bekudvumisa Simakadze ngetingubhu temculo lengitimisele loko.”
Bangena eJerusalema bacondza ethempelini laSimakadze bashaya emahabhu, netingitali kanye nemacilongo.
Onkhe emaLevi labebahlabeli: bo-Asafa, naHemani, naJeduthuni, nemadvodzana abo, kanye netihlobo tabo, bema ngasemphumalanga kwelilati. Babegcoke tingubo telineni lecolisakele bashaya emasimbali, nemahabhu, nemalire. Babehamba nebaphristi labali-120 lababeshaya emacilongo.
Nkulunkulu ukhuphuke ngenhlokomo, Simakadze wenyuke nakukhala licilongo.
nakushaywa ihabhu lenetintsambo letilishumi, nelugitali, netintsambo telire.
Sukani lapha nalemisindvo yenu yekuhlabela! Ngingeke ngikulalele loko kuhlabela kwenu ngemahabhu.
Nanihlabela, nigubhutelisa emahabhu enu, nitakhele nine imintjingozi yemculo njengaDavide.
“Nawusuka lapho, ubokhuphukela eGibeya yaNkulunkulu, lapho kunenkambu yemaFilisti khona. Utawutsi nawuyawungena kulelidolobha, uhlangane neludvwendvwe lwebaphrofethi lwehla lubuya endzaweni lephakeme, luphetse emahabhu, netingitali, netingubhu, nemintjingozi, luhambe lushaya, luphrofetha.