16 Tsine sitatigawula tonkhe tingodvo lotifunako taseLebanoni, bese sitintantisa ngeminyaba yato lapha elwandle tiye eJopha. Nine-ke nitabe senitenyula lapho nitimikise eJerusalema.”
Davide wase ukhipha simemetelo kutsi akubutfwe bonkhe bekuhamba labebahlala ka-Israyeli, emkhatsini wabo wabeka bacoti bematje kutsi batewucota kahle ematje bawalungiselele kwakha indlu yaNkulunkulu.
Lonkhe lelo bandla lakaJuda lajabula kakhulu likanye nebaphristi nemaLevi kanye nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli ndzawonye nebetive lababephuma kulo lonkhe laka-Israyeli nelakaJuda.
Bonkhe bantfu labebasele etiveni temaHethi, netema-Amori, netemaPheresi, netemaHivi, netemaJebhusi lababengasiwo ema-Israyeli,
titukulwane tabo letatisele kulelive, bonkhe labebangakabulawa ngema-Israyeli, labo-ke Solomoni wababutsa entela kutsi bahlehle kuye ngekwenta imisebenti lematima, njengobe kusenjalo nje nalamhla loku.
Base bakhipha imali bayinika bakhi nebabati, bapha bantfu baseSidoni naseThire kudla, nesinatfo kanye nemafutsa; babentela kutsi khona batekubaletsela tingodvo temisedari ngelwandle, kusuka eLebanoni kuye eJopha, njengobe bekusho Khuresi, inkhosi yasePheresiya.
Kepha Jona wesuka wacondza eThashishi. Wehlela eJopha, lapho afike wakhokha imali yekwekhwela, wagibela umkhumbi, waya eThashishi, abalekela Simakadze.
Konkhe kwadalwa ngaye, ngaphandle kwakhe kute lokwadalwa kuko konkhe lokudaliwe.
Tfumela umuntfu eJopha ayewubita indvodza lebitwa ngekutsi nguSimoni Phetro, usivakashi emtini waSimoni, umshuki wetikhumba, lohlala ngaselwandle.’
EJopha kwakunemfati labelikholwa anguThabitha. Libito lakhe ngesiGriki kwakunguDokhasi, (lokusho kutsi “inyamatane”), abecitsa sonkhe sikhatsi sakhe ngekwenta lokuhle ngekusita timphuya.
IJopha yayisedvute naseLida, kwatsi bafundzi nabeva kutsi Phetro abeseLida, batfumela emadvodza lamabili nemlayeto lotsi: “Sicela unonophe ute lapha kitsi.”
Lendzaba yasakateka neJopha yonkhe, bantfu labanyenti bakholwa eNkhosini.
Phetro wahlala eJopha emalanga lamanyenti nemshuki wetikhumba labenguSimoni.
neMe Jakhoni, neRakhoni, kanye nalendzawo lebhekene neJopha.
Ngalelo langa wenta emaGibeyoni aba babandzi betinkhuni nebakheleli bemanti besive sonkhe sema-Israyeli nelilati laSimakadze endzaweni lekhetfwe nguSimakadze. Nguloko labangiko kona ngisho nalamuhla loku.