9 Memetelani etigodlweni tase-Ashdodi nasetigodlweni taseGibhithe, nitsi: “Butsanani ndzawonye etintsabeni taseSamariya; bonani umsindvo lomkhulu losemkhatsini wayo kanye nekucindzetelwa lokukuyo.”
“Loku akusiwumenyetelwa eGathi, kungakhulunywa nasetitaladini tase-Ashkeloni, funa emadvodzakati emaFilisti ajabule, funa emadvodzakati alabangakasoki atfokote.
Sitawutfola tonkhe tintfo letiligugu, sigcwalise tindlu tetfu ngetimphahla lesitichwagile.
Umuntfu lomsikati lonemusa utfola ludvumo ngako, kantsi bantfu labanelutfutfuva batfola ludvumo ngemcebo wabo.
Ngaphindze ngabuka ngabona konkhe kucindzetelana lokwentiwako lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Ngabona tinyembeti talabacindzetelwe, bate ngisho nemdvudvuti; emandla abengakubacindzeteli babo, kodvwa labo labacindzetelwe bate ngisho nemdvudvuti.
Uyawuphindze futsi uhlanyele tivini emagcumeni aseSamariya; balimi bayawutihlanyela, bajabule ngetitselo tato.
“Memetelani loku eGibhithe, nikwatise futsi naseMigdoli; kumemeteleni futsi naseMemfisi kanye naseThaphanesi, nitsi: ‘Manini ngetigaba tenu nilungele, ngobe inkemba iyawudla labo labanitungeletile.’
“Memetelani nikhulume emkhatsini webetive, phakamisani siboniso semphi, nimemetele, ningafihli lutfo, kodvwa tsanini: ‘IBhabhulona itawutfunjwa, Bheli utawuhlazeka, Maduki yena agcwale kwesaba. Titfombe tayo tiyawuhlazeka netithico tayo tigcwale kwesaba.’
“ ‘Kodvwa nine, tintsaba taka-Israyeli, niyawuhluma emagala, nitselele sive sami ema-Israyeli titselo tenu, ngobe siyawubuya ekhaya masinyane.
Ngiyawubenta babe sive sinye kulelo live, etintsabeni taka-Israyeli. Kuyawuba nenkhosi yinye leyawubabusa bonkhe, futsi abasayiwuphindze babe tive letimbili letehlukene nome behlukane babe ngimibuso lemibili.
nase ngifuna kuphilisa Israyeli, tono ta-Efrayimu tibekwa ebaleni, nemacala eSamariya ayembulwa. Benta emacebo, emasela agcekeze tindlu, tigebengu tibamba inkunzi etitaladini;
Ngitayibhubhisa inkhosi yase-Ashdodi nalowo lophetse indvuku yebukhosi e-Ashkeloni. Ngitayivukela i-Ekroni, ngiwabhubhise onkhe emaFilisti kungasali namunye,” kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Lalelani nali livi, nine bafati basentsabeni yaseSamariya, leniphila kahle, nitamase njengetinkhomati taseBhashani, nine lenicindzetela labamphofu, nifihlite labeswele, niphocelele emadvodza enu kutsi aninike tjwala!
Nigcobagcoba labamphofu nibacindzetele kutsi baninike kudla. Ngako-ke, nome nakhe tindlu letinkhulu tematje, ningeke nihlale kuto; nome nihlanyele tivini letikhulu, ningeke nilinatse liwayini lato.
Maye kini, nine labanetsetekile eSiyoni, nakini nine labativela bavikelekile entsabeni yaseSamariya! Maye nakini, nine madvodza lagcamile esiveni lesikhulu nalesisekucala etiveni tonkhe, nine labeta kini baka-Israyeli!
Nikhweshisela eceleni lilanga lelibi, bese nisondzeta edvutane umbuso lowesabisako.
nitsenge labamphofu ngesiliva, nalabeswele ngetincabule letimbili, ngisho naloku lokushanyelwe phansi esibuyeni sekubhula nikubite imali.
Etindlini talababi kugcwele umcebo labawutfola ngebubi. Basebentisa tikali ngebucili, lekunguyonantfo lengiyitondzako.
Atsi kube emaFilisti alitfumbe libhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu, alitsatsa e-Ebheni Eza alimikisa e-Ashdodi.