5 Nanihlabela, nigubhutelisa emahabhu enu, nitakhele nine imintjingozi yemculo njengaDavide.
Uhambeleni ngekunyenya? Awukangitjeli ngani, khona phela ngitekukhipa ngekujabula, nangekuhlabela, nangelugubhu, nangelihabhu?
Davide watjela baholi bemaLevi kutsi bakhetse bantfu nebahlabeli kutsi batewuhlabela tingoma tekujabula, baphekeletelwa ngimintjingozi: emalire, nemahabhu kanye nemasimbali.
Labati-4 000 bona batawuba bomahlalesangweni, labati-4 000 babe bekudvumisa Simakadze ngetingubhu temculo lengitimisele loko.”
Ngako emaLevi ema asatilungiselele aphetse tingubhu taDavide kanye nebaphristi nabo sebaphetse emacilongo abo.
Ngabutsisa ndzawonye isiliva negolide kanye nengcebo yemakhosi neyemave. Ngatibutsela bahlabeli labadvuna nalabasikati nako konkhe umuntfu langahle atijabulise ngako.
Banemahabhu nemalire emadzilini abo, nemafahlawane nemintjingozi kanye neliwayini, kodvwa abatinaki tento taSimakadze, abayiboni imisebenti yetandla takhe.
Ngiyakuticedza tonkhe tingoma takho letinemsindvo; nemculo wemahabhu akho awusayiwuphindza uvakale.
Sukani lapha nalemisindvo yenu yekuhlabela! Ngingeke ngikulalele loko kuhlabela kwenu ngemahabhu.
INkhosi Simakadze itsi: “Ngalelo langa, tingoma letihlatjelwa ethempelini tiyawujika tibe tekudzindza sililo. Kuyawuba nebunikilili betidvumbu letijikijelwe yonkhe indzawo. Kuyawuthula kutsi gudvu!”
Ngobe lesikhatsi lesendlulile besenele kutsi nente lokutsandvwa ngemahedeni ngekuphila ngemanyala, nangetinkhanuko, nangekudzakwa, nangekumita, nangemsindvo, nangekukhonta tithico lokungakavumeleki.
Ingeke iphindze ivakale kuwe imisindvo yebashayi bemahabhu, neyebahlabeli, neyebashayi bemintjingozi, neyebashayi bemacilongo. Kungeke kuphindze kwateke kutsi kwase kwaba khona babati betintfo letitinhlobonhlobo. Ungeke uphindze uvakale nemsindvo wesigayo.