20 “Nangabe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu asalandzisile lelive lenu, njengobe anetsembisa lona, bese nikhanuka inyama nitsi: ‘Ngikhanuka inyama,’ niyakuyidla niyesutse njengekutsandza kwenu.
Titukulwane takho tiyawuba ngangelutfuli lwemhlaba. Uyakwandza nemhlaba wonkhe wenabele enshonalanga, nasemphumalanga, nasenyakatfo, naseningizimu. Tonkhe tive temhlaba tiyawubusiswa ngawe nangetitukulwane takho.
Nyalo-ke njengobe sewuhamba ukhumbule bakini, utebeleni letithico tami?”
Umoya waDavide, inkhosi, wawuloku uncokombele kuya ku-Absalomu, ngobe abesadvudvutekile ngekufa kwa-Amnoni.
Davide wativela asomile, wase utsi: “Awu! Kube mane kungaba khona loyangikhelela emanti ekunatsa; ngomele emanti asemtfonjeni longasesangweni laseBhetlehema!”
Jabesi wakhala kuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, watsi: “Ngicela ungibusise ungandzisele live lami! Shangatsi sandla sakho singaba nami, ungiphephise engotini, khona ngitewukhululeka ebuhlungwini.” Nkulunkulu wamupha loko labekucelile.
Ngobe wenelisa umuntfu lowomile, lolambile umesutsisa ngalokuhle.
Ngomele insindziso yakho, Simakadze, nemtsetfo wakho ukujabula kwami.
Umphefumulo wami sewufile kulangatelela kwati imitsetfo yakho, ngato tonkhe tikhatsi.
Maye, ngiyatilangatelela timiso takho! Hlumelelisa kuphila kwami ngekulunga kwakho.
Nkulunkulu, wena unguNkulunkulu wami! Ngifuna wena. Umphefumulo wami womele wena, umtimba wami ulambele wena, eveni lelomile naleligagadzekile, live lelite emanti.
Umphefumulo wami ulangatelela emagceke akho, inhlitiyo yami nemtimba wami kuhlabela kumemete ngekujabula lokukhulu kuNkulunkulu lophilako.
Iminyele yenu ngitayibeka isuke eLwandle Lolubovu kuye eLwandle lwemaFilisti, kuye ehlane, kuze kufike emfuleni. Takhamiti talelive ngiyawutinikela esandleni senu, niyawubacitsa nibakhiphele ngephandle.
Ngobe ngiyawucitsa tive embikwakho ngandzise neminyele yakho; kute loyawuhawukela live lakho, ngetikhatsi tekwenyuka kwakho katsatfu ngemnyaka nawuyekutibonakalisa kuSimakadze, longuNkulunkulu wakho.
kodvwa niyakuyidla inyanga yonkhe, ize iphume nangemakhala, inenyanyise, ngobe senimlahlile Simakadze losemkhatsini wenu, nakhala kuye natsi: “Empeleni saphumelani khona lena eGibhithe?” ’ ”
Ngako-ke libito laleyo ndzawo kwabe sekutsiwa yiKhibrothi Hathava, ngobe lapho ngulapho bangcwaba bantfu lababehahela kudla.
Kukhona bantfu betive lababesemkhatsini wema-Israyeli, lababekhala ngekukhanuka inyama. Nawo ema-Israyeli akhala, atsi: “Ngubani lotasipha inyama sitekudla?
Bayawubona bukhulu bemusa waNkulunkulu kini, bese bafisa kakhulu kuhlanganyela nani emthandazweni.
Yonkhe indzawo lapho niyawunyatsela khona iyawuba live lenu: Kusukela ehlane kuze kube nguseLebanoni, nekusuka emfuleni iYufrathe kuze kube nguseLwandle Lwasenshonalanga.
“Noko ningahlaba nidle inyama kunome ngukuliphi lalamadolobha enu, kuye ngekutsandza kwenu nangesibusiso saSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu laninike sona. Longcolile nome lohlantekile ngekwemtsetfo bobabili bangadla ngalokufananako inswephe nome inyamatane.
Nangabe indzawo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu layikhetsele kubeka Libito lakhe ikhashane kakhulu kunani, ningahlaba emihlambini Simakadze laniphe yona, njengobe senginiyalile, nidlele emadolobheni enu kuye ngekutsandza kwenu.
“Nangabe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu alandzisa lelive lenu, njengobe etsembisa ngesifungo kubokhokho benu, bese unipha lonkhe lelive labetsembisa lona,
Nkulunkulu ungufakazi wami kutsi nginilangatelela kanganani nonkhe ngesihe saKhristu Jesu.
Loku phela abenilangatelela nonkhe, asakhatsatekile emoyeni wakhe, njengobe neva kutsi abegula.