43 “Betive labahlala emkhatsini wenu bayawukhula ngetulu kwenu baye ngekuya benyuka, kodvwa nine niyawushona phansi, niye ngekuya, nehle.
Ngako-ke Simakadze wase uyatala tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli, watihlupha, watinikela etandleni tebatfumbi bato, waze waticosha ebukhoneni bakhe.
waze wabesusa Simakadze ebukhoneni bakhe, njengobe abevele abecwayisile ngato tonkhe tinceku takhe baphrofethi. Ngako-ke bantfu baka-Israyeli batsatfwa emitini yabo naseveni labo, bayiswa ekutfunjweni e-Asiriya; basesekhona lapho nalamhlanje.
Ungasibeki licala ngebubi babokhokho betfu, sheshisa usihlangabete ngesihawu sakho, ngobe sesidzangele kakhulu.
Titsa tayo setigucuke taba baphatsi bayo; titsa tayo tikhibikile. Simakadze sewehlisele kuyo kudzabuka ngenca yetono tayo letinyenti. Bantfwabayo bayiswa ekutfunjweni, sebatigcili kuto titsa tayo.
Simakadze wente loko labesakumisile; ulifezile livi lakhe lalimemetela kadzeni. Sewubhidlitile, wangete waba nesihawu, wente sitsa sakucoloshela, uluphakamisile luphondvo lwetitsa takho.
Philatu watsi kubo: “Mtsatseni nine niteke lelo cala lakhe ngekwemtsetfo wenu!” EmaJuda aphendvula atsi: “Site lilungelo lekubulala umuntfu.”
Bamemeta kakhulu batsi: “Msuse! Msuse! Mbetsele esiphambanweni!” Philatu wababuta watsi: “Ngibetsele inkhosi yenu esiphambanweni?” Baphristi labakhulu bamphendvula batsi: “Site tsine lenye inkhosi ngaphandle kwaKhesari!”
Simakadze uyawunenta nibe yinhloko ningabi ngumsila. Naniyigcinile yonkhe lemiyalo yaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, lena lenginiyala ngayo lamuhla, niyilandzele ngekucophelela, niyakuhlala njalo nibaholi, aniyiwuze nibe ngaphansi.
Batali baSamsoni bebangati kutsi loko kwakuvela kuSimakadze labenguyena afunana nelitfuba lekuhlasela emaFilisti, ngobe ngaleso sikhatsi emaFilisti abebusa sive sema-Israyeli.
Manje-ke ngiyanitjela ngitsi ngingeke ngisaticosha letive embikwenu. Setiyawuba ngemanyeva emihlubulweni yenu, nabonkulunkulu bato sebayawuba lugibe kini.”
EmaMidiyani aphundla ema-Israyeli, adzimate ema-Israyeli akhala kuSimakadze acela lusito.