3 Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu uyawunibuyisela tonkhe tibusiso tenu, anihawukele aphindze anibutse kuto tonkhe leto tive, lapho abenisakatele khona.
Ukhumbule kutsi ngitawuba nawe ngikulondvolote nome uyaphi, ngikubuyise kulo lelive. Ngobe ngingeke ngikushiye ngingakakwenti loku lesengikwetsembise kona.”
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Manje sengitawufa, kodvwa Nkulunkulu utawuba nani, aphindze anibuyisele eveni labokhokho benu.
Khalani kuye nitsi: ‘Sisindzise, Nkulunkulu longuMsindzisi wetfu, sibutse usikhulule etiveni, kuze sibonge Libito lakho lelingcwele, kuze sigungubale ngeludvumo lwakho.’
kodvwa naniphendvuka nibuyela kimi, nigcine imiyalo yami niyente, nome ngabe labo labatfunjiwe benu bakhashane kangakanani, ngiyawubabutsa khona lapho ngibabuyisele kuyona lendzawo lengayikhetsela kutsi kuhlale khona Libito lami.’
Watsi kube Jobe athandazele labangani bakhe, Simakadze wamenta wanjinga futsi; wanjinga ngalokuphindvwe kabili kunakucala.
Wababutsa emaveni onkhe emphumalanga nasenshonalanga, enyakatfo naseningizimu.
Simakadze wakha iJerusalema kabusha, ubutsa labasakatekile baka-Israyeli.
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawubabhula kusukela emfuleni iYufrathe kuze kuyewufika emfuleni waseGibhithe, nine-ke ma-Israyeli, niyawubutfwa ngamunye ngamunye.
Ungesabi, ngobe nginawe; bantfwabakho ngitabaletsa kusuka emphumalanga, ngikubutse wena kusukela enshonalanga.
“Kwesikhashana nje ngakushiya, kodvwa ngesihawu lesikhulu ngiyawukubuyisa.
INkhosi Simakadze, lena lebutsa labatfunjiwe baka-Israyeli, itsi: “Ngiyawubutsela kubo labanye ngaphandle kwalabo lasebabutsiwe.”
Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bonkhe labomakhelwane bami labakhohlakele labatsatsa ngendlovuyangena lifa lami lengalipha sive sami, ema-Israyeli, ngitabazuphuna kulamave abo, ngiphindze ngizuphune nendlu yakaJuda emkhatsini wabo.
“Mine matfupha ngiyawutibutsela lensali yemhlambi wami emaveni onkhe, lapho ngiwusakatele khona, ngiwubuyisele edlelweni lawo, lapho uyawukwandza khona, ukhule wandze ngesibalo.
Ngiyawutfolwa ngini nginibuyise ekutfunjweni kwenu,’ kusho Simakadze. ‘Ngiyawunibutsa kuto tonkhe tive netindzawo, lapho benginicoshele khona,’ kusho Simakadze. ‘Ngiyawunilandza nginibuyisele kuyo lendzawo lapho nganitsatsa khona naya ekudzingisweni.’
“Vanini livi laSimakadze, nine tive; limemeteleni etichingini letikhashane, nitsi: ‘Lowo lowasakata Israyeli uyawumbutsa futsi, uyakwelusa umhlambi wakhe njengemelusi.’
Ngenca yelutsandvo lolukhulu lwaSimakadze asikadliwa sacedvwa, ngobe sihawu sakhe singeke siphele.
Nome akuletsa kudzabuka, kodvwa uyawubuye ahawukele, lukhulu kangako-ke lutsandvo lwakhe.
“Ngako-ke tsani: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Ngitanibutsa kuto tonkhe tive nginibuyise, nisuke kuwo onkhe lawo mave lebenginisakatele kuwo, ngiyawuphindze futsi ngininike lelive laka-Israyeli.’
“ ‘Ngobe ngiyawunikhipha emkhatsini wetive, ngiyawunibutsa kuwo onkhe emave, nginibuyisele eveni lelingelenu.
Lapho-ke bayawube sebayati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wabo, ngobe nome ngabayisa ekutfunjweni emkhatsini wetive, ngiyawuphindze ngibabutsisele eveni lelingelabo, ngingashiyi namunye ngemuva.
Uyawuphindze ube nemusa futsi kitsi. Tono tetfu utatigcobagcoba ngetinyawo utigcumukisele tishone ekujuleni kwelwandle!
Noko ngibasakatela kuletinye tive, kodvwa kuwo lawo mave lakhashane bayakungikhumbula. Bona kanye nebantfwababo bayawuphila, baphindze babuye.
Nalabo labanye futsi nabakuyekela kungakholwa kwabo bayawuhlunyeleliswa, ngobe Nkulunkulu unawo emandla ekuphindza abahlumelelise.
Onkhe ema-Israyeli ayawusindziswa kanjalo-ke, njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “UMkhululi uyawuvela eSiyoni loyawususa konkhe konakala kuJakobe.
Ngalokufananako nabo abakalaleli, kuze kutsi sihawu leniphetfwe ngaso nabo basemukeliswe.
Kute nome yinye yaleto tintfo letilahliwe lekufanele titfolakale etandleni tenu, kuze Simakadze atewugucuka ekutfukutseleni kwakhe lokwesabekako. Uyakunentela umusa abe nesihawu kini, anandzise, njengobe afunga kuboyihlomkhulu,
Simakadze uyawunisakatela etiveni letinye, bayawuba yingcosana benu labayawusala kuleto tive Simakadze layakube anisakatele kuto.