10 “Eveni lelisehlane, lapho amtfola khona, esikhotseni kalashameshame, wamvikela wamnakekela; wamlondvolota njengenhlavu yeliso lakhe,
Wafike walandzisa umkakhe nebangani bakhe bonkhe lokwase kumehlele. Umkakhe Zereshi nalabangani bakhe bamtjela batsi: “Nangabe Modekhayi aliJuda, wena sewucalile kuwa, futsi ungeke umkhone. Nakanjani utakwehlula.”
watsela kwedzelewa etikwetikhulu, wabazulazulisa ehlane lelite indlela.
Ngilondvolote njengenhlavu yeliso. Ngifihle ngaphansi kwemaphiko akho,
Yenta letintfo lengikutjela tona, khona uyawuphila, netimfundziso tami tente tibe ligugu njengemehlo akho,
Ngubani lona lochamuka ehlane eyeme kulamtsandzako? Ngakuvusa ngaphansi kwesihlahla semahhabhula; ngulapho-ke lapho unyoko akwemitsela khona, ngulapho-ke lona labephetfwe ngumhelo, akubelekela khona.
Kuko konkhe kukhatsateka kwabo naye abekhatsatekile, ingilosi yebukhona bakhe yabasindzisa, ngelutsandvo lwakhe nangemusa wakhe wabahlenga. Wabatsatsa wabetfwala kuwo onkhe emalanga akadzeni.
Ngobe njengobe libhande livunulwa elukhalweni lwendvodza, kanjalo indlu yonkhe yaka-Israyeli kanye neyakaJuda ngitibophele kimi,’ kusho Simakadze, ‘kutsi babe sive sami lengitakwatiwa ngaso, ngibatjatwe ngaso ngidvunyiswe ngaso. Kodvwa abakangilaleli.’ ”
Ngabe anikatiletseli nine yini loku, ngalokutsi nishiye Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu ngesikhatsi asanihola kahle endleleni?
Abazange babute, batsi: ‘Uphi Simakadze lowasikhipha eGibhithe, wasihola sadzabula lihlane lelingenalutfo, sadzabula live lelinetingagadvu nemigedze, live lesomiso nebumnyama, live lelingahanjwa ngumuntfu nalelingahlalwa ngumunfu?’
Kute namunye lowake wakubuka ngesihawu nome lowaba neluvelo ngawe, lolwenele kutsi akwentele kunye kwaletintfo. Esikhundleni saloko walahlelwa ngaphandle esigangeni, ngobe ngelilanga lowabelekwa ngalo, wavele wedzeleleka nje.
Njengaloku ngagweba boyihlo ehlane laseveni laseGibhithe, nani ngiyakunigweba kanjalo-ke, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Ngimi lowacatfulisa Efrayimu, ngamtsatsa ngambamba ngemikhono; kodvwa akazange akunake kutsi ngimi lowamphilisa.
Ngakunakekela usesehlane, eveni lelinekushisa lokuvutsako.
Simakadze uyakudla lifa lelinguJuda libe sabelo sakhe eveni lelingcwele, aphindze akhetse iJerusalema.
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, longitfumile wangipha emandla kutsi ngimelane netive letiniphangile, ngobe umuntfu lotsintsa nine utsintsa inhlavu yeliso laSimakadze.
Uyayati intsandvo yaNkulunkulu ngekuyifundza emtsetfweni, uyakwati nekukhetsa lokuncono.
Vele kusita ngalokuphelele. Kwekucala Nkulunkulu emavi akhe wawaphatsisa emaJuda.
“Satfutsa eHorebe, njengobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu abesiyalile, sacondza ngasetintsabeni, eveni lema-Amori, sadzabula lonkhe lelo hlane lelesabekako lesenilibonile, saze sefika eKhadeshi Bhaneya.
kanjalo nasehlane futsi. Nabona lapho kutsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wanetfwala kanjani, njengababe etfwele indvodzana yakhe, kuyo yonkhe indlela nahamba naze nefika kuyo lendzawo.’
Wanenta neva livi lakhe asezulwini kutsi atenicondzisa kahle. Emhlabeni wanikhombisa umlilo wakhe, naweva emavi akhe aphuma emlilweni.