5 Simakadze waba yinkhosi yakaJeshuruni ngesikhatsi baholi besive bahlangene netive taka-Israyeli.
Lawa ngemabito emakhosi labebusa eveni laka-Edomu kusengakabusi inkhosi ka-Israyeli:
Simakadze uyawubusa phakadze naphakadze.”
Nangabe kukhona labacabene ngako, bantfu beta kimi, bese-ke mine ngiyabalamula; ngibatjele imitsetfo nemiyalo yaNkulunkulu.”
Tsatsa nali livi leseluleko sami, Nkulunkulu utawuba nawe. Kufanele wena ube lincusa lebantfu kuNkulunkulu, emacala abo uwaletse kuye.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, lowo lowakwenta, wakubumba esiswini, nalonguyena atakukusita, utsi: Ungesabi, wena Jakobe, nceku yami, Jeshuruni, lengimkhetsile.
“Kute emashwa latakwehlela Jakobe, Israyeli angeke abe nelusizi. Simakadze Nkulunkulu wabo, unabo; kumenyetwa nekudvunyiswa kweNkhosi kusemkhatsini wabo.
“Jeshuruni wazimuka wakhahlela; wesutsa kudla, wesuleka, watamasa. Wamfulatsela Nkulunkulu lowamenta, walala Lidvwala lelinguMsindzisi wakhe.
“Kute lonjengaNkulunkulu, Jeshuruni, logibela emazulu kuze atewusita wena, agibele nemafu ngebukhosi bakhe.
Ngaleto tikhatsi sive sema-Israyeli sasingenayo inkhosi, wonkhe umuntfu abetentela lakubona loko kukuhle emehlweni akhe.
Ema-Israyeli akhuluma kuGideyoni, atsi: “Sale sewusibusa, wena nemsa wakho nemtukulu wakho, ngobe usisindzise esandleni semaMidiyani.”
“Butani tonkhe takhamiti taseShekhemu, nitsi: ‘Ngukuphi lokuncono kini: Kutsi nibuswe ngiwo onkhe lamadvodzana aJerubhali langema-70, nome nibuswe ngumuntfu munye?’ Khumbulani kutsi mine ngiyinyama yenu nengati yenu.”