12 “Ngalobo busuku ngiyawuhamba ngidzabule emkhatsini welive laseGibhithe ngishaye onkhe ematubulo lamadvuna aseGibhithe ebantfu newetifuyo, ngehlulele tonkhe tithico taseGibhithe; nginguSimakadze!
EmaFilisti abesabaleke ashiya bonkulunkulu bawo khona lapho, Davide wakhipha umyalo kutsi babashise ngemlilo.
Nguye lowashaya ematubulo aseGibhithe, ebantfu kanye newetilwane.
Nkulunkulu ukhuluma emhlanganweni lomkhulu, wehlulela bonkulunkulu utsi:
Ngatsi kini: ‘Nibonkulunkulu nine; nonkhe ningemadvodzana aLosetikwako Konkhe.’
Labatinkhulungwane bangawa eceleni kwakho, nalabatinkhulungwane letilishumi bawele ngasesandleni sakho sekudla, kodvwa wena usale ungenamyocu.
Ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lomkhulu, unguMbusi lomkhulu lonemandla kunabo bonkhe bonkulunkulu.
Kutawutsi Simakadze nadzabula live, atewubulala emaGibhithe, abone ingati etinsikeni nasetulu eminyango yenu, bese uyendlula angayivumeli ingilosi yekufa kutsi ingene etindlini tenu inibulale.
Nyalo-ke sengiyati kutsi Simakadze mkhulu kunabo bonkhe labanye bonkulunkulu, ngobe ema-Israyeli uwakhulule ekugcilatweni ngesihluku ngemaGibhithe.”
ngako umtsengi waso kufanele asitsatse asimikise kuNkulunkulu endzaweni yekukhonta. Utawumenta eme eceleni kwemnyango nome kwensika yemnyango, abhobose indlebe yaso ngelusungulo. Sesiyawumsebentela simkhonte imphilo yaso yonkhe.
“Ungakhulumi kabi ngaNkulunkulu, ungamcalekisi umholi wesive sakho.
Nkulunkulu wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “NginguSimakadze.
Ngakusasa Simakadze wakwenta loko abetsite utakwenta. Tonkhe tifuyo temaGibhithe tafa; kodvwa kute nome sinye sifuyo sema-Israyeli lesake safa.
Livi lesembulo lelimacondzana nelive laseGibhithe: Buka la, Simakadze ugibela lifu leligijima kakhulu, ubange kulaseGibhithe. Tithico taseGibhithe tiyawutfutfumela embikwakhe, netinhlitiyo tebantfu baseGibhithe tiyancibilika ngekhatsi kwabo.
Uyakokhela umlilo emathempelini abonkulunkulu baseGibhithe; uyawubashisa abetfwale ahambe nabo batitfunjwa; live laseGibhithe uyawulihlantisisa, njengemelusi ahlantisisa lijazi lakhe kuze atsintsitse tonkhe tintfwala talo, aphume eGibithe angenamyocu.
Lapho ethempelini lelilanga eGibhithe uyawubhidlita tinsika lekutsiwa tingcwele, ashise emathempeli abonkulunkulu baseGibhithe.’ ”
Simakadze Somandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: “Sengitamjezisa Amoni, sithico saseThebesi, naFaro, neGibhithe kanye netithico tayo, nemakhosi ayo, nabo bonkhe labo labetsembele kuFaro.
Kodvwa ngiyawubaphephisa labambalwa babo enkembeni, nasendlaleni kanye nasesifweni lesibulalanako, kuze kutsi kuleto tive lapho baya khona bativume tonkhe tento tabo letimbi letisinengiso. Ngulapho-ke bayawungati khona kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.”
Kuyawuba khona kudzindza sililo kuto tonkhe tivini, ngobe ngiyakwendlula emkhatsini wenu nginijezise.”
Simakadze uyakwesabeka kubo, nase abhubhisa bonkhe bonkulunkulu balelo live. Tive letikulo lonkhe lusentse lwelwandle tiyakumkhonta, nguleso naleso sive eveni laso.
EmaGibhithe abengcwaba ematubulo awo onkhe labeshaywe nguSimakadze emkhatsini wawo; ngobe Simakadze abebehlulele bonkhe bonkulunkulu bawo.
Bantfu base-Ashdodi batsi bayavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhandza Dagoni awele phansi ngebuso bakhe embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze! Batsatsa loDagoni bambuyisela, bammisa endzaweni yakhe, lapho abekhona khona.
Bumbani imifanekiso yematfumba enu neyemagundvwane lekungatsi abhubhise lelive, nimnike ludvumo Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli. Mhlawumbe uyakusiphakamisa sandla sakhe lesimatima etikwenu, nasetikwabonkulunkulu benu, nasetikwelive lenu.