7 Ngekuphakama kwemandla akho ubacitsile labemelene nawe, intfukutselo yakho levutsako uyitfululele kubo, yabalumeka njengetibi.
Kuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu kujulile, emandla akhe abanti kakhulu. Ngubani nje lowake wacinisa inhloko kuye, wachubeka waphumelela angulote sici?
Bonkhe abadvumise libito laSimakadze, ngobe lakhe kuphela libito leliphakeme; inkhatimulo yakhe ingetulu kwemhlaba nelizulu.
Bacedze ngekutfukutsela kwakho, ubanyamalalise baphele batsi nya, kuze bantfu bati kutsi: Nkulunkulu ubusa kaJakobe nasemikhawulweni yemhlaba. Cabanga.
Simakadze ugibela emazulu, wona lawo mazulu asendvulo. Yena uvakalisa liphimbo lelivi lakhe, lona liliphimbo lelinemandla.
Awu, Nkulunkulu wami! Bente babe njengesiwunguwungwana, nanjengemakhoba wona apheshulwa ngumoya.
Ngako Mosi welula sandla sakhe wasengamisa etikwelwandle, emanti abuyela endzaweni yawo nakudzabuka kusa; emaGibhithe atsi ayabaleka emanti awakhukhula. Simakadze wawatsintsitsela ekujuleni kwelwandle onkhe emaGibhithe.
Ngako-ke ema-Israyeli asakateka nalo lonkhe live laseGibhithe afunana netjani.
Kodvwa noko kuze kube manje ngisakuphephisile, khona ngitekukhombisa emandla ami, nekutsi libito lami litewudvunyiswa emhlabeni wonkhe.
Vula indlebe yakho! Awu, Simakadze, vani; uvule emehlo akho, Simakadze, ubone; lalela onkhe emavi latfunyelwe nguSenaheribi ekwetfuka wena, Nkulunkulu lophilako.
Ngubani lona lometfukile wamhlambalata? Ngubani lona bewumbhodlela umetfwalela emehlo? NguLongcwele waka-Israyeli!
Njengobe uyangibhodlela, nanjengobe kungicoloshela kwakho sekufikile etindlebeni tami, ngitawufaka umkhala wami ekhaleni lakho, nelitomu lami emlonyeni wakho. Ngiyawukuncandzekisa ngaleyo ndlela lote ngayo.
Ngako ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga aselibele kukhonta ethempelini lankulunkulu wakhe Nisroki, kwesuka emadvodzana akhe, bo-Adrameleki naShareseri, bamjuba ngenkemba, besuka lapho babalekela eveni lase-Ararathi. Esahadoni, umsa wakhe, waba yinkhosi yase-Asiriya esikhundleni sakhe.
Empeleni banjengemabibi etinhlanga layakusha onkhe ngemlilo, bangeke batisindzise kwabona kulamandla elilangabi. Lapha kute emalahle ekufutfumeta umuntfu, kute nemlilo longawotsa.
Kodvwa Simakadze longuSomandla utawuphakanyiswa ngekwehlulela kwakhe lokumsulwa. Nkulunkulu longcwele utabubonakalisa bungcwele bakhe ngekulunga kwakhe.
Ngako-ke, njengobe lulwimi lwemlilo lukhotsa tibi, nanjengobe tjani lobomile bushona phansi, nabushiswa ngemalangabi, kanjalo timphandze tabo tiyawubola, netimbali tabo tiphephuke njengelutfuli; ngobe bawalile umtsetfo waSimakadze longuSomandla, bedzelela livi laLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Awu, Simakadze umkhulu, kute lonjengawe; nemandla eLibito lakho makhulu kakhulu.
Tive letinyenti setibutsanele kuhlasela nine. Titsi: “IJerusalema imelwe kutsi ibhujiswe. Sitawubona tibondza taseSiyoni setibhidlitiwe!”
Simakadze uyawuphuma ayekulwa naleto tive, njengobe avama kulwa ngelilanga lemphi.
Ngalelo langa emanti laphilako ayawugeleta aphuma eJerusalema, incenye yawo igeletele elwandle lolungasemphumalanga, kutsi incenye yawo igeletele elwandle lolungasenshonalanga, busika nehlobo.
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, longitfumile wangipha emandla kutsi ngimelane netive letiniphangile, ngobe umuntfu lotsintsa nine utsintsa inhlavu yeliso laSimakadze.
“Impela lilanga liyeta; liyawushisa njengemlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako. Bonkhe labatigcabhako bangangihloniphi nalabenta lokubi bayawuba tinhlanga, lelo langa lelitako liyawubalumekela ngemlilo,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Kute imphandze nome ligala leliyawusala kubo.
Sitja sakhe sekwela sisesandleni sakhe; uyawushanelisisa sibuya sakhe abutsele emabele esilulwini sakhe, kepha emakhoba uyawuwashisa ngemlilo longacimeki.”
Washayeka phansi, weva livi litsi kuye: “Sawula! Ye Sawula! Ungihluphelani?”
“Kute lonjengaNkulunkulu, Jeshuruni, logibela emazulu kuze atewusita wena, agibele nemafu ngebukhosi bakhe.
Ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu ungumlilo locotfulako, unguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele.
ngobe loNkulunkulu wetfu ungumlilo locotfulako.