3 Jakobe watfumela tigijimi ku-Esawu umnakabo, eveni laseSeyiri, kulaka-Edomu.
nemaHori entsabeni yawo iSeyiri, kwadzimate kwaba ngu-Eli Pharani ngasehlane.
Esawu watsi kuJakobe: “Maye, ngilambile! Ngicela sewumane ungiphe lesiphuphe.” Ngako-ke libito lakhe kwatsiwa ngu-Edomu.
Ngicela kutsi umane ungephule esandleni semnaketfu Esawu, ngobe ngiyamesaba, kutsi angahle angihlasele abulale bantfwana kanye nabonina.
Jakobe wesaba kakhulu waba neluvalo. Wehlukanisa labantfu abehamba nabo, wabenta emacembu lamabili, kanjalo nemihlambi yetimvu, neyetimbuti, neyetinkhomo kanye neyemakamela nako wakwenta njalo.
Ngicela umane wena uhambe embili, mine ngitawusale ngishuca ngincengancenga nalabantfwana. Inkhosi yami ngitayikhandza e-Edomu.”
Ngalona lelo langa Esawu wahamba wabuyela e-Edomu.
Ngaso leso sikhatsi Abneri, umsa waNeri, labeyindvuna yemphi yaSawula abesatsetse Ishboshethi, umsa waSawula, wamletsa eMahanayimu.
Elisha wathandaza, watsi: “Awu, Simakadze, vula emehlo akhe kuze abone.” Nembala, Simakadze wavula emehlo alenceku ya-Elisha, yatsi iyabuka, yabona tindimbane temabutfo, nemahhashi, netincola temphi tivutsa umlilo ticancele intsaba, kutungeleta Elisha.
Lawa ngemanani emadvodza labehlomile eta kutawusita Davide eHebroni, kutsi atewumniketa umbuso waSawula, njengobe Simakadze abeshito:
Maye, tinhle tinyawo takho kuleto tincabule tato, awu, ndvodzakati yemntfwanenkhosi! Ematsanga akho atindingilizi njengemachuzu, umsebenti wesandla sachwephesha.
Leli livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neDuma lelitsi: Kukhona longimemetako kaSeyiri, utsi: “Mlindzi, sekusele kangakanani kutsi kuse? Mlindzi, sekusele kangakanani kutsi kuse?”
Macondzana ne-Edomu: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Sekwabate yini kuhlakanipha eThemani? Setaphela yini teluleko kulabahlakaniphile? Kuhlakanipha kwabo sekwabola yini?
“Bukani la, ngiyawutfumela sitfunywa sami, lesiyawulungisa indlela embikwami. Masinyane loSimakadze lenimfunako uyakuta ethempelini lakhe. Yebo, sitfunywa sesivumelwane lenisifisako siyawufika,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Edomu uyawuncotjwa; Seyiri, sitsa sakhe, naye uyawuncotjwa, kodvwa Israyeli uyawukhula abe nemandla.
Watfumela titfunywa ngembili kwakhe, letesuka tangena edolobheni lemaSamariya kuyawumlungisela khona.
Kutsatsa emalanga lali-11 kuhamba usuka eHorebe uye eKhadeshi Bhaneya, nawuhamba ngemgwaco weNtsaba iSeyiri.
Simakadze bekatentele njalo titukulwane taka-Esawu letatihlala eSeyiri, ngesikhatsi abhubhisa emaHori, lawacosha kulelo live, kwabe sekwakha tona kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Ningabachukuluti kutsi baze balwe nani, ngobe ngingeke ngininike, ngisho nalokuncane kwalelive labo, ngisho nekwekubeka lunyawo lwenu imbala. Ngilinike Esawu lelive letintsaba iSeyiri, kutsi libe lakhe.
Live lelisuka eMahanayimu lifaka ekhatsi yonkhe iBhashani, nawo wonkhe umbuso wa-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani, nayo yonkhe imiti yaJayire lebeyiseBhashani, emadolobha langema-60,
Isaka ngamupha Jakobe na-Esawu. Lelive letintsaba, iSeyiri, ngalabela Esawu, kodvwa Jakobe kanye nemadvodzana akhe bewuka baya eGibhithe.