9 Ngitanikhipha kulelidolobha, ngininiketele etandleni tebetive nginijezise.
kanye nekucitsa kwakhe ingati leyayingenacala, ngobe phela iJerusalema yayigcwele ingati yebantfu lababengenacala. Simakadze abengakatimiseli kutsetselela Manase ngaloko.
Kusukela etikhatsini tabokhokho kuze kube ngumanje, bubi betfu bebuvele bubukhulu. Ngenca yetono tetfu, tsine nemakhosi etfu nebaphristi betfu besibantfu bekubulawa ngenkemba nekutfunjwa, nekuphangwa kanye nekwentelwa phansi etandleni temakhosi etive, njengobe kusenjalo lamuhla.
Kwase kusukuma Finehasi walamula ngekubulala letephulamtsetfo; lesifo saphela.
Wabanikela emandleni ebetive, labo lababatondzako bababusa.
Ngenca yekutsi sigwebo sentfo lembi siyephuta kukhishwa, tinhlitiyo tebantfu setihlosa kwenta bubi ngesibindzi.
“Ngako-ke vanini livi laSimakadze, nonkhe nine labatfunjiwe, lengabacosha eJerusalema ngabayisa eBhabhulona.
Kwatsi khona lapho eRibla inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yabulala emadvodzana aSedekiya embikwemehlo akhe abukile, yabulala nabo bonkhe labahloniphekile bakaJuda.
“Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Letidvumbu talabo lenibabulele lapho tiyinyama, lelidolobha lona lilibhodo, kodvwa ngitanikhipha kulo.
Ngiyawukugweba ngesijeziso sebafati labagwadlako nalabacitsa ingati; ngiyakwehlisela etikwakho imphindziselo yengati ngekwelulaka lwami nangekwentfukutselo yesikhwele sami.
Liyawushisa tindlu takho, lehlisele sijeziso etikwakho embikwebafati labanyenti. Ngiyawubucedza lobugwadla bakho, futsi awuseyiwuphindza utibhadale letiphingi takho logwadla nato.
Ngiyawulutfululela etikwakho lulaka lwami, ngikuphefumulele ngentfukutselo yami levutsako. Ngiyawukwetfula etandleni tebantfu labanelunya, bantfu labanelikhono lekubhubhisa.
Ngako ngiyakwehlisela sijeziso eGibhithe, futsi bayawukwati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’ ”
Ngako-ke ngekhatsi kwakho boyise bayawudla bantfwababo, nebantfwana badle boyise. Ngitakushaya ngesijeziso, ngisakate yonkhe insali yakho emimoyeni.
Uyawuba lihlazo, nesihhala, nesecwayiso, nentfo leyesabisako kuletive letikutungeletile, nase ngikwehlulela ngentfukutselo, nangelulaka, nangekutsetsisa lokubuhlungu. Mine, Simakadze, sengikhulumile.
“Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Mine, matfupha, ngimelene nawe, Jerusalema, futsi ngiyawukushaya ngesijeziso embikwato letive tibukile.
Uyiphile emandla ekwehlulela, ngobe iyiNdvodzana yemuntfu.
Ngobe usisebenti saNkulunkulu lesikwentela lokuhle. Kodvwa nawenta lokubi, mesabe, ngobe unawo emandla ekukujezisa. Usisebenti saNkulunkulu, lesingumphindziseli lowehlisela lulaka lwaNkulunkulu kulowo lowenta lokubi.
“Simakadze uyawunicosha kanye nenkhosi yenu lenitibekele yona, niye esiveni leningasati nine kanye naboyihlomkhulu. Ngulapho niyawufike nikhonte labanye bonkulunkulu khona, bonkulunkulu labentiwe ngetigodvo nangematje.
Iyakwehlulela bonkhe bantfu, ibajezise labo labangamesabi Nkulunkulu. Iyawubajezisa ngenca yemisebenti yabo yonkhe yekwedzelela nekungamhloniphi Nkulunkulu, nangawo onkhe emavi lamabi lakhulunywe ngaye toni letingamesabi.”