23 Imishuculo yenu nitakuyiyekela ibesetinhloko tenu netincabule tenu tisetinyaweni tenu. Ningeke nizile nome nilile, kodvwa niyawukondza ngenca yetono tenu, nibubule lomunye kulomunye.
Kodvwa Davide yena wachubeka wenyuka iNtsaba Yemincumo, ahambe akhala; inhloko yakhe yayimbonyiwe, nasetinyaweni angakafaki lutfo. Bonkhe bantfu lababenaye lapho babembonye tinhloko tabo, nabo benyuka bakhala.
Sifo siyawuyicotfula insali yakhe, nebafelokati babo bangeke babalilele.
Labanye baba tilima ngenca yekona nebubi babo behlelwa kuhlupheka.
Baphristi babo baba kudla kwenkemba, bafelokati babo abazange babalilele.
ngaleso sikhatsi Simakadze wakhuluma nga-Isaya, umsa wa-Amose. Wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Khumula lamasaka emtimbeni wakho, naletincabule lapha etinyaweni takho.” Wakwenta loko Isaya, wahamba asangcunu, angakafaki lutfo nasetinyaweni.
Sonkhe siyavungama njengemabhele, siyakhala sibubula njengematuba, sifuna umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa asiwutfoli; sifuna nekukhululwa, kodvwa kukhashane natsi.
Khuluma enkhosini nasendlovukazini, utsi: “Yehlani etihlalweni tenu tebukhosi, ngobe lemichele yenu lemanyatelako itawudzilika lapha etinhloko tenu.”
Labo lababulawa ngenkemba bancono kunalabo labafa babulawa yindlala; badvutjutwe yindlala, baze baguga baphela ngenca yekweswela kudla emasimini.
Nani niyawukwenta njengobe nami ngentile. Aniyikulimbonya lingentansi lebuso benu, kantsi futsi ningeke nikudle kudla kwelisiko kwalabalilako.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, khuluma kuyo indlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Naku lenikushoko nitsi: “Tikhubekiso tetfu netono tetfu kusidvonsela phansi, natsi sesiyahusheka ngenca yato. Manje-ke sitawuphila kanjani?” ’
ngobe kudla nemanti kuyawube kweswelekile. Bayawumangala nababonana, bayawukondza babe tingodvo ngenca yesono sabo.”
Kufanele bashucule ngemishuculo yelineni etinhloko tabo, netimphahla tabo tangaphansi tibe telineni etinkhalo tabo. Akukafaneli bembatse nome ngabe yini letabenta bajuluke.
ngiyawunijezisa nganaku: Ngiyawunehlisela kutfutfumela lokwesabekako, netifo letingelapheki, nemikhuhlane lephumphutsekisa emehlo, nginente nihusheke. Niyawulima nihlanyelele lite, ngobe titsa tenu tiyawunehlula tidle konkhe loko kudla.
Labo benu labayawube basasele bangakafi eveni letitsa tabo, bayawukondza babe tincotfo ngenca yetono tabo, nangenca yetono taboyise bayawukondza besabeke.