10 Ngako nyalo sengitabungcunula lobubheva bakhe, embikwemashende akhe abuka; kute lotamephula lapha etandleni tami.
Emadvodzana alesihlangananhloko semfati lesasingu-Athaliya abegcekeze ethempelini laSimakadze, aze asebentisa ngisho naletimphahla talo letingcwele ekukhonteni boBhali.
“Caphelani loku nine lenedzelela Nkulunkulu, funa nginiklebhuklebhule, kubete nalongahle aniphephise.
Kuliciniso kutsi bantfu lababi bayawujeziswa; kodvwa bantfu labalungile bayawusindza.
Ngako-ke Simakadze utawuveta tilondza etinhloko tebafati baseSiyoni; Simakadze utawucotfula tinhloko tabo, tibe timphandla.”
Nawutibuta utsi: “Loku kwentekeleni kimi?” phela kungenca yetono takho letinyenti, lokutsi tidvwaba takho tidzatjulwe, nemtimba wakho uphatseke kabi.
“Ngitawugwabula tidvwaba takho tibuye ebusweni, khona kutewubonakala bungcunu bakho:
Watsatsa letinye tetimphahla takho wenta ngato tindzawo letiphakeme letinemibala lemihle, lapho wawuchubela khona bugwababane bakho bekukhontela tithico. Tintfo letinjalo atikafaneli kutsi tenteke, futsi akukafaneli nje kutsi tibe khona.
Wanikela nangekudla lengangikunikete wena kutsi udle: fulaha locolisakele, nemafutsa emncumo, neluju lengakunika kona kutsi ukudle, wakunikela kuto, kwaba yimphepho letsaphuka liphunga lelimnandzi. Nguloko-ke lokwenteka, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Batakuphatsa ngenzondo, bakwemuke konkhe loko lokusebentele. Batakushiya ungcunu ungenalutfo, nelihlazo lebugwababane bakho libekeke ebaleni. Luntjingintjingi lwenkhanuko yakho nebugwababane bakho
Israyeli abengumvini lowenabako watitselela yena titselo. Satsi sitselo sakhe sisandza, wakha emalati lamanye; latsi live lakhe lisatfutfuka, wahlobisa ematje akhe lakhontwako.
Abetsi Efrayimu nakakhuluma, kutfutfumele emadvodza; abephakanyisiwe ka-Israyeli. Kodvwa waba nelicala lekukhonta Bhali, wafa.
Ngaphandle kwaloko ngitamhlubula abe ngcunu, ngimente abe ngcunu njengamhlazane atalwa; ngitawumenta abe njengelihlane, ngimgucule abe live leligagadzekile, afe ngekoma.
Njengobe bosidlani balalela umuntfu endleleni, tenta njalo neticumbi tebaphristi; tiyabulalana kulomgwaco loya eShekhemu, tente budlova lobulihlazo.
Insali yema-Israyeli iyakubasemkhatsini wetive letinyenti, ifanane nelibhubesi lelitingela ehlatsini noma edlelweni: Lisuka lingene emkhatsini wetimvu, litisukele litidzabudzabule ticucwana, litsemba lato lekusindza lingabikho.
Ngako-ke ningacali kwehlulela lutfo sikhatsi singakefiki, neNkhosi ingakefiki. Ngiyo leyawuveta ekukhanyeni lokufihlakele ebumnyameni, ivete ebaleni imicabango yetinhlitiyo. Lapho-ke ngulowo nalowo muntfu uyawutfola kubongwa lokuvela kuNkulunkulu.