4 Ngingeke ngibahawukele labantfwana bakhe, ngobe babantfwana bebugwadla.
Watsi Joramu kube abone Jehu, wambuta watsi: “Ute ngekuthula yini, Jehu?” Jehu waphendvula watsi: “Kuthula kungaba khona kanjani, nangabe solomane kusekhona tithico nebutsakatsi benyoko Jezebeli?”
Kuyawutsi emagala akhona nasomile, ephulwe, kufike bafati bawatfote, bayekuwabasa. Ngobe lesi sive lesingeva emadlebeni, ngako, uMenti waso akasenamunyu ngaso, uMdali waso akasenasihawu ngaso.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Iphi incwadzi yenyoko yesehlukaniso, lengamcosha ngayo kutsi ahambe? Nome-ke nganitsengisa kumuphi kulengibakweledako? Natsengiswa ngenca yetono tenu, ngenca yemacala enu unyoko wacoshwa.
“Kodvwa nine, wotani la, nine madvodzana esangoma lesisikati, nine ntalo yetiphingi neyetingwababane!
Ngitabashayanisa lomunye kulomunye, boyise nemadvodzana ngalokufananako, kusho Simakadze. Ngingeke ngisivumele sihe nome sihawu nome luvelo kutsi kungivimbele ngingababhubhisi.’ ”
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ungangeni endlini lapho kunekudla kwemngcwabo, ungayi khona kuyawukhala, nome ukhombise kuvelana nabo, ngobe sengisisusile sibusiso sami, nelutsandvo lwami kanye neluvelo lwami kulabantfu,” kusho Simakadze.
Intfukutselo yami lenesikhwele ngiyakuyicondzisa ngco imelane nawe; yebo, bayawukuphatsa ngelulaka, bayakuhhumbula emakhala akho netindlebe takho, yebo, nemisalela yenu iyawubulawa ngenkemba. Bayawuwatsatsa emadvodzana akho nemadvodzakati akho, bese kutsi labo benu labasele bashwabudzelwe ngumlilo.
Ngako-ke ngitawubesukela ngente kubo njengekwentfukutselo yami; ngingeke ngibabuke ngemehlo esihawu, futsi ngeke ngibayekele. Nome bangamemeta badzatimule etindlebeni tami, ngingeke ngibeve.”
Ngako ngingeke ngibabuke ngemehlo esihawu, futsi ngeke ngibayekele, kodvwa ngiyakwehlisela etinhloko tabo loko labakwentile.”
Watsi kube Simakadze acale kukhuluma naHoseya, Simakadze wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Hamba utsatse umfati loyingwadla lonebantfwana labatelwe ngebugwadla, ngobe live linelicala lebugwadla lobesabekako, selisukile kuSimakadze.”
Gomeri waphindze futsi watetfwala, watala indvodzakati, Simakadze wabe sewukhuluma kuHoseya, watsi: “Metse libito utsi nguLo Ruhama, ngobe angiseyiwuphindze ngiyihawukele indlu yaka-Israyeli, lokwekutsi ngingaze vele ngibatsetselele.
Abaketsembeki kuSimakadze; batala emavezandlebe. Manje emadzili abo ekwetfwasa kwenyanga atawubamita bona kanye nemasimi abo.”
Ingilosi yaSimakadze yatsi: “Simakadze Somandla, kuyawuze kube ngunini solomane sihawu sakho usigodlele iJerusalema nemadolobha akaJuda, lowawuwatfukutselele kuleminyaka lengema-70?”
“Nine nenta imisebenti yeyihlo.” Batsi kuye: “Tsine asisibo bekuphingwa, sinaBabe munye, nguNkulunkulu lucobo.”
Bheka-ke bumnene nesandla lesilukhuni saNkulunkulu: bulukhuni bakhe kulabo labawile, kodvwa umnene kuwe, nawuchubeka uphile ngebumnene bakhe; nakungenjalo nawe utawujutjwa.
Ngako-ke, unemusa kulowo latsandza kuba nemusa kuye, kodvwa amente abe lukhuni lowo latsandza kumenta abe lukhuni.
Ngobe kwehlulela akunabo bubele kulowo longenabo bubele; kodvwa bubele buyawucoloshela kwehlulela.