14 Israyeli sewumkhohliwe uMenti wakhe, wakha tigodlo; Juda sewubiyele emadolobha lamanyenti. Kodvwa ngitawutfumela umlilo etikwalamadolobha abo, loyawushisa letinqaba tabo uticedze.”
Jerobowamu wabumba tithico etindzaweni letiphakeme, wabeka nebaphristi labebavela kuto tonkhe tinhlobonhlobo tetive, ngisho nakuleto letatingasesiwo nemaLevi.
Akazange agcine ngekutijabulisa ngetono letatentiwe nguJerobowamu kuphela nje, kodvwa yena waze wateka naJezebeli, indvodzakati ya-Etbhali, inkhosi yemaSidoni, wamenta umkakhe; wacala kukhonta nekukhotsamela Bhali.
Ngemnyaka weli-14 wekubusa kwenkhosi Hezekiya, kwesuka Senaheribi, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, wahlasela onkhe emadolobha latinqaba akaJuda, wawatfumba.
Waphindze wakha leminye imibhoshongo ehlane, wemba nemitfombo leminyenti, ngobe abefuye kakhulu, abenemihlambi leminyenti emaceleni etintsaba kanye nasematsafeni. Abenebantfu lababemsebentela emasimini, nasetivinini takhe etintsabeni kanye nasetindzaweni letivundzile, ngobe abetitsandza tekulima.
Wakha emadolobha emagcumeni akaJuda, kwatsi tinqaba nemibhoshongo wakwakha etindzaweni letatinemahlatsi.
Bamkhohlwa Nkulunkulu, uMsindzisi wabo, labebentele tintfo letinkhulu eGibhithe,
Wotani, sikhuleke, simkhotsamele, asiguce embikwaSimakadze, uMenti wetfu.
Umkhohliwe Nkulunkulu uMsindzisi wakho; awukalikhumbuli lidvwala lelisiphephelo sakho. Ngako-ke nome ungahlanyelela tithico takho titfombo letinhle kakhulu, uhlanyele tivini letiphuma kulamanye emave,
Nababona emkhatsini wabo bantfwababo, umsebenti wetandla tami, bayawuligcina lingcwele Libito lami; bayawubuhlonipha bungcwele baLongcwele wakaJakobe, bamangale ngaNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Simakadze utawushuca njengendvodza lenemandla, njengelisotja uyawuchukuluta inshisekelo yakhe; uyawumemeta ahlabe inyandzaleyo, titsa takhe atehlule.
Ngako watfululela etikwabo intfukutselo yakhe levutsako, nebudlwangudlwangu bemphi. Yabasibekela ngemalangabi, noko abazange bacondze; yabadla, kodvwa abakufakanga enhlitiyweni.
sive lengatibumbela sona, kuze sitewumemetela ludvumo lwami.”
“Titini tidzilikele phansi, kodvwa tsine sitakwakha kabusha ngematje labatwe kahle. Tihlahla temakhiwa tigawuliwe, kodvwa tsine sitatenana ngetihlahla temisedari.”
Bonkhe bantfu bayakulati, baka-Efrayimu kanye nalabakhile eSamariya, labakhuluma bachoshe, basho nangekutigabatisa kwenhlitiyo, batsi:
Kodvwa naningangilaleli mine, kutsi nigcine liSabatha lami lingcwele ngekutsi ningetfwali nalomncane umtfwalo ngesikhatsi nisangena emasangweni aseJerusalema ngeliSabatha, ngako ngiyawube sengilumeka umlilo longacimeki emasangweni aseJerusalema, loyawudla netinqaba tayo.’ ”
Intfombi iyabukhohlwa yini buhlalu bayo lobuligugu, nome makoti imihlobiso yakhe nakashada? Noko sive sami singikhohlwe emalanga lamanyenti langeke abalwe.
Bacabanga kutsi lamaphupho labatjelana wona atakwenta labantfu bami balikhohlwe Libito lami, njengobe naboyise balikhohlwa Libito lami ngekukhonta Bhali.
Kuvakala sililo etindzaweni letiphakeme letingamili lutfo, yebo, kukhala nekuncenga kwesive saka-Israyeli, ngobe siphambukise tindlela taso, samkhohlwa Simakadze Nkulunkulu waso.
Bayawushwabudzela sivuno senu nekudla kwenu, bashwabudzele emadvodzana nemadvodzakati enu, bashwabudzele imihlambi yenu yetimvu neyetinkhomo, bashwabudzele emavini enu nemikhiwa yenu. Lamadolobha enu labiyelwe lenetsembele kuwo batawabhubhisa ngenkemba.”
“Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Njengobe sewungikhohliwe wangilahla ngemuva kwakho, ufanele uwetfwale umphumela weluntjingintjingi lwakho lwenkhanuko nebugwababane bakho.”
Ngatsi nangibondla emadlelweni lamahle, besutsa; batsi kube besutse, base bayatigabatisa, base bayangikhohlwa.
Ngiyawumjezisa ngenca yalawo malanga lashisa ngawo imphepho kuboBhali, wativunulisa ngetindandatho nangemihlobiso yakhe lemihle, walandzelana nemashende akhe, kodvwa mine wangikhohlwa,” kusho Simakadze.
bantfu bami bayabhujiswa ngenca yekweswela lwati. “Njengobe nikulahlile kwati mine, nami-ke sengiyanilahla kutsi ningete naba baphristi bami; njengobe niwutsalalisele umtsetfo waNkulunkulu wenu, nami-ke ngiyawubatsalalisela bantfwabenu.
Ngako-ke ngitakwehlisela umlilo etikwetindvonga taseThire lotawucotfula tigodlo tayo.”
Ngako-ke ngitakwehlisela umlilo etikwaThemani lotawucotfula tigodlo taseBhosra.”
Ngako-ke ngitawulumeka umlilo etikwetibondza taseRabha lotawucotfula tonkhe tigodlo tayo emkhatsini webumayemaye bekukhala ngelilanga lekulwa imphi, nasemkhatsini wemimoya lenemandla, ngelilanga lesivunguvungu.
Ngako ngitakwehlisela umlilo endlini yakaHazayeli, lotawushisa ucotfule leto tigodlo takaBheni Hadadi.
Ngako-ke ngitakwehlisela umlilo etikwaJuda lotawushisa ucotfule tigodlo taseJerusalema.”
Ngobe tsine singumsebenti waNkulunkulu. Sidalwe ngaJesu Khristu kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle, Nkulunkulu layilungisa kucala.
Nalilahla Lidvwala lelaba nguyihlo kini, namkhohlwa Nkulunkulu lowanitala.