3 Sefika endzaweni lapho sabona khona sichingi saseSiphrosi, sasigudla ngaseningizimu saya eSiriya. Sehlela eThire, ngobe lapho bekutakwehla khona timphahla betisemkhunjini.
Davide wase umisa tinkambu temabutfo eSiriya laseDamaseko. EmaSiriya ase aba bantfu bakhe atsela kuye Davide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Wena, ndvodzakati yaseThire, tingcunga tiyawutincengela kuwe ngekukuletsela tipho.”
“Ngibala iRahabi neBhabhulona, emkhatsini walabo labangatiko. Yebo, emaFilisti, nebaseThire, nebaseKushe, bonkhe labo bantfu batalelwa eSiyoni.”
Indlu yakaDavide yatjelwa kwatsiwa: “ISiriya itihlanganise nelaka-Efrayimu.” Ngako tinhlitiyo tabo-Ahazi kanye netebantfu bakhe tesaba tatfutfumela njengetihlahla telihlatsi, natinyakatiswa ngumoya.
Watsi: “Maye kuwe, Khorazini! Maye nakuwe, Bhethsayida! Ngobe kube lemisebenti yemandla lebeyenteke kini beyenteke eThire naseSidoni, ngabe kadze batitsela ngemlotsa bembatsa emasaka bakhombisa kuphendvuka.
Ludvumo ngaye lwandza nalo lonkhe laseSiriya, kangangekutsi kwaletfwa kuye bonkhe bantfu lababegula, baphetfwe tinhlobonhlobo tekufa, nalababekhatsatwe tinhlobonhlobo tetinhlupheko: lababenemadimoni, nalababenesitfutfwane, nalababefe tinhlangotsi; Jesu wabaphilisa bonkhe.
“Maye kuwe Khorazini! Maye nakuwe Bhethsayida! Ngobe kube letimangaliso letentiwe kuwe betentiwe eThire naseSidoni, bantfu balapho ngabe kadze baphendvuka; bebayawuhlala phansi, bembatse emasaka, batitsele ngemlotsa bentele kubonakalisa kutsi batishiyile tono tabo.
Lolubalo lwekucala lwentiwa ngesikhatsi Kwiriniyusi anguLusibalukhulu waseSiriya.
Emakholwa, labesakatwe kuhlushwa lokwalandzela kubulawa kwaStefano, ahamba aze efika eFenisiya naseSiphrosi nase-Antiyokhi, atjela emaJuda kuphela ngalelivi leNkhosi.
Wabatfukutselela kakhulu Herodi bantfu baseThire naseSidoni; ngako-ke baya kanyekanye bayawubonana naye. Kwekucala bavumelana naBlastusi, labengumgcini wesigodlo. Baya kuHerodi bayawucela kuthula, ngobe live labo lalitfola kudla eveni lakhe.
BoBhanabasi naSawula, sebatfunyelwe nguMoya Longcwele, behlela eSeloyisiya bahamba ngemkhumbi besuka khona balibangisa esichingini saseSiphrosi.
Kwatfunyelwa ngabo incwadzi leyayitsi: “Yemukelani nanso incwadzi levela kubaphostoli nebazalwane labababonisi lababingelela bazalwane betive ngekutalwa, labahlala edolobheni lase-Antiyokhi nasetifundzeni taseSiriya naseSilisiya.
Bacabana kabi ngalendzaba, baze behlukana. Bhanabasi wahamba naMakho ngemkhumbi walibangisa eSiphrosi.
Wahamba wadzabula eSiriya naseSilisiya, acinisa emabandla.
Pawula wahlala nebazalwane emalanga lamanyenti. Wase uyabashiya wahamba ngemkhumbi naboPhrisila na-Akhwila baya eSiriya. Angakahambi eKhenkhariya wahhula inhloko yakhe, ngobe abente sifungo.
Labanye bafundzi baseKhesariya bahamba natsi basiyisa emtini wendvodza lebesitawuhlala kayo, Mnasoni wekuchamuka eSiphrosi, lobekasalikholwa sikhatsi lesidze.
Sakhandza umkhumbi loya eFenisiya, sekhwela sahamba ngawo.
Sachubeka neluhambo lwetfu sesuka eThire ngemkhumbi saya ePhitolemayisi, lapho sefika sabingelela bazalwane. Sahlala nabo lilanga linye.
Sesuka lapho sachubeka ngemkhumbi; kodvwa njengobe umoya bewuphambene natsi, sahamba sagudla sichingi saseSiphrosi.
Kwadzimate kwatsi Josefa, labengumLevi lowatalelwa eSiphrosi, baphostoli labametsa batsi nguBhanabasi (lokusho kutsi “Lowo Lokhutsatanako”),
Baka-Israyeli baphindza benta lokubi emehlweni aSimakadze. Bakhonta boBhali, nabo-Ashtarothe, nabonkulunkulu base-Aramu, nabonkulunkulu baseSidoni, nabonkulunkulu baseMowabi, nabonkulunkulu bema-Amoni, nabonkulunkulu bemaFilisti. Baka-Israyeli bafulatsela Simakadze, bamyekela, bangabe basamkhonta,