6 “Ngangisahamba sengitawufika eDamaseko, kwatsi sekutawuba ngusemini lenkhulu, kukhanya lokukhulu lokwakuphuma ezulwini kwangibaneka ndzawo tonkhe.
Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko.
Kodvwa Abrama watsi: “Awu, Simakadze Nkulunkulu, utangiphani, ngobe seloku anginamntfwana? Indlalifa yami kutawuba ngu-Eliyezeri waseDamaseko.”
Davide wase umisa tinkambu temabutfo eSiriya laseDamaseko. EmaSiriya ase aba bantfu bakhe atsela kuye Davide. Simakadze wapha Davide kuncoba nome ngukuphi lapho ahlasela khona.
Inyanga iyawufiphala, lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni; ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.
Jesu wagucuka lesinye simo embikwabo, buso bakhe bakhatimula njengelilanga, tingubo takhe taba mhlophe njengekukhanya.
Ngawela phansi ngeva livi litsi: ‘Sawula! Ye Sawula! Ungihluphelani?’
Lomsindvo wekuphikisana waya ngekwandza, letinye tati temtsetfo telicembu lebaFarisi tasukuma tabeka inkhulumo lecosheme tatsi: “Asiliboni licala kulomuntfu. Kutawutsiwani-ke, nangabe umoya nome ingilosi yakhuluma ngempela kuye?”
Ekugcineni kwabo bonkhe wadzimate wabonwa nangimi lenginjengalowatalwa kungesiso sikhatsi sakhe.
Esandleni sakhe sangesekudla abephetse tinkhanyeti letisikhombisa, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma inkemba leyayikhalipha tinhlangotsi totimbili, buso bakhe bumengetela njengelilanga emini.