5 Simakadze uyephulile indvuku yalababi, yebo, uyephulile indvuku yebabusi,
Umbuso walababi ungeke ubuse eveni lalabalungile, funa nalabalungile bese benta lokubi.
Njengelibhubesi lelibhodlako nelibhele lelihhongako, unjalo umbusi lomubi lobusa bantfu labeswele.
“Maye kulo lase-Asiriya, indvuku yelulaka lwami, lelisandla salo sifumbetse sagila selulaka lwami.
“Umhlaba ngiyakuwujezisa ngenca yebubi bawo, ngijezise nalababi ngenca yetono tabo. Ngiyakulicedza ligcabho lalabo labatigcabhako, ngikutfobise kutigcabha kwalabo labanelunya.
“Ningajabuli, nine nonkhe maFilisti, ngobe nitsi lendvuku leyanishaya seyephukile; nanjengobe lokumila kusuka emphandzeni bese kutsela titselo, kanjalo nasenyokeni kuyawuvela libululu lelinesihlungu kabi.
uhlabele siga uphukute inkhosi yaseBhabhulona utsi: “Ase nibuke kuphela kwemcindzeteli! Intfukutselo yakhe seyifike ekugcineni!
labahlasele tive ngelulaka, batigadla ngaphandle kwesihe, batigcobagcoba phansi ngentfukutselo, baphekehla lutfutfuva bahlasela.
Sewusandzisile sive, wandzisa nekujabula kwaso; siyajabula embikwakho njengebantfu bajatjuliswa sivuno, nanjengebantfu nabajatjuliswa kwaba imphango.
Ngobe njengasemihleni yekwehlulwa kwakaMidiyani, ulifohlotile lelijoko belingumtfwalo kubo, nemgcala losindzako lobewusemahlombe abo, nendvuku yemcindzeteli wabo.
“Bantfu bakuvile kububula kwami, kodvwa kute namunye longidvudvutako. Tonkhe titsa tami tivile ngekuhlupheka kwami. Tiyajabula ngaloko lokwentile. Mane sale uliletsa lelilanga lowalimemetela, kuze nabo batewuba njengami.
Kungabe batawuchubeka yini, batfulule emanetha abo, babhubhise tive ngelunya?