12 Ngesikhatsi bakaMowabi babonakala endzaweni yabo lephakeme bavele batigugise bona nje; ngesikhatsi bayewukhuleka kuletithico tabo, abasasitakali ngalutfo.
Entsabeni lengasemphumalanga neJerusalema Solomoni wakha indzawo lephakeme, wakhela Khemoshi, sithico semaMowabi lesisinengiso, wakhela naMoloki, sithico sema-Amoni lesisinengiso.
Yendlula imini, bachubeka nemadlingozi abo ekuphrofetha, kwaze kwashaya sikhatsi semhlatjelo wakusihlwa. Kodvwa kwabate imphendvulo, kute lowaphendvula, kute nalowanaka.
Labonkulunkulu betive letabhujiswa bobabemkhulu, batikhulula yini letive tabo, bonkulunkulu baseGozani, nebaseHarani, nebaseResefu kanye nebebantfu base-Edeni lababeseThelasari?
Yabe seyitsatsa umsa wayo labelitubulo layo lelalitakuyilandzela litsatse bukhosi, yalinikela laba ngumhlatjelo wekushiswa elubondzeni lwelidolobha. Ema-Israyeli atfutfumela kakhulu; akhawula kulwa, ancandzeka abuyela eveni lawo.
“Bayawube sebayangibita, kodvwa ngingeke ngisabele; batangifunisisa, kodvwa bangeke bangitfole.
IDiboni seyenyukele ethempelini, endzaweni lephakeme yekukhontela, kuyawukhala. Sive sakaMowabi sikhalela iNebo neMedeba. Tonkhe tinhloko tihhuliwe, tonkhe tilevu tihhuliwe.
Leli livi Simakadze lasavele alikhulumile macondzana nebakaMowabi.
Simakadze, beta kuwe ekudzabukeni kwabo, ngesikhatsi ubajezisa babehluleka ngisho nekuhebeta umkhuleko.
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga aselibele kukhonta ethempelini lankulunkulu wakhe Nisroki, kwesuka emadvodzana akhe, bo-Adrameleki naShareseri, bamjuba ngenkemba, besuka lapho babalekela eveni lase-Ararathi. Esahadoni, umsa wakhe, waba yinkhosi yase-Asiriya esikhundleni sakhe.
Tonkhe teluleko lotitfolile temacebo setikugugisile. Abavele ebaleni phela lababhuli bakho, labo labahlola tinkhanyeti, bese bayakutjela inyanga ngenyanga kutsi utakwehlelwa yini, abakusindzise kuloko lokutakwehlela.
Njengemlindzansimi esivandzini semajoti, letithico tabo atikwati kukhuluma, kudzingeka tize tetfwalwe, ngobe atikwati kutihambela. Ningatesabi, tingeke tinente lutfo lolubi, kantsi futsi kute naloluhle letingalwenta.”
Ngako Mowabi uyawuba nemahloni ngaKhemoshi, sithico sakhe, njengobe nendlu yaka-Israyeli yaba nemahloni nase betsembela eBetheli.
Ngiyawubacedza kaMowabi labo labashisa iminikelo etindzaweni letiphakeme, batfuncise nemphepho etithicweni tabo,” kusho Simakadze.
Maye kuwe, wena Mowabi! Bantfu bakaKhemoshi babhujisiwe; emadvodzana akakho adzingisiwe, nemadvodzakati akho ayiswa ekutfunjweni.
Njengobe netsembele etentweni tenu nasebunjingeni benu, nani niyawutsatfwa niyiswe ekutfunjweni, naKhemoshi, sithico senu, uyawuyiswa ekudzingisweni kanye nebaphristi bakhe netindvuna takhe.
“KuleHeshboni kwase kuphuma umlilo, lilangabi lelidolobha laSihoni. Lashisa i-Ari yakaMowabi, takhamiti tasetintsabeni, e-Anoni.
Ngako Bhalamu wahamba naBhalaki, baya eKhiriyathi Husothi.
Ngakusasa ekuseni Bhalaki watsatsa Bhalamu, benyukela etulu eBhamothi Bhali, lapho afike wabona kahle incenye yalesive.
Ngako wamtsatsa wahamba naye baya etsafeni laseSofimu, etulu esicongweni sentsaba iPhisga, wefika lapho wakha emalati lasikhombisa, wanikela ngenkunzi nangesihhanca etikwalelo nalelo lati.
Bhalaki watsatsa Bhalamu, bobabili benyukela esicongweni sentsaba iPheyori leyengamele lihlane.
“Ngiyambona, noko, hhayi nyalo; ngibuke kuye, noko, akekho edvute. Inkhanyeti iyawuvela kuJakobe, intfonga yebukhosi iyawumila ka-Israyeli, uyawupitjita tinhloko tesive sakaMowabi, tinkhakhayi tawo onkhe emadvodza akaShethi.