17 Ngako-ke Simakadze utawuveta tilondza etinhloko tebafati baseSiyoni; Simakadze utawucotfula tinhloko tabo, tibe timphandla.”
Phumani, nine madvodzakati aseSiyoni, nitewubukela inkhosi Solomoni, nasafake umchele wakhe, umchele lawetfweswa ngunina ngelilanga lagidzisa ngalo umfati, mhlazana inhlitiyo yakhe ijabulile.
kanjalo inkhosi yase-Asiriya iyawuhola baseGibhithe nebaseSudani labatfunjwe bangcunu, bangakafaki lutfo nasetinyaweni, labancane nalabadzala, bayawushwebheta ngetibunu tabo tisebaleni, kube lihlazo laseGibhithe.
Simakadze utsi: “Bafati baseSiyoni bayatigcabha; bahamba belule tintsamo, bacwashacwashata ngemehlo abo, nabahambako, bashayela etulu, emacakaleni abo kukhehleta imihlobiso labayigabile.
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawubemuka lemihlobiso yabo: emabhengela, nemibhodze leticebedvu kanye nemagcebesha asentsanyeni,
Nawutibuta utsi: “Loku kwentekeleni kimi?” phela kungenca yetono takho letinyenti, lokutsi tidvwaba takho tidzatjulwe, nemtimba wakho uphatseke kabi.
nome lonelichubu, nome lomfishane kakhulu, nome lonemasoli, nome lonesifo sesikhumba, nome lonesilondza lesivuta bovu, nome lonemasendze lalimele.
Nine takhamiti taseShafiri, tidzingiseni nihlazekile, ningcunu. Takhamiti taseSanani tesaba kuphuma edolobheni lato. Nawuva takhamiti taseBethi Eseli tilila, uyawuvele ubone kutsi kute siphephelo lapho.
Simakadze longuSomandla utsi: “Mine ngiphambene nawe, ngitawuphakamisa tidvwaba takho tibheke etulu. Tonkhe tive temhlaba ngitatikhombisa bungcunu bakho, nemibuso yemhlaba ngiyikhombise lihlazo lakho.
Simakadze uyakunishaya ngematfumba aseGibhithe, nangetimila, nangetilondza letincincako, nangelukhwekhwe lolulumako leningasoze nelapheke kuto.
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