2 Tiyakhotsama tiguce phansi kanyekanye tehluleke kuyetfula lemitfwalo letitfombe tato, tona cobo lwato tiyahamba tiye ekutfunjweni.
EmaFilisti abaleka ashiya tithico tawo khona lapho, boDavide nemadvodza akakhe batitsatsela bahamba nato.
Livi lesembulo lelimacondzana netilwane taseNegevu: Emancusa adzabula eveni lebulukhuni nenjabhiso, live lemabhubesi lamadvuna nalamasikati, lemabululu kanye netinyoka letindizako, ayalidzabula etfwala imicebo yawo ngetimbongolo, neminotfo yawo ngemalundza emakamela, aya kuleso sive lesingenanzuzo,
Labonkulunkulu betive letabhujiswa bobabemkhulu, batikhulula yini letive tabo, bonkulunkulu baseGozani, nebaseHarani, nebaseResefu kanye nebebantfu base-Edeni lababeseThelasari?
Bajikijele bonkulunkulu bato emlilweni, bababhubhisa, ngobe bebangesibo bonkulunkulu sibili, bekutingodvo nje nematje labatwe tandla tebantfu.
Kulesigodvo lesisele ubata nkulunkulu, lekusithico sakhe, akhotsame kuso, asikhonte. Uthandaza kuso atsi: “Ngisindzise; wena ungunkulunkulu wami.”
“Butsanani ndzawonye, nite; hlanganani, nine lenibaleke etiveni. Abati lutfo labo labetfwala tithico tetingodvo, bathandaze etithicweni letingeke tisindzise.
Njengobe netsembele etentweni tenu nasebunjingeni benu, nani niyawutsatfwa niyiswe ekutfunjweni, naKhemoshi, sithico senu, uyawuyiswa ekudzingisweni kanye nebaphristi bakhe netindvuna takhe.
Ngobe ngempela sikhatsi siyawufika, lapho ngiyawujezisa khona tithico taseBhabhulona. Live layo lonkhe liyawuhlazeka, nabo bonkhe labagwaziwe bakhona bayawulala lucaca ekhatsi kuyo.
Uyawutfumba bonkulunkulu babo, netitfombe tabo tetinsimbi, netimphahla tabo letingemagugu tesiliva netegolide, atetfwale aye nato eGibhithe. Kuyawuba sikhatsi lesidze ayiyekele inkhosi yasenyakatfo atimele yedvwa.
Simakadze sewukhiphe umyalo mayelana nawe, Nineve, lotsi: “Awusayikuba natitukulwane letiyawumisa libito lakho. Ngitawutibhubhisa tonkhe titfombe takho netithico takho letisemathempelini abonkulunkulu bakho. Ngitanilungiselela emathuna, ngobe nibabi kakhulu!”
Mikha wabaphendvula, watsi: “Nitsetse bonkulunkulu lengatentela bona, nemphristi wami nahamba naye. Ngisasele nani-ke? Ningangibuta kanjani nitsi: ‘Kwenteke njani?’ ”
Bantfu base-Ashdodi batsi bayavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhandza Dagoni awele phansi ngebuso bakhe embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze! Batsatsa loDagoni bambuyisela, bammisa endzaweni yakhe, lapho abekhona khona.