6 Ngangisitfukutselele sive sami, ngalilahla lifa lami, ngabanikela esandleni sakho, nawe awuzange ubahawukele ngemusa; ngisho nalasebagugile, wabagaca ngelijoko lelimatima.
Davide watsi kuGadi: “Ngiselusizini lolukhulu asimane siwele etandleni taSimakadze, ngobe umusa wakhe mkhulu, kodvwa ungavumi siwele etandleni tebantfu.”
Babe wanetfwesa lijoko lelimatima, mine-ke ngitalenta libe matima kakhulu. Babe abenibhacabula ngetiswebhu, mine-ke ngitanibhacabula ngetiswebhu letinetipikili.’ ”
Kwakunemphrofethi waSimakadze, Odedi, labelapho, waphuma kuyawuhlangabeta emabutfo, nasabuyela eSamariya. Wakhuluma kuwo watsi: “Njengobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu waboyihlomkhulu abetfukutselele bakaJuda, uvele wabaniketa esandleni senu. Kodvwa nyalo senibabulele ngesihluku lesidzimate sefika ezulwini.
Simakadze wabavusela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona leyafike yabulala onkhe emajaha abo ngenkemba, iwabulalela endzaweni lengcwele, ingashiyi lutfo loluselusha labadvuna nalabasikati nome talukati nemakhehla. Nkulunkulu wabaniketela bonkhe kuNebukhadnezari.
Watsatsa lemisalela wayakuyidzingisela eBhabhulona, labo lababesindze enkembeni, base baba tigcili takhe kanye netebantfwabakhe, waze umbuso wasePheresiya waba ngulonemandla kakhulu.
Kodvwa ngenca yekutsi bobabe batfukutselisa Nkulunkulu wasezulwini, wabe sewubanikela esandleni saNebukhadnezari, umKhaledi, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, lowalibhidlita lelithempeli watfumba labantfu wabayisa eBhabhulona.
Ngobe lowo loshaywe nguwe bayamtingela bamhluphe, bakhuluma ngebuhlungu balabo labalinyatwe nguwe,
Ngilitfumela esiveni lesingenaNkulunkulu, ngilikhiphele kubantfu labangitfukutselisako, kutsi lihlutfule imphango, litsatse lokuphangiwe, nekutsi libagcobagcobe phansi njengeludzaka lwendlela.
Tinswane tabo tiyawuphahlatwa tibe ticucu embikwabo babuka, tindlu tabo tiyawuphangwa, nebafati babo badlwengulwe.
Utsi ngabe nguye lowenta umhlaba lihlane, wabhidlita emadolobha awo, longazange atikhulule tiboshwa takhe kutsi tihambe tibuyele emakhaya ato?’
labahlasele tive ngelulaka, batigadla ngaphandle kwesihe, batigcobagcoba phansi ngentfukutselo, baphekehla lutfutfuva bahlasela.
Ngako-ke nami ngitatihlazisa tikhulu telithempeli lenu, ngivele ngitfumele Jakobe ekubhujisweni, na-Israyeli kutsi edzelelwe.”
Bahlome ngebutjoki nangetikhali; bavutsa lulaka, abanamusa. Bevakala njengekudvuma kwelwandle sebagibele emahhashini abo; beta ngeticheme temabutfo emphi, bete kutawuhlasela wena, Ndvodzakati yaseBhabhulona.
“Tono tami taboshwa ngesandla sakhe taba lijoko. Watephotsela yena watihlanganisa, setikhuphukele entsanyeni yami, naSimakadze uwesusile emandla ami. Unginiketele kulabo lengingeke ngikhone kumelana nabo.
“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.
Simakadze ushwabudzele onkhe emakhaya akaJakobe, ngaphandle kwekuwahawukela. Ngelulaka lwakhe udladlabule tinqaba teNdvodzakati yakaJuda. Uwehlisele phansi emhlabatsini ngelihlazo umbuso wayo kanye netikhulu tayo.
Simakadze cobo lwakhe ubasakatile, akasabelusi. Baphristi abasahlonishwa, nalabadzala abasaphatfwa ngemusa.
Tikhulu tilengiswe ngetandla tato; labadzala bangete bahlonishwa.
‘Khuluma kulendlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Indzawo yami lengcwele sengitayingcolisa, lenqaba lenitigcabha ngayo, injabulo yemehlo enu, intfo lehawukelwa ngumphefumulo wenu. Emadvodzana nemadvodzakati lenawashiya emuva atawubulawa ngenkemba.
Ngekutsengisa kwakho lokunyenti wagcwala budlova, wase uyona. Ngako ngakulahla ngobe ungcolile ngekwemtsetfo, ngakususa entsabeni yaNkulunkulu, ngakucosha, awu, kherubhi lelalingumelusi, wesuka emkhatsini wematje emlilo.
“Ngenca yebudlova bakho lobente kubomnakenu, titukulwane taJakobe, uyakwembeswa ngelihlazo, ubhujiswe ingunaphakadze.
Njengobe nawe wanatsa indzebe yekujezisa kwami entsabeni yami lengcwele, netive tonkhe tiyawuyinatsa khona siphelane; tiyawunatsa, tinatse kuze kube shangatsi atizange setibe khona.”
Ingilosi yaSimakadze yatsi: “Simakadze Somandla, kuyawuze kube ngunini solomane sihawu sakho usigodlele iJerusalema nemadolobha akaJuda, lowawuwatfukutselele kuleminyaka lengema-70?”
Bengingakatfukutseli kangaka, kodvwa tive letitibona kutsi tiphephile setengete kulenhlekelele, tangitfukutselisa kakhulu.’
Ngobe ngaloko kwehlulela lenehlulela ngako labanye, nani niyakwehlulelwa ngako; nangaleso silinganiso lenilinganisa ngaso, nani niyakulinganiswa ngaso.
sive lesesabekako nalesinelunya, lesingabahloniphi bantfu labadzala nalesingenamunyu nebantfwana.
Ngobe kwehlulela akunabo bubele kulowo longenabo bubele; kodvwa bubele buyawucoloshela kwehlulela.