17 Awu Simakadze, usivumelelani kutsi seduke etindleleni takho, utenteleni kutsi tibe lukhuni tinhlitiyo tetfu, kuze singetikuhlonipha wena? Mane ubuye ngenca yetinceku takho, tive letilifa lakho.
Ngikufuna ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yami, shangatsi ngingete ngaphambuka emiyalweni yakho.
Condzisa inhlitiyo yami ekutfobeleni timiso takho, ingalitjatiswa yingcebo.
Ngente ngingakutsandzi kwenta lokubi, ngingahlanganyeli nalababi emisebentini yabo lemibi, ngingahlanganyeli nasemadzilini abo.
Awu, Nkulunkulu wemabandla! Phendvuka futsi! Buka phansi usetulu ezulwini, ubone lomvini wakho, uwunakelele,
Buya, Simakadze! Kuyawudzimate kube ngunini solomane usifulatsela? Hawukela tinceku takho.
BoMosi na-Aroni babeyenta embikwaFaro yonkhe lemimangaliso, kodvwa Simakadze wayenta yaba lukhuni inhlitiyo yaFaro; abejinge achubeke nekwala kukhulula ema-Israyeli kutsi aphume eGibhithe.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuMosi, watsi: “Nase ubuyele eGibhithe, ucaphele kutsi uyente embikwaFaro yonkhe lemimangaliso lengikunike emandla ekuyenta. Kodvwa ngiyawuyenta ibe lukhuni inhlitiyo yaFaro, ngako angeke asivumele sive sami kutsi sihambe.
Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubabusisa, atsi: “Ayibusiswe iGibhithe, sive sami, ne-Asiriya lengumsebenti wetandla tami, na-Israyeli lolifa lami.”
Simakadze utsi: “Labantfu basondzela kimi ngemilomo yabo, bangihlonipha ngetindzebe temilomo yabo kuphela; kodvwa tinhlitiyo tabo tikhashane kabi nami. Kungikhonta kwabo kukwenta nje leyo mitsetfo lefundziswa bantfu.
Ngako-ke ngisetawuphindze ngibamangalise labantfu ngetigigaba etikwetigigaba. Inhlakanipho yetihlakaniphi tabo itawuphela, kukhalipha kwemcondvo kwalabanengcondvo lekhaliphile kutawuphela.”
Kuphefumula kwakhe kunjengesikhukhula semanti lesigeletako, nasikhuphuka size sifike ngasentsanyeni. Unyakatisa tive esisefeni sakhe sembhubhiso; ubeka emihlatsini yebantfu litomu lekubaholela ekwedukeni.
Yenta inhlitiyo yalabantfu ibe ndzindzima, netindlebe tabo tibe butfuntfu ekuveni, uvale nemehlo abo, bangahle babone ngemehlo abo, beve ngetindlebe tabo, bacondzisise ngetinhlitiyo tabo, bagucuke, bese bayaphiliswa.”
Indlela yami uyivale ngetinguzanguza tematje; wagwegwisa indlela yami, yaba matombetombe.
ngabenta baba ngulabangcolile ngekwemtsetfo ngenca yetipho tabo, umhlatjelo wako konkhe lokulitubulo, khona ngitekubesabisa, kuze batekwati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’
Ingilosi yaSimakadze yatsi: “Simakadze Somandla, kuyawuze kube ngunini solomane sihawu sakho usigodlele iJerusalema nemadolobha akaJuda, lowawuwatfukutselele kuleminyaka lengema-70?”
Kwakutsi njalo nalima lelibhokisi, atsi: “Buya Simakadze, buya etigidzigidzini temindeni yaka-Israyeli.”
“Nkulunkulu sewuphumphutsekise emehlo abo, netingcondvo tabo sewutivalile, kuze emehlo abo angaboni, netingcondvo tabo tingacondzisisi, bangabe baseta kimi, kuze ngitebaphilisa, kusho iNkhosi.”
“Kodvwa Sihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, akazange asivumele kutsi sendlule sidzabule live lakhe, ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wenta umoya wakhe waba lukhuni nenhlitiyo yakhe yaba nenkhani; loko wakwentela kutsi atekumnikela etandleni tenu, njengobe kunjalo lamuhla.
Ngobe kwaba nguSimakadze matfupha lowenta tinhlitiyo talamadolobha taba lukhuni ngekutsi tihlasele ema-Israyeli, entela kutsi atekuwabhubhisa onkhe, aphele ngaphandle kwemusa, njengobe Simakadze abeyale Mosi.