10 Simakadze wabuye wakhuluma ku-Ahazi, watsi:
Ngemnyaka weli-17 wekubusa kwaPhekha, umsa waRemaliya, Ahazi, umsa waJothamu, inkhosi yakaJuda, wacala kubusa.
Khawulani kuletsa iminikelo lengasho lutfo! Imphepho yenu isinengiso kimi. Imikhosi yenu yekwetfwasa kwenyanga, nemaSabatha, nemihlangano yenu yekukhonta, ngingeke ngiyibeketelele lemihlangano yenu lemibi.
Kona nisashayelwani nje? Nisachubekelani nekuhlubuka? Inhloko yenu yonkhe ilimele, nenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe ishayiwe.
Ngalelo langa insali yaka-Israyeli, ngisho labo labasasele bendlu yakaJakobe, bangeke basetsembela kuye lowo lowabashaya balahleka phansi; kodvwa bayakwetsembela ngeliciniso kuSimakadze, Longcwele waka-Israyeli.
“Ticelele sibonakaliso kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, nome sibe ngulesisekujuleni nome-ke lesiphakeme njengelizulu.”
Inhloko yaka-Efrayimu yiSamariya, nenhloko yeSamariya ngumsa waRemaliya kuphela. Naningakemi nacina ekukholweni kwenu, ningeke nisema nicinile.’ ”
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi futsi, watsi:
Manje bachubeka nako kona; batentela tithico ngesiliva yabo, titfombe letakhiwe ngekuhlakanipha lokukhulu. Konkhe kungumsebenti wencondzi yetekubata. “Benta imihlatjelo ngebantfu bange letithico letimise kwematfole.”
