9 Lifa lami alifanani yini kimi nenyoni yekuhlasela lengemabhadvubhadvu letungeletwa nguletinye tinyoni tekuhlasela? Hambani niyewubutsa tonkhe tilwane tesiganga, nitiletse titewudla.
Simakadze wamtfumelela emaBhabhulona, nemaSiriya, nemaMowabi, nema-Amoni kutsi atemhlasela. Wabatfumela kutsi batewubhubhisa Juda, ngekulandzela livi laSimakadze lalikhuluma ngetinceku takhe baphrofethi.
Emehlo ebantfu labatikhukhumetako ayawutfotjiswa, kutsi kutigcabha kwebantfu kwehliswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa.
Simakadze longuSomandla umise lilanga, ulibekele bonkhe labatigcabhako nalabatiphakamisako, nako konkhe lokuphakanyisiwe, kuze kutfotjiswe;
Wotani, nonkhe nine tilwane tesiganga, wotani nitewudla, nonkhe nine tilwane telihlatsi!
Simakadze utsi: “Ngiyawutfumela tinhlobo letine tebabhubhisi labatakulwa nabo: inkemba yekubulala, netinja tekuhudvulela khashane, netinyoni tasemoyeni, netilwane tesiganga tekushwabudzela nekubhubhisa.
Emabhubesi abhodlile, amhhongela. Live lakhe alente laba lihlane lelingenalutfo, emadolobha akhe ashisiwe, asala akhala libhungane.
ngiyawubanikela etitseni tabo, letifuna timphilo tabo. Tidvumbu tabo tiyawuba kudla kwetinyoni telizulu nekwetilwane tesiganga.
Tidvumbu talabo bantfu tiyawuba kudla kwetinyoni tasemoyeni nekwetilwane tesiganga; kuyawubate nalokuyatetfusa, aticoshe.
ISiyoni yelula tandla tayo, kodvwa kute namunye longayidvudvuta. Simakadze ushaye umtsetfo ngaJakobe kutsi bomakhelwane bakhe babe titsa takhe. IJerusalema seyigucuke yaba yintfo lesinengiso emkhatsini wabo.
Ngako timvu tavele tasakateka, ngobe bekute umelusi, tatsi kube tisakateke, tagucuka taba kudla kwato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga.
Letimphondvo letilishumi lotibonile nesilo tiyawuyitondza lengwadla; tiyawukutsatsa konkhe lenako tiyishiye ingcunu, tidle inyama yayo, tiyishise ngemlilo.