19 Ngako-ke, naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: ‘Jonadabi, umsa waRekhabi, ngeke eswele umuntfu lotawukhonta mine.’ ”
nemaSoferi, lekwakungimindeni yebabhali lababehlala eJabesi: emaThirathi, nemaShimeyathi, nemaSukathi. Laba-ke bekungemaKheni labevela kuHamathi, titukulwane tawo tatitekudzabuka emndenini waRekhabi.
Labatigabatisako bashayeka phansi nawubhekisa buso bakho ngakubo. Uyabatondza bonkhe labenta lokubi.
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Ngisho nome boMosi naSamuweli bebangema embikwami, inhlitiyo yami beyingeke iye kulesive. Bacoshe! Abesuke lapha embikwami!
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Nawuphendvuka, ngiyawukubutsa, khona utekungikhonta; nawukhuluma emavi lafanelekile, hhayi emavi langenamsebenti, uyawuba lincusa lami. Labantfu abagucukele kuwe, kodvwa wena ungagucukeli kubo.
Mine-ke ngitawuhlala eMispa kutsi ngitewumelela nine kumaBhabhulona labeta lapha kitsi; kodvwa nine nitawuvuna liwayini, netitselo tasehlobo kanye nemafutsa, nikufake etitjeni tenu tekulondvolota, nihlale kulamadolobha leseniwatsetse.”
Lindzani nithandaze onkhe emalanga, khona nitawuba nemandla ekuphunyula kuletintfo letitakwenteka nitekwati kuma embikweNdvodzana yeMuntfu.”
Kuye lonemandla ekunigcina, ningete nakhubeka, kuze aniletse ebukhosini bakhe, nite licala, nitfokota kakhulu,