24 Inkhosi kanye nabo bonkhe lababeyisingatsile, labaweva onkhe lawo mavi, abazange sebakhombise nalokuncane nje kwesaba, futsi abatihluphanga ngekudzabula tingubo tabo ngekutisola.
Rubeni watsi ubuyela kulomgodzi wakhandza Josefa angasekho, wadzabula timphahla takhe.
Jakobe wadzabuka wadzimate wadzabula timphahla takhe, wavunula emasaka, walilela lendvodzana yakhe emalanga lamanyenti.
Davide kanye nawo onkhe emadvodza labenawo badzabula tembatfo tabo.
Watsi kube Ahabi eve lamavi, wadzabula tingubo takhe, wembatsa emasaka, wazila, walala ngemasaka, wahamba angulotfotjisiwe.
Kodvwa ukubukela phansi kwesaba Nkulunkulu, uvimbele kuthandaza kuye.
Sono siyakhuluma ekujuleni kwenhlitiyo yalomubi. Yebo, lomubi akamesabi Nkulunkulu.
Utiphakamisa kangangekutsi akabuboni nebubi besono sakhe.
Badudana ngekwakha emacebo lamabi; bacebisana ngekubeka tingibe emasitseleni, bacabange batsi: “Ngubani longasibona?”
Faro wancandzeka wabuyela esigodlweni sakhe; akazange akunake ngisho nakancane loko.
Simakadze, sandla sakho siphakamele etulu, kodvwa noko abasiboni. Bente babone inshisekelo yakho ngesive sakho, batewudliwa ngemahloni. Akutsi umlilo lowugcinele titsa takho udle bona ubacedze.
Bo-Eliyakimu, umsa waHilkiya, labeyindvuna yesigodlo, naShebna, labengumabhalane, kanye naJowa, umsa wa-Asafa, labengulobhalisako, bahamba bayawubikela Hezekiya sebadzabule tingubo tabo, bafike bamtjela konkhe lokwakushiwo yindvuna lenkhulu yemphi yase-Asiriya.
Hezekiya, inkhosi, watsi kube akuve loko, wadzabula tingubo takhe wembatsa emasaka, wahamba wangena ethempelini laSimakadze.
Batsi nabaweva onkhe lamavi, babukana bodvwana betfukile, bakhuluma kuBharuki batsi: “Kufanele siwabikele inkhosi onkhe lamavi.”
Awu Simakadze, emehlo akho akafuni lona yini liciniso? Wabashaya, kodvwa abazange babuve buhlungu, wabapitjita, kodvwa bakwala kucondziswa. Benta buso babo baba lukhuni kunelitje, bala kuphendvuka.
Letindzaba tatsi natifika enkhosini yaseNineve, yasukuma esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi, yakhumula ingubo yayo yebukhosi, yatembonya ngendvwangu yemasaka, yahlala phansi emlotseni.
Bantfu baseNineve bayakusukuma kanye nalesitukulwane ekwehlulelweni basilahle, ngobe bona baphendvuka ngekushunyayelwa nguJona; ase nibuke-ke, ngobe lapha kukhona lomkhulu kunaJona.
Abamesabi Nkulunkulu.”