20 kutsi nenta siphosiso lesesabekako ngesikhatsi ningitfuma kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu, natsi: ‘Sithandazele kuSimakadze wetfu; sitjele konkhe lakushoko, sitakwenta.’
Betive batsi bangangiva, bangihlonipha masinyane, beta kimi bakhasa.
ngenca yetono tabo. Ngesikhatsi tiphambuko tetfu tisehlula nguwe lositsetselelako.
“Mine Simakadze ngiphenya inhlitiyo, ngihlolisise nengcondvo, kuze ngimvuze umuntfu njengekwekutiphatsa kwakhe nanjengekwemisebenti yakhe.”
Ngetulu kwako konkhe loko, dzadzewabo longetsembeki, Juda, akazange abuyele kimi ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakhe, kodvwa kwaba ngekutentisa nje,” kusho Simakadze.
Noko Sedekiya, inkhosi, watfumela Jukhali, umsa waShelemiya, kanye nemphristi Zefaniya, umsa waMaseya, kuJeremiya, umphrofethi, nemlayeto lotsi: “Siyakucela kutsi umane usithandazele kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.”
Inkhosi Sedekiya yase itsi akulandvwe Jeremiya, umphrofethi, yatsi akaletfwe esangweni lesitsatfu lelithempeli laSimakadze, yatsi kuJeremiya: “Ngitawubuta lutfo. Ungafihli lutfo kimi.”
bafika kuJeremiya, umphrofethi, batsi: “Sicela ulalele nasi sicelo setfu, bese uthandazela yonkhe lensali kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wakho. Njengobe ubona nje, nome sake saba banyenti, kodvwa nyalo sesisele simbalwa.
Ngako base bakhuluma kuJeremiya, batsi: “Shangatsi Simakadze angaba ngufakazi loneliciniso nalowetsembekile lotawuphambana natsi, nasingakwenti ngendlela lengiyo konkhe Simakadze longuNkulunkulu wakho lakutfume kona kutsi usitjele.
Azariya, umsa waHoshaya, naJohanani, umsa waKhareya, nawo onkhe emadvodza labetibeka embili akhuluma kuJeremiya, atsi: “Unemanga! Simakadze longuNkulunkulu wetfu akakutfumi kutsi utewutsi: ‘Kufanele ningayi eGibhithe kuyawuhlala khona.’
Bantfu bami beta kuwe, njengobe bavame kwenta, bahlale embikwakho balalele emavi akho, kodvwa abawenti. Ngemilomo yabo bakhuluma kutsi batinikele, kodvwa tinhlitiyo tabo tibukhali, tifuna inzuzo lembi.
tona letitja talabantfu labalahlekelwe kuphila kwabo ngenca yekona kwabo. Gcobani letitja temphepho tibe bongcwengcwe bekumbonya lilati, ngobe tanikelwa kuSimakadze tase tiba ngcwele. Setiyawuba secwayiso esiveni sema-Israyeli.”
Endvukwini yakaLevi ubobhala libito la-Aroni, ngobe kufanele kube nendvuku yalowo nalowo mholi waleso sive.
Lomunye wabo labesati semtsetfo wamlinga ngekumbuta, watsi:
Ningayengwa, Nkulunkulu akaphukutwa, ngobe umuntfu uyawuvuna loko lakuhlanyelako.
Nibe benti belivi, ningabi balaleli kuphela nje, nitikhohlisa.