7 Bonkhe lababatfola babadla, titsa tabo tatsi: ‘Site tsine licala, ngobe bona kuSimakadze labelidlelo labo sibili, Simakadze, litsemba laboyisemkhulu.’
Ngobe nguwe, Simakadze, lolitsemba lami, Simakadze ulitsemba lami, kwasebusheni bami.
Ngobe sebabashaye babacotfula bakaJakobe, umuti wakhe bawenta sikhotsa.
Yebo, Simakadze! Wena ube siphephelo setfu etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
Lowo lohlala ekusitsekeni kuLosetikwako Konkhe ukhosele ekhwapheni laSomandla.
Ngangisitfukutselele sive sami, ngalilahla lifa lami, ngabanikela esandleni sakho, nawe awuzange ubahawukele ngemusa; ngisho nalasebagugile, wabagaca ngelijoko lelimatima.
Wotani, nonkhe nine tilwane tesiganga, wotani nitewudla, nonkhe nine tilwane telihlatsi!
EmaSiriya ngasemphumalanga nemaFilisti ngasenshonalanga, asakhamisele kushwabudzela ema-Israyeli. Noko ngako konkhe loku lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki; sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
Tfululela lulaka lwakho etikwetive letingakwemukeli wena, etikwetive letingalibiti Libito lakho. Ngobe Jakobe timudle tamshwabudzela, timudle taze tamshwabudzela, tabhubhisa live lakhe lekutalwa.
Awu, Tsemba la-Israyeli, Msindzisi wakhe ngetikhatsi telusizi, wentelani kuba njengemfokati eveni, nanjengesihambi lesihlala busuku bunye nje?
Awu, Simakadze, tsemba lema-Israyeli, bonkhe labakushiyako bayawuhlazeka. Labo labakufulatselako bayawubhalwa elutfulini, ngobe bamshiyile Simakadze, umtfombo wemanti laphilako.
Israyeli abengcwele kuSimakadze, tilinga tesivuno sakhe; bonkhe labamshwabudzela babekwa licala, inhlekelele yehlela etikwabo,’ ” kusho Simakadze.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: “Ngiyawutsi nangibabuyisa ekutfunjweni, bantfu labaseveni lakaJuda nasemadolobheni akhona bayawuphindze basebentise nankha emagama batsi: ‘Simakadze akakubusise, awu wenandlu yekulunga, awu wena ntsaba lengcwele.’
“ ‘Kulawo malanga nangaleso sikhatsi ngiyawuhlumisa Ligala Lelilungile leliyawuhluma elusendvweni lwendlu yakaDavide. Uyakwenta lokubucotfo bemtsetfo nalokulungile eveni.
Kulawo malanga Juda uyawusindziswa, neJerusalema ihlale iphephile. Lelo-ke libito lalo leliyawubitwa ngalo: Simakadze Kulunga Kwetfu.’
Bayawushwabudzela sivuno senu nekudla kwenu, bashwabudzele emadvodzana nemadvodzakati enu, bashwabudzele imihlambi yenu yetimvu neyetinkhomo, bashwabudzele emavini enu nemikhiwa yenu. Lamadolobha enu labiyelwe lenetsembele kuwo batawabhubhisa ngenkemba.”
“Manini ngemumo, nitungelete iBhabhulona, nonkhe nine lenijijimeta ngemicibisholo. Yijijimeteni, kungasali namunye umcibisholo, ngobe yonile kuSimakadze.
“Israyeli unjengemhlambi wetimvu letisakatekile ticoshwe ngemabhubesi. Lekucala lelamudla kwaba yinkhosi yase-Asiriya; lekugcina lelabhoba ematsambo akhe, kwaba nguNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Bantfu baka-Israyeli bacindzetelekile, kanye nebantfu bakaJuda futsi. Bonkhe batfumbi babo babankonkoshele, bayala kubayekela bahambe.
Ngako timvu tavele tasakateka, ngobe bekute umelusi, tatsi kube tisakateke, tagucuka taba kudla kwato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga.
Ngulapho-ke uyawukwati khona kutsi mine Simakadze ngitivile tonkhe letintfo tekwedzelela letimbi lotikhulume ngetintsaba taka-Israyeli. Watsi: “Tentiwe taba lihlane, taniketwa tsine kutsi sitishwabudzele.”
Awu Simakadze, ngako konkhe kulunga kwakho mane ugucule intfukutselo yakho nelulaka lwakho kuyo iJerusalema, lidolobha lakho, leliyintsaba yakho lengcwele. Tono tetfu nekona kwabobabe sekwente iJerusalema nesive sakho kwaba lihlazo kubo bonkhe labakhelene natsi.
Asikatilaleli tinceku takho baphrofethi, lababekhuluma egameni lakho, kuwo emakhosi etfu, nakubabusi betfu, nakubobabemkhulu, nakubo bonkhe bantfu belive.
Bengingakatfukutseli kangaka, kodvwa tive letitibona kutsi tiphephile setengete kulenhlekelele, tangitfukutselisa kakhulu.’
Batsengi bato bayatihlaba bangete bajeziswa. Labo labatitsengisako, batsi: ‘Akadvunyiswe Simakadze, sesinjingile!’ Ngisho nebelusi bato abanasihawu nato.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuPawula, umphostoli waKhristu Jesu ngekutfunywa nguNkulunkulu, uMsindzisi wetfu, naKhristu Jesu lolitsemba letfu.