12 Ucitsa emacebo emacili, kuze labakwenta ngetandla tabo kungaphumeleli.
Watsi kube Labani atjelwe ngelilanga lesitsatfu kutsi Jakobe akasekho ubalekile,
Kodvwa Uriya akazange aye ekhaya lakhe, walala emasangweni esigodlo kanye naletinye tinceku tenkhosi yakhe.
Absalomu kanye nawo onkhe emadvodza aka-Israyeli batsi: “Leseluleko saHushayi, um-Akhi, sincono kunalesa sa-Ahithofeli.” Loku kwentiwa kutsi Simakadze abecondze kuswabisa leseluleko sa-Ahithofeli, kuze ehlisele bubi ku-Absalomu.
Elisha wase utfumela livi enkhosini yema-Israyeli, watsi: “Caphela ungendluli ngakuleyo ndzawo, ngobe emaSiriya asehlela khona.”
Tatsi kube titsa tetfu tive kutsi sesiyalwati loluzungu lwato nekutsi Nkulunkulu uwacitsile emasu ato, sabuyela sonkhe elubondzeni, ngulowo nalowo wacondza emsebentini wakhe.
Kodvwa sathandaza kuNkulunkulu wetfu, ngenca yalolusongo sabeka bogadzi kutsi bagadze imini nebusuku.
Ngulesono sakho lelesenta ukhulume kanje; sewukhetse lulwimi lwalabanebucili.
Nome bebahlose lokubi ngawe, bacondze kukugangela, kodvwa bangeke baphumelele.
Emandla alababi ayawukwephulwa, kodvwa Simakadze uyabaphasa labalungile.
Kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu, nekucondza kanye nemyalo longiwo sibili kungeke kukusite, nangabe kucondzene nekumelana naSimakadze.
Emehlo aSimakadze alindza lwati; kodvwa uyawacitsa emavi alabacalemanga.
EmaGibhithe ayawuphelelwa ngemandla; emasu awo ngiyawuwacedza atsi nya. Ayawuya etithicweni ayewuphengula, aze ayewufuna labaphansi, netangoma, nalababhulako.
Ngako ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
lophuntisa tibonakaliso tebaphrofethi bemanga, labaphengulako abente tilima, acitse kufundza kwalabahlakaniphile, akugucule akwente kube ngumbhedvo.
Takheleni emasu enu, kodvwa atakwehlulekiswa; yentani emachinga enu, kodvwa ngeke aphumelele; ngobe Nkulunkulu unatsi.
Macondzana ne-Edomu: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Sekwabate yini kuhlakanipha eThemani? Setaphela yini teluleko kulabahlakaniphile? Kuhlakanipha kwabo sekwabola yini?
“ ‘Ningasho kanjani kutsi: “Sihlakaniphile tsine, ngobe sinemtsetfo waSimakadze,” ibe kantsi lutsi lwemanga lwebabhali lukucobele phansi lokungemanga?
Simakadze ukhuluma utsi: “Mhlazana ngijezisa Edomu ngiyewubhubhisa netati takhe ngicedze konkhe kuhlakanipha kwakhe etintsabeni taka-Esawu.
Kwangukhona kumkhanyela Phetro kutsi bekwentekani kuye, wase utsi: “Manje sengiyati kutsi kuliciniso kutsi iNkhosi itfumele ingilosi, yangikhulula emandleni aHerodi nakuko konkhe emaJuda abebheke kutsi kutangehlela.”
Ngako Davide nemabutfo akhe, emadvodza langema-600, babaleka eKheyila, besuka behla benyuka tindzawo ngetindzawo. Kwatsi Sawula nakatjelwa kutsi Davide sewubalekile eKheyila, wangabe asehla.