4 Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wamphendvula watsini? Watsi: “Ngitigcinele bantfu labati-7 000 labangakasikhonti sithico lesinguBhali.”
Akazange agcine ngekutijabulisa ngetono letatentiwe nguJerobowamu kuphela nje, kodvwa yena waze wateka naJezebeli, indvodzakati ya-Etbhali, inkhosi yemaSidoni, wamenta umkakhe; wacala kukhonta nekukhotsamela Bhali.
Elija waphendvula watsi: “Benginenshisekelo lenkhulu yekukhonta wena Simakadze, Nkulunkulu Somandla. Kodvwa sive saka-Israyeli sisilahlile sivumelwane sakho, sabhidlita emalati akho, sabulala baphrofethi bakho ngenkemba. Ngimi ngedvwa losasele, kodvwa nami sebafuna kungibulala.”
Bantfu baka-Israyeli labati-7 000 ngiyakubashiya baphila: bonkhe labangazange baguce embikwaBhali nabo bonkhe labangazange bange Bhali ngemilomo yabo.”
Labo labashiyiwe eSiyoni, labasasele eJerusalema, bayawubitwa ngekutsi ngulabangcwele, bonkhe labo labayawube babhaliswe nalabaphila eJerusalema.
Bakhe tindzawo letiphakeme tekukhontela boBhali, bentela kushisa emadvodzana abo emlilweni abe ngiminikelo kuBhali, intfo lengingazange sengibayale ngayo futsi lengingazange sengiyisho, nalengazange seyifike nasengcondvweni yami.
Abetsi Efrayimu nakakhuluma, kutfutfumele emadvodza; abephakanyisiwe ka-Israyeli. Kodvwa waba nelicala lekukhonta Bhali, wafa.
Usengakatsandzi kuvuma kutsi kwakungimi lona lowamnika kudla lokutinhlavu, neliwayini lelisha, nemafutsa, lowatfululela kuye isiliva negolide, lababekusebentisa kuBhali.
“Ngiyakwelula sandla sami ngimelane naJuda, ngimelane nabo bonkhe labahlala eJerusalema. Yonkhe imisalela yaBhali ngiyakuyisusa kulendzawo: Emabito emahedeni nebaphristi labakhonta tithico,
Ngako sive sema-Israyeli sahlanganyela ekukhonteni Bhali wasePheyori. Lulaka lwaSimakadze lwabavutsela.
Natibonela ngemehlo enu loko lokwentiwa nguSimakadze eBhali Pheyori. Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wababhubhisa bonkhe labo bantfu bakini lababelandzela Bhali wasePheyori,
ngekutsi bamfulatsele yena bayewukhonta boBhali nabo-Ashtarothe.