18 “ ‘Nanichubeka ngekungangilaleli nome sekunehlele konkhe loku, sijeziso senu ngiyawusikhulisa siphindvwe kasikhombisa.
Ngiyakudvumisa kasikhombisa ngelilanga ngenca yetehlulelo takho tekulunga.
Ngobe manje letishayo ngitatitfumelela kuletiphatsimandla takho nakubantfu bakho ngicedze ngendlulele kuwe imbala, khona utekwati kutsi kute lofanana nami emhlabeni wonkhe jikelele.
ngobe nome lolungile angawa emahlandla lasikhombisa, noko uyawuvuka; kodvwa lababi bayawubhubha.
Ngako-ke intfukutselo yaSimakadze yasivutsela sive sakhe; waphakamisa sandla sakhe wabashaya wabalahla phansi, tintsaba tatamatama. Tidvumbu tabo taba njengemfuhlululu etitaladini. Noko ngako konkhe loku lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki, sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
Umhlabatsi sewugatukile, ngobe kute imvula eveni: Balimi bayajabha, bambonye buso babo.
Nebukhadnezari watfukutselela boShadraki, naMeshaki, na-Abednego, nesimo sakhe kubo sagucuka. Watfumela kutsi kubaswe lamalangabi emlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako kutsi ushise ngalokuphindvwe kasikhombisa,
“ ‘Nanichubeka kumelana nami nale nekungilalela, lokuhlupheka kwenu ngiyawukuphindza kasikhombisa kuye ngaleto tono lenitentile.
nami-ke sengiyawumelana nani ngekunivisa buhlungu ngalokuphindvwe kasikhombisa ngenca yetono tenu.
ngiyawunigucukela ngentfukutselo yami ngimelane nani, sijeziso ngisente sibe buhlungu ngekusiphindza kasikhombisa.
Labo lababesutsa sebaticashisela kudla, kodvwa labo labebalambile abasalambi. Lowo labeyinyumba sewutele bantfwana labasikhombisa, kodvwa lowo labenebantfwana labanyenti sewuyandzindza.