14 Mosi watfumela tigijimi kusuka eKhadeshi, taya enkhosini yaka-Edomu, tafike tatsi: “Umnakenu Israyeli utsi wena uyabati bonkhe bulukhuni lobusehlele.
Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Esiswini sakho kunetive letimbili. Utawutala tive letitakwehlukana tinhlobo letimbili. Lesinye sive siyawuba nemandla kunalesinye, lomdzala akhonte lomncane.”
Lekucala laphuma libovana, lilihwanca wonkhe umtimba, njengengubo yeboya. Baletsa batsi ngu-Esawu.
Emvakwekuphuma kwalomnakabo, sandla salona lomunye lolandzelako saphuma sibambe sitsendze sa-Esawu, ngako-ke bametsa ngekutsi nguJakobe. Isaka abesaneminyaka lengema-60 nabatalwako.
Jakobe wabuta watsi: “Wena-ke ungubani libito lakho?” Yaphendvula yatsi: “Ufunelani kwati libito lami?” Yase iyambusisa.
Mosi walandzisa uyisetala ngako konkhe Simakadze lakwenta kuFaro nemaGibhithe kuze akhulule sive sema-Israyeli. Wamlandzisa nangebumatima labahlangabetana nabo endleleni, nekutsi Simakadze wabasindzisa kanjani kubo.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu baka-Edomu bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Bacosha bomnakabo ngenkemba balahla sihawu, intfukutselo yabo yabhebhetseka kokuphela, yebo, nekutfukutsela kwabo kwakungasekhuteki.
Simakadze utsi: “Nginitsandzile. Kodvwa nine niyabuta nitsi: ‘Usitsandze kanjani?’ ” Simakadze utsi: “Esawu bekungesiye yini umnakaboJakobe? Noko ngase ngimtsandzile Jakobe,
Befika kuboMosi, na-Aroni kanye nesive sonkhe sema-Israyeli eKhadeshi, eHlane lasePharani. Befika bababikela kanye nesive sonkhe, badzimate babakhombisa netitselo talelo live.
Bobabemkhulu behlela eveni laseGibhithe, sahlala lapho sikhatsi lesidze. Bantfu baseGibhithe basigcilata kanye nabobabe betfu,
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli sesuka eKhadeshi sayawufika eNtsabeni iHori.
“Ningamtondzi um-Edomu, ngobe ungumnakenu. Ningamtondzi umGibhithe, ngobe nani nake nahlala nitihambi eveni lakubo.
Sivile kutsi Simakadze walomisa kanjani Lwandle Lolubovu embikwenu ngesikhatsi niphuma eGibhithe, nekutsi nentani kuSihoni na-Ogi, emakhosi lamabili ema-Amori, lenawabhubhisa ngelusiko lwenkemba ngasemphumalanga kwemfula iJordane.
wafike wakhuluma kuto, watsi: “Ngiyati kutsi Simakadze uniphe lelive. Sonkhe sehlelwe kwesaba lokukhulu ngani, kantsi futsi tonkhe tive letakhile kulelive setingenwe ngemanti emadvolweni, ngenca yekwesaba nine.
nako konkhe lakwenta kulamakhosi lamabili ema-Amori ngasemphumalanga kweJordane, boSihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, na-Ogi, inkhosi yaseBhashani, labebusa e-Ashtarothe.
EmaHivi aphendvula atsi: “Tinceku takho tiphuma eveni lelikhashane kakhulu, ngobe sivile ngeludvumo lwaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu. Sivile imibiko ngaye nangako konkhe lakwenta eveni laseGibhithe,