15 neliwayini lelijabulisa tinhlitiyo tabo, nemafutsa ekugcobisa buso bakhe buze bucwebetele, nekudla lokuyinsika yemphilo yemuntfu.
Ngitawulandza lucetwana lwesinkhwa, khona nitewudla kucala ningakahambi, njengobe naku senifike ekhaya lenceku yenu.” Ngako-ke batsi kuye: “Kulungile, yenta njengobe sewushito.”
Absalomu wakhuluma kuletinceku takhe, watsi: “Lalelani! Utakutsi Amnoni nasanatse waze wativa asamnandzi, ngitsi kini: ‘Jubani Amnoni afe,’ nibombulala. Ningesabi, ngobe leligunya nalamandla ninikwa ngimi. Cinani nibe nesibindzi.”
Watfumela indlala kulelo live, kwaphela kudla, kati walala etiko.
Ungigcebela litafula embikwami netitsa tami tibuka. Ugcobisa inhloko yami ngemafutsa, indzebe yami iyaphuphuma.
Kodvwa luphondvo lwami uluphakamisile njengeluphondvo lwenkhabi lengumlalandle, ungigcobe ngemafutsa lamasha.
Tjwala bebantfu labafako kanye nalabo labaselusizini.
Bayekele banatse batewudzakwa bakhohlwe tinhlupheko tabo, bangalukhumbuli lusizi lwabo.
Lidzili lentelwa injabulo, neliwayini lenta kutsi kutsakaswe; kodvwa imali iyimphendvulo yako konkhe.
Ngubani umuntfu lonjengalohlakaniphile? Ngubani lowati inchazelo yetintfo? Inhlakanipho ikhanyisa buso bemuntfu igucule kunyukubala kwebuso bakhe.
Hamba udle kudla kwakho ngenjabulo, unatse liwayini lakho ngenhlitiyo lejabulako, ngobe Nkulunkulu uyakuvumela kuloku lokwenta nyalo.
Buka-ke nyalo, iNkhosi Simakadze lenguSomandla seyitawususa eJerusalema nakaJuda lokungenako nako konkhe lokubasekelako: konkhe kudla lokungenako nawo onkhe emanti langenako,
Njengobe imvula nesitfwatfwa kwehla kuchamuka ezulwini, kungaphindzi kubuyele kulo kungakawuniseli umhlaba, kuwente uhlume uphindze utsele titselo, khona kutewutsela inhlanyelo yemhlanyeli nesinkhwa salowo lodlako,
Bayawufika bamemete ngenjabulo eticongweni tentsaba yaseSiyoni; bayawutfokota ngekwephana kwaSimakadze: lokusatinhlavu, neliwayini lelisha, nemafutsa, nemazinyane emihlambi yetimvu netimbuti, nemankhonyane emihlambi yetinkhomo. Bayawufanana nengadze leniselwa kahle, bangeke baphindze babe lusizi.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, nangabe live lona kimi ngekungetsembeki, bese ngelula sandla sami ngimelane nalo ngekuncamula umtfombo wekudla kwalo, ngitfumele indlala kulo, ngibulale bantfu labakulo kanye netilwane,
Wachubeka watsi kimi: “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ngitawunciphisa kutfolakala kwekudla lapha eJerusalema. Bantfu bayawudla kudla kwekwemukeliswa bancenekile, banatse nemanti ekwemukeliswa bakhatsatekile,
Nanginidubula ngemicibisholo yami lenashevu nalebhubhisako ngendlala, ngiyawudubulela kutsi nginibhubhise. Ngiyakunehlisela indlala etikwendlala, nekudla lokuta kini ngikuncamule.
Umtfombo wesinkhwa ngiyakuwujuba kangangekutsi bafati labalishumi bayawuhlanganyela hhavini munye kupheka sonkhe sinkhwa labanaso. Bayawukwenetisana ngalelo lite labayawube banalo. Niyawudla, kodvwa ningeke nesutse.
Baka-Efrayimu bayawuba njengemadvodza lanemandla kakhulu, tinhlitiyo tabo tiyawutfokota kube shangatsi ngungeliwayini. Bantfwababo bayawukubona bajabule. Tinhlitiyo tabo tiyawujabula ngaSimakadze.
Watsatsa nendzebe, watsi nasabongile, wabanika, bonkhe banatsa kuyo.
Wena awukayigcobisi ngemafutsa inhloko yami, kodvwa yena sewugcobise tinyawo tami ngemakha.
Ningadzakwa, ngobe kuvela kuko inkhanuko, kodvwa gcwaliswani ngaMoya.
Niyawuba netihlahla temncumo yonkhe indzawo kulelive lenu, kodvwa aniyikuwasebentisa emafutsa ato, ngobe letitselo tato tiyawuhhohloka.
Wanitfobisa, wanenta nalamba, wabe sewunondla ngemana, lenaningayati nekuyati nine naboyihlo benu, wentela kunifundzisa kutsi umuntfu akaphili ngesinkhwa sodvwa kodvwa nangawo onkhe emavi laphuma emlonyeni waSimakadze.
Utsandze kulunga, watondza bubi; ngako-ke, Nkulunkulu, longuNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcobe ngemafutsa enjabulo ngetulu kwabomnakenu.”
Kodvwa-ke nine nigcotjwe nguLongcwele, nonkhe ninalo lwati.
Kwatsi ngelilanga lesine bavuka ekuseni, watilungiselela kuhamba, kodvwa loyise walesingani wakhuluma kulomkhwenyane wakhe, watsi: “Ticabule ngalokudliwako kucala, bese-ke uyahamba.”
“Kodvwa lomvini waphendvula, watsi: ‘Ngingacala ngilahle leliwayini lami lelingulona lijabulisa bonkulunkulu nemadvodza, ngiyewuhamba ngintengetela etikwetihlahla?’
“Kodvwa sihlahla semncumo saphendvula, satsi: ‘Ngingacala ngilahle emafutsa ami, languwona enta bonkulunkulu nemadvodza bahlonipheke, ngiyewuhamba ngintengetela etikwetihlahla?’