14 Shangatsi tinkhomo tetfu tingawatsela emankhonyane, kubete letiphuntako naletilatelwako, shangatsi kungabate kukhala nekuhlupheka eveni letfu.
Ungawetsemba yini lamandla ayo lamakhulu? Ungawuyekelela yini umsebenti wakho lomkhulu kuyo?
Etitaladini bakhalela liwayini; konkhe kujabula sekugucuke kwaba lusizi, konkhe kutsakasa sekudzingisiwe emhlabeni.
Ngiyawutfokota ngeJerusalema, ngijabule ngebantfu bami, umsindvo wekulila newekukhala awuyiwuphindza uvakale kuyo.
Nangingena eveni, ngibona labo lababulewe ngenkemba; nangingena edolobheni, ngibona umonakalo lobangwe yindlala. Umphrofethi nemphristi bahambe kanyekanye, baya eveni labangalati.’ ”
“Juda uyalila, emadolobha akhe ayajanqula akhalela live, yebo, kukhala kuqubuka eJerusalema.
“ ‘Lelive ngiyawulipha kuthula, nicambalale ngekukhululeka ningesatjiswa lutfo. Tonkhe tilwane letiyingoti kini ngiyawutisusa kulelo live, kungabikho timphi eveni lenu.
“Simakadze uyakunenta nehlulwe titsa tenu. Niyakuta kuto nitetihlasela ngendlela yinye, kodvwa niyawubaleka seninhlanhlatsela niphume ngetindlela letisikhombisa; niyawuba yintfo yekwesatjiswa emkhatsini wayo yonkhe imibuso emhlabeni.
“Simakadze uyakwenta kutsi titsa tenu letinivukelako nitehlule. Tiyawuviva titenihlasela, tita ngayinye indlela; kodvwa nase niticosha, tiyawubaleka ngetindlela letisikhombisa.
Nabakhetsa bonkulunkulu labasha, kwefika imphi emasangweni emadolobha; kwabate lihawu nesikhali lokwabonakala kulabati-40 000 baka-Israyeli.
Kwakutsi njalo ema-Israyeli nakahlanyele tilimo tawo, achamuke emaMidiyani, nema-Amaleki, naletinye tive tangasemphumalanga tilihlasele live.
EmaMidiyani aphundla ema-Israyeli, adzimate ema-Israyeli akhala kuSimakadze acela lusito.
Ema-Israyeli labengasesigodzini nalowo bekangesheya kweJordane, atsi kube abone kutsi imphi yema-Israyeli seyibalekile, nekutsi Sawula nemadvodzana akhe sebafile, esuka abaleka, ashiya emadolobha awo. EmaFilisti efika ahlala kuwo lawo madolobha.