43 Wangisindzisa embangweni wesive sakitsi, wangibeka ngaba yinhloko yetive. Sive lengingazange sengisati sitangikhotsama.
Kuto tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli bonkhe bantfu babephikisana bodvwa, batsi: “Inkhosi Davide yasikhulula etandleni tetitsa tetfu, ngiyo leyo leyasephula esandleni semaFilisti. Kodvwa manje seyibalekile kulelive ngenca ya-Absalomu,
Kulwa emkhatsini wendlu yakaSawula neyakaDavide kwachubeka sikhatsi lesidze. Davide wakhula wachubeka kuba nemandla, kantsi indlu yakaSawula yachubeka kuba butsakatsaka.
Mowabi ngumgezelo wami, etikwa-Edomu ngulapho ngijika khona sicatfulo sami, etikweFilistiya ngiyetsaba ngidle siga.”
utsi: “Kuyintfo lelula kakhulu kuwe kuba yinceku yami kubuyisela tive takaJakobe, nekubuyisa labo labasasele bema-Israyeli lengitigcinele bona. Ngitakwenta futsi ube kukhanya kubetive, kuze utewumikisa insindziso yami emikhawulweni yonkhe yemhlaba.”
Ngako tive letinyenti tiyawumangala ngayo, nemakhosi ayawuvala imilomo yawo ngenca yayo, ngobe bayawukubona loko labangazange sebatjelwe ngako, naloko labangazange sebakuve bayawukucondza.”
Impela, nawe uyawubita tive longatati, netive letingakwati tiyawusheshisa tite kuwe, ngenca yaSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, ngobe yena ukuphe bukhosi.”
“Noko ema-Israyeli ayawuba manyenti ngangesihlabatsi saselugwini lwelwandle, lesingeke sikalwe nome sibalwe. Endzaweni lapho kwakukhulunywa khona kubo kwatsiwa: ‘Nine anisiso sive sami,’ bayawubitwa ngekutsi: ‘Ngemadvodzana aNkulunkulu lophilako.’
Nkulunkulu wamenyusela ngasesandleni sakhe sekudla njengeMholi neMsindzisi, kuze anike bantfu baka-Israyeli litfuba lekuphendvuka, kutsetselelwe tono tabo.
Kantsi na-Isaya utsi: “Kuyawufika umliba waJese, lowo uyawuvukela kubusa tive, tive tiyakwetsembela kuwo.”
Ngobe ngiyawubate sibindzi sekukhuluma lutfo lolunye ngaphandle kwaleto tintfo Khristu latente ngami. Khristu wasebenta ngemavi ami nangetento tami, kuze betive bamlalele;
kodvwa nyalo seyembuliwe. Leyo mfihlakalo yabhalwa baphrofethi, yamenyetelwa kuto tonkhe tive ngekwemiyalo yaNkulunkulu waphakadze, kuze bonkhe batewukholwa balalele yena.
Nkulunkulu wabeka konkhe ngaphansi kwemandla akhe, wambeka kutsi abe yinhloko etikwako konkhe ebandleni.
Nine naningesiso sive, kodvwa nyalo senisive saNkulunkulu. Nake naba ngaphandle kwemusa, kepha nyalo seniwemukele.
Ingilosi yesikhombisa yashaya licilongo layo, kwase kuba nemisindvo lemikhulu kakhulu ezulwini itsi: “Umbuso walomhlaba sengumbuso weNkhosi yetfu, naKhristu wakhe; iyawubusa kuze kube phakadze naphakadze!”