16 Buso baSimakadze buphambene nalabenta lokubi, kuze abashabalalise, bangabe basakhunjulwa emhlabeni.
Kukhunjulwa kwakhe sekuyafiphala kulomhlaba, akasenabito lapha emhlabeni.
Emehlo akhe akawesusi kulabalungile, ubabeka kanye nemakhosi etihlalweni tebukhosi, abaphakamise kokuphela.
Simakadze uyiNkhosi, phakadze naphakadze, impela emahedeni ayakunyamalala eveni lakhe.
Umhlaba watfutfumela, watamatama, netisekelo tetintsaba tatfutfumela, tatamatama, ngobe Somandla abesatfukutsele.
Empeleni liso laSimakadze likulabo labamesabako, yebo labo labetsemba umusa wakhe,
Nguye lowadala indlebe, pho, angehluleka yini kuva? Nguye lowadala liso, pho, angehluleka yini kubona?
Kukhunjulwa kwemuntfu lolungile kuyawuba sibusiso; kodvwa libito lalomubi liyawubhubha.
Simakadze ukhashane nebantfu lababi; kodvwa uyayiva imithandazo yebantfu labalungile.
Ngase ngabona lababi, babengcwatjwa, labo babephuma bangena endzaweni lengcwele babatjatwe badvunyiswe edolobheni lapho bebakwenta khona loko. Nako loko kulite.
Awu, Simakadze, tsemba lema-Israyeli, bonkhe labakushiyako bayawuhlazeka. Labo labakufulatselako bayawubhalwa elutfulini, ngobe bamshiyile Simakadze, umtfombo wemanti laphilako.
“Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: Ngitimisele kwehlisela inhlekelele etikwenu nekubhubhisa Juda wonkhe.
“ ‘Wonkhe umIsrayeli nome wetive lohlala nani lodla ingati, ngiyawumelana naye ngimncume esiveni sakubo.
Buso bami buyawumelana nani, bese nehlulwa titsa tenu, tona leto letinitondzako tiyawunibusa, nani nibaleke, ngisho nome seningasacoshwa ngumuntfu.
Nome bangatfunjwa titsa tabo, nakhona lapho ngiyawuyala inkemba kutsi ibabulale. Emehlo ami ngiyakuwanamatselisa kubo, kube kubi kubo, kungabi kuhle.”