3 Inkhulumo yakhe ikuganga nemacebo; ubuyekele bucotfo bakhe nekwenta lokulungile.
ngobe imiyalo yaSimakadze ngiyigcinile. Angikenti lutfo lolubi, angikamfulatseli Nkulunkulu wami.
Jehoshafati wahamba etinyatselweni teyise Asa, akazange aphambuke kuto, wenta lokuhle emehlweni aSimakadze.
Emlonyeni wakhe kugcwele ticalekiso, nemacebo, nencindzetelo; ngaphansi kwelulwimi lwakhe kucambalale kuganga nebubi.
Kodvwa labaphambukela etindleleni tabo letimagiligombo Simakadze uyawubacosha kanye nalabenta lokubi. Kuthula akube ku-Israyeli!
Balola tilimi tabo tibe njengetetinyoka. Sihlungu sato sisemilonyeni yabo. Cabanga.
Kute liciniso emlonyeni wato, etinhlitiyweni tato kunekubulala, umphimbo wato ulithuna lelivulekile, lulwimi lwato lunebucili.
Inkhulumo yakhe ishelelisa kwelibhotela, noko inhlitiyo yakhe ifukamele imphi, emavi akhe atsambe kwengca emafutsa, noko atinkemba letilindzele kugwaza.
Bantfu lababi batsi batalwa nje, babe bangenela indlela lembi, bacale emanga.
Caphelani nine leninenhloko lelukhuni, emkhatsini wesive. Nine tilima, niyawuhlakanipha nini?
Bantfu lababi abalali bangakenti lokubi, bayacwasha bangalali nabangakoni muntfu.
“Bantfu bami batilima, abangati. Babantfwana labangenangcondvo, abanako nekucondza. Babochwephesha ekwenteni lokubi, abakwati kwenta lokuhle.”
Kodvwa Israyeli ukulahlile loko lokungukona kukuhle, ngako-ke sitsa sitamcosha.
nalabo lase bancandzekile bakuyekela kulandzela Simakadze bangete bamfuna Simakadze bangabuti nekubuta kuye.
Lomunye wabo labesati semtsetfo wamlinga ngekumbuta, watsi:
Ngako-ke uyancandzeka ukhandze lendlu ishanyelwe, ikhanya, ihlobile, konkhe kubekwe ngabolonina.
Kepha tsine asikho kulabo labahlehla nyova badzimate babhubhe; kodvwa sikulabo labanekukholwa, aze Nkulunkulu asindzise imiphefumulo yabo.
Baphuma emkhatsini wetfu, kodvwa babevele bangesibo bakitsi, ngobe kube bebabakitsi, ngabe bachubeka kanye natsi. Noko kwakufanele kutsi kubonakale kutsi kute namunye wabo labewakitsi.
Kodvwa Samuweli wamphendvula watsi: “Ngingeke ngincandzeke nawe. Ulilahlile livi laSimakadze, naSimakadze sewukucitsile ekutseni ube yinkhosi etikwesive sema-Israyeli!”
Moya waSimakadze abesasukile kuSawula, umoya lomubi lowavela kuSimakadze wamkhatsata.
Wacabanga watsi: “Ngitamendzisela yena, kuze abe lugibe lwami kuye Davide, kuze sandla semaFilisti simelane naye.” Ngako Sawula waphindza watsi kuDavide: “Manje sengikunika litfuba lesibili kutsi ube ngumkhwenyane wami.”
Sawula wakhuluma watsi: “Ngonile. Buya, Davide, ndvodzana yami. Ngingeke ngiphindze ngetame kukulimata, ngobe imphilo yami uyisindzisile lamuhla. Impela ngibe silima, ngona kakhulu.”