8 Wena ukucaphele kubaleka kwami, yetsa tinyembeti tami egabheni lakho, atikabhalwa yini encwadzini yakho?
“Ncandzeka uyewutjela Hezekiya, umholi wesive sami, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu weyihlomkhulu, Davide, utsi: Ngiwuvile umthandazo wakho, ngatibona netinyembeti takho; ngitakuphilisa. Ngelilanga lesitsatfu kusukela lamuhla utawukhuphukela ethempelini laSimakadze.
Umncuseli wami ungumngani wami, ngesikhatsi emehlo ami aphophota tinyembeti kuNkulunkulu,
Simakadze uyawulondvolota kuphuma kwakho nekungena kwakho, kusukela manje kuze kube phakadze.
Wangibona ngiselihlwili. Onkhe emalanga ami abhalwa encwadzini yakho, ajutjwa, lisengakefiki nalinye lawo.
Hhawu, Simakadze! Lalela umkhuleko wami, ubeke indlebe yakho ekuncuseni kwami, ungatitibi tinyembeti tekukhala kwami. Ngobe mine ngingumfokati lokhosele kuwe, ngisihambi njengabokhokho bami bonkhe.
Kuko konkhe kukhatsateka kwabo naye abekhatsatekile, ingilosi yebukhona bakhe yabasindzisa, ngelutsandvo lwakhe nangemusa wakhe wabahlenga. Wabatsatsa wabetfwala kuwo onkhe emalanga akadzeni.
Awu Simakadze, kodvwa wena uyawati onkhe lamasu abo labafuna kungibulala ngawo. Ungawatsetseleli lamacala abo, futsi-ke ungacali utesule leto tono tabo embikwakho. Abaketulwe embikwakho, bavukele ngesikhatsi sentfukutselo yakho.
Nalabo-ke labesaba Nkulunkulu bakhulumisana bodvwana, Simakadze walalela weva. Incwadzi legocotwako yesikhumbuto yabhalwa embikwakhe macondzana nalabo labesaba Simakadze bahloniphe Libito lakhe.
Kodvwa kini kubalwe ngisho netinwele tonkhe tenhloko yenu.
Eluhambeni lwami ngabasetingotini temifula, nasetingotini tetigelekece, nasetingotini kubantfu bakitsi, nasetingotini kubetive, nasetingotini tasemadolobheni, nasetingotini temaphandleni, nasetingotini telwandle, nasetingotini kubazalwanembumbulu.
Bonkhe laba bafa bakholiwe bangakakwemukeli loko lababetsenjiswe kona, kodvwa bakubona bakwemukela kusekhashane, bavuma kutsi lapha emhlabeni babafokati netihambi.
Live lalingakabafaneli; bazulazula emahlane, nasetintsabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemigedzeni yemhlaba.
Ngekukholwa Abrahama walalela, nakabitwa nguNkulunkulu kutsi aye endzaweni labetawunikwa yona ibe lifa lakhe; waphuma, wahamba, angati lapho aya khona.
Ngabona labafile, labakhulu nalabancane, beme embikwaso lesihlalo sebukhosi. Tincwadzi tavulwa. Nalenye incwadzi yavulwa, incwadzi yekuphila. Labafile behlulelwa ngekwemisebenti yabo, ngaloko lokwakubhalwe etincwadzini.
Ngobe liWundlu laNkulunkulu lelisenkhabeni yesihlalo sebukhosi, liyawubelusa, libaholele emitfonjeni yemanti ekuphila. Nkulunkulu uyakwesula tonkhe tinyembeti tabo emehlweni abo.”
Watsi kube Davide abaleke, waya kuSamuweli eRama, wafike wamtjela konkhe loko Sawula labesakwente kuye. Yena naSamuweli bahamba baya eNayothi, bafike bahlala lapho.
Kodvwa Davide wacabanga watsi: “Kuwo lamalanga Sawula utangibulala. Lokuncono kakhulu kutsi vele ngibaleke ngiye eveni lemaFilisti. Sawula utawuvele adzinwe angabe asangifuna nome ngabe kukuphi kulelive laka-Israyeli, ngiyawube sengiphephile-ke esandleni sakhe.”