16 Kodvwa mine ngiyawuhlabela ngibabate emandla akho, ngetsabele umusa wakho ekuseni, ngobe wena uyinqaba yami, waba siphephelo sami ngesikhatsi sekuhlupheka kwami.
Nkulunkulu wami, ulidvwala lami lengiphephela kulo. Usihlangu sami sekungivikela nemandla ensindziso yami. Yena ungumgedze wami wekubhaca. Usiphephelo sami neMsindzisi wami. Etigebengwini, wena uyangisindzisa.
Uhamba azulazule afunana nekudla. Uyati kutsi lilanga lebumnyama selisondzele.
Somandla ungetulu kwemandla etfu, uphakeme ngemandla nangekulunga kwakhe; ngebukhulu bekulunga kwakhe akacindzeteli muntfu.
Ngiyawuhlabela kuwe, Simakadze, ngibonge umusa wakho nebuhle bakho bekungakhetsi bala.
Noko, Simakadze wabasindzisa, ngenca yelibito lakhe, kuze abonakalise emandla akhe lamakhulu.
Nome sengitungeletwe tinhlupheko, wena, Simakadze, uyayiphephisa imphilo yami, ungivikele elulakeni lwetitsa tami, unginyomule ngesandla sakho sekudla.
Ngivise umusa wakho ekuseni nakudzabuka kusa, ngobe litsemba lami lonkhe likuwe. Ngifundzise indlela lekufanele ngihambe ngayo, ngobe umphefumulo wami ngiwuphakamisela kuwe.
Bayawudvumisa ngenkhatimulo yebukhosi bakho, bashumayele ngemandla akho;
Yebo, Simakadze! Awuphakanyiswe emandleni akho! Tsine siyawuhlabela sidvumise emandla akho.
Ngobe kutfukutsela kwakhe kuba kwesikhashana, kodvwa umusa wakhe uhlala ukhona njalo umuntfu asaphila. Tinyembeti tingaba khona ebusuku, kodvwa ngakusasa ekuseni kube kujabula.
Ngiyakwetsaba ngijabule ngemusa wakho, ngobe wena ukubonile kuhlupheka kwami, watati tinsizi temphefumulo wami.
Simakadze, umusa wakho ufikela amazulwini, kwetsembeka kwakho kufikela emafini.
Ngiphendvule nangikhala kuwe, wena Nkulunkulu ukulunga kwami. Ekucindzetelweni kwami uyangikhulula; ngihawukele, ukwemukele kuncenga kwami.
Nkulunkulu siphephelo setfu nemandla etfu, utfolakala alusito ekuhluphekeni.
Simakadze, nakudzabuka kusa, uyaliva livi lami; nakudzabuka kusa, ngihlela ticelo tami kuwe, bese ngiyema ngilindzela wena.
Nangiselusizini ngifuna Simakadze, nasebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami, ngikhuleke ngingadzinwa, umphefumulo wami wale kudvudvuteka.
Ngobe umusa wakho mkhulu kimi, uwephulile umphefumulo wami ekujuleni kwekufa.
Kodvwa mine, Simakadze, ngikhala kuwe, ngicela lusito, kutsi kusa ube uhlangabetana nemkhuleko wami.
Yebo, Simakadze! Ngiyawuhlabela kuze kube phakadze ngemisebenti yemusa wakho. Kwetsembeka kwakho ngiyawukumemetela ngemlomo wami etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
“Sandla sakho sangesekudla, Simakadze, siphakeme ngemandla. Sandla sakho sangesekudla, Simakadze, sipitjite sitsa, sasibulala.
Maye, liyesabeka lelo langa, kute leliyawuse libe njengalo. Kuyawuba sikhatsi senhlupheko kaJakobe, kodvwa uyawusindziswa kuso.
kuze kutsi nebetive badvumise Nkulunkulu ngesihawu sakhe, njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Ngako-ke ngiyawukudvumisa emkhatsini webetive, ngiyawuhlabela ngidvumise libito lakho.”
Nkulunkulu wasikhulula kuleyo ngoti yekufa. Nanyalo usetawusikhulula futsi. Litsemba letfu silibeke kuye kwekutsi uyawusikhulula nangemuso,
Kuye lonemandla ekwenta lokukhulu kakhulu kunako konkhe lesikucelako nome lesikucabangako, ngekwemandla lasebenta kitsi,
Asesemhlabeni, Jesu wanikela ngekuthandaza, nangekuncusa, nangekukhala lokukhulu, nangetinyembeti, akhala kulowo lonemandla ekumsindzisa ekufeni, wevakala ngenca yekumesaba Nkulunkulu.
LoSimakadze lowangephula esidladleni selibhubesi nasesidladleni selibhele utangikhulula nasesandleni salomFilisti.” Sawula wakhuluma kuDavide, watsi: “Hamba, shangatsi Simakadze angaba nawe.”