6 Nkulunkulu ukhulume asendzaweni yakhe lengcwele watsi: “Ngiyakwetsaba, ngilehlukanise lakaShekhemu, ngisabe Sigodzi saseSukhothi.
Abrama wahamba wadzabula live, waze wefika eShekhemu, ngasema-okhini aseMore. EmaKhenani abehlala kulelo live ngaleso sikhatsi.
Manje kwenteni loko! Ngobe Simakadze wetsembisa Davide watsi: ‘Ngenceku yami Davide ngiyakwephula sive sonkhe sema-Israyeli esandleni semaFilisti nasetandleni tato tonkhe titsa taso.’ ”
Livi lakho ngiyalijabulela, ngijabule njengemuntfu lotfole umcebo.
Simakadze wafunga kuDavide, wenta sifungo langeke ajike kuso, watsi: “Lomunye wemadvodzana akho ngiyawumenta abe yinkhosi emvakwakho.
Ngiyawudvumisa livi laNkulunkulu ngekusitwa nguNkulunkulu, ngetsembele kuNkulunkulu angesabi lutfo. Pho, umuntfu angangentani nje?
Endvulo wase wakhuluma embonweni, kuye lowetsembekile wakho, watsi: “Ngimsitile, ngambeka lolichawe, ngamphakamisa lotsandzekako wami.
“Ngifunge kwaba kanye ebungcweleni bami, ngingeke ngiwacale emanga kuDavide.
Macondzana nebaphrofethi: Inhlitiyo yami yephukile ngekhatsi kwami; onkhe ematsambo ami ayatfutfumela. Ngifanana nemuntfu lodzakiwe, yebo, umuntfu lowehlulwe liwayini, ngenca yaSimakadze nemavi akhe langcwele.
INkhosi Simakadze ifungile ngebungcwele bayo, yatsi: “Lalelani la: Siyeta sikhatsi lapho niyawutsatfwa khona ngemadweba, ngisho nebekugcina benu bayawutsatfwa ngemahhuka ekudweba tinhlanti.
“Cina, ube nesibindzi, ngobe utawuhola lesive kutsi siyekudla lelive lengaletsembisa boyisemkhulu ngesifungo kutsi ngitabapha lona libe lifa labo.
nasetihosheni eBhethi Haramu, naseBhethi Nimra, naseSukhothi, naseSafoni nawo wonkhe umbuso waSihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, ngasemphumalanga neJordane, live lelenyuka liyewugcina ngeLwandle lwaseKhinerethi.
Live lakaManase laliksuka e-Asheri licondze eMikmethathi emphumalanga neShekhemu. Umnyele walo wawusuka lapho ucondze ngaseningizimu, ufake ekhatsi sive lesasihlala e-Eni Thaphuwa.
Ngako base bakhetsa iKhedeshi yaseGalile eveni letintsaba kulakaNaftali, neShekhemu, eveni letintsaba kulaka-Efrayimu, neKhiriyathi Abha, lekuyiHebroni, eveni letintsaba kulakaJuda.
Joshuwa wase uhlanganisa tonkhe tive taka-Israyeli eShekhemu. Wabita tonkhe tibondza, nebaholi, nebehluleli kanye netiphatsimandla taka-Israyeli, batetfula bona matfupha embikwaNkulunkulu.
Ematsambo aJosefa, ema-Israyeli laphuma nawo eGibhithe, angcwatjwa eShekhemu, kulelo tsafa lelive Jakobe lalitsenga ngetinhlavu tesiliva letilikhulu, kumadvodzana aHamori, uyise waShekhemu. Lendzawo yaba lifa letitukulwane takaJosefa.