9 Bantfukatana bafanana nemoya nje, tikhulu nato tilite lelite. Nome bafakwa esikalini kanyekanye, balula kunemoya.
Davide abesatjeliwe kwatsiwa: “Ahithofeli usemkhatsini walabo labenta luzungu lwekutsatsa bukhosi kanye na-Absalomu.” Ngako Davide wathandaza watsi: “Awu, Simakadze, gucula kweluleka kwa-Ahithofeli kube nebulima.”
Absalomu watiphatsa kanjena kuwo onkhe ema-Israyeli labefika atewucela kusitwa yinkhosi; ngaleyo ndlela wateba tonkhe tinhlitiyo temadvodza aka-Israyeli.
Hezekiya watsatsa lencwadzi kuletigijimi wayifundza, wase ukhuphukela nayo ethempelini laSimakadze, wafike wayendlala embikwaSimakadze.
Ngajabha, ngadzimate ngatsi: “Bonkhe bantfu banemanga!”
Kuncono kuphephela kuSimakadze kunekwetsembela emakhosini.
Umoya wami nase uphelelwa ngemandla, wena ucaphela tinyatselo tami. Endleleni lapho ngitawuhamba khona bangifihlele lugibe.
Nawekhuta umuntfu, umjezisa ngenca yekona kwakhe, umhlikite njengendvwangu lenhle kakhulu nayidliwa ngumvunya. Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengenkhungu. Cabanga.
Imihla yami ingangemphama yesandla. Kuphila kwami kubukeka kulite kuwe. Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengenkhungu. Cabanga.
Ngako-ke kute lesikwesabako: nome kugucuka umhlaba utanyatanyiswe, nome tintsaba tingacwila ekujuleni kwelwandle,
Kulabanyenti ngajika ngaba simanga, kepha wena usiphephelo sami lesicinile.
Yetsembelani kuSimakadze kuze kube phakadze, ngobe Simakadze nguSimakadze loLidvwala laphakadze.
Buka, tive tifanana nelitfonsi embiteni, titsatfwa njengelutfuli esikalweni; ukala tichingi kube shangatsi tilutfuli lolucolisakele.
Tonkhe tive tinjengelite emehlweni akhe, kuye titsatseka njengentfo lengenamsebenti, futsi tingaphansi kwelite.
Thekeli: Sewukaliwe etikalweni, kwatfolakala kutsi ulula.
Leticumbi letatihamba embikwakhe naletatimlandzela tatimemeta titsi: “Hosana kuyo iNdvodzana yaDavide! Ubusisiwe lotako egameni leNkhosi! Hosana kulelisetulu kakhulu!”
Bamemeta kakhulu batsi: “Msuse! Msuse! Mbetsele esiphambanweni!” Philatu wababuta watsi: “Ngibetsele inkhosi yenu esiphambanweni?” Baphristi labakhulu bamphendvula batsi: “Site tsine lenye inkhosi ngaphandle kwaKhesari!”
Cha, akusho loko. Nkulunkulu wetsembekile, nome bonkhe bantfu bangaba nemanga, njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Kukhuluma kwakho kuyabonakalisa kutsi uneliciniso; nawubekwa licala, utfolakala umsulwa.”
Kodvwa Hana waphendvula watsi: “Cha, nkhosi yami, angikadzakwa, ngingumfati loselusizini lolukhulu, angikaze ngilinatse liwayini nome tjwala, bengisatfulula inhlitiyo yami kuSimakadze.
Konkhe Sawula labemtfuma kona Davide abekwenta aphumelele kangangekutsi Sawula wadzimate wamnika sikhundla sekutsi aphatse emabutfo emphi. Loko kwasijabulisa sonkhe sive kanye netindvuna takhe Sawula.
Ngesikhatsi bahlabela babegiya, batsi: “Sawula ubulele tinkhulungwane takhe, kodvwa Davide ubulele emashumi etinkhulungwane takhe.”
Davide wabuta watsi: “Bantfu baseKheyila batanginikela yini mine nalamadvodza akami esandleni saSawula?” Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Bataninikela.”