3 “Lalelani lapha, nine makhosi! Lalelani nani babusi. Ngiyakuhlabela kuSimakadze. Ngiyakuhlabela ngidvumise Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Ngitawuletsa zamcolo emhlabeni, utawufika abulale yonkhe inyama lenemoya wekuphila, lengaphansi kwelizulu. Konkhe lokusemhlabeni kutawubhubha.
“Ase nibuke la, mine ngimisa sivumelwane sami nani netitukulwane tenu letiyawunilandzela,
Elija wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Ngimi ngedvwa losele emkhatsini webaphrofethi baSimakadze, kodvwa Bhali unebaphrofethi labangema-450.
Elija waphendvula watsi: “Benginenshisekelo lenkhulu yekukhonta wena Simakadze, Nkulunkulu Somandla. Kodvwa sive saka-Israyeli sisilahlile sivumelwane sakho, sabhidlita emalati akho, sabulala baphrofethi bakho ngenkemba. Ngimi ngedvwa losasele, kodvwa nami sebafuna kungibulala.”
“Mine, nkhosi Athazeksesi, ngikhipha umtsetfo locondziswe kubo bonkhe bosikhwama labangasenshonalanga nemfula iYufrathe kutsi banike Ezra, umphristi longumfundzisi wemtsetfo waNkulunkulu, konkhe lakucela kini, kufanele kwentiwe ngesineke sonkhe,
Imiyalo yakho, Nkulunkulu, ngiyawuyimemetela nasembikwemakhosi, ngingeke ngibe nemahloni ngayo.
Simakadze ngiyawumdvumisa ngisaphila, ngihlabele kuNkulunkulu wami yonkhe imphilo yami.
Titsa tami letingitungeletile ngiyawutimela ngenhla, nginikele imihlatjelo ngekudvumisa endlini yakhe. Tibongo teNkhosi ngiyawutihlabela ngenjabulo.
Ngako libito lakho ngiyawulidvumisa kuze kube phakadze, kuze ngigcwalise tetsembiso tami imihla ngemihla.
Ngetulu kwaloko ngikhetse na-Oholiyabi, umsa wa-Ahisamaki, wesive sakaDani, kutsi asebente naye. Bonkhe laba labanelikhono nabo ngibengetele, khona batewukwati kwenta loku lengikuyale ngako:
ngiyawunigucukela ngentfukutselo yami ngimelane nani, sijeziso ngisente sibe buhlungu ngekusiphindza kasikhombisa.
“Lalelani, mazulu, ngitawukhuluma. Vani, wena mhlaba, emavi emlomo wami.
Ngiyawumemetela Libito laSimakadze, kudvunyiswe bukhulu baNkulunkulu wetfu.
Emakhaya kwakukhala libhungane, kwaze kwavuswa mine, Debhora, ngavuka njengenina wesive sema-Israyeli.