5 Tatitseleka kanye netifuyo tato nemathende ato, kube shangatsi ngemabulo esikhonyane. Kute labengakhona kubala emadvodza nemakamela ato. Tatihlasela live lonkhe tentele kulibhubhisa.
Ngiluhlata, kodvwa ngiyatsandzeka, awu, madvodzakati aseJerusalema, ngiluhlata njengemathende aseKhedari; yebo, njengetindvwangu temathende aSolomoni.
Kungeke kuphindze kuhlale muntfu kuyo, kute loyawuphindze ahlale kuyo titukulwane ngetitukulwane; kute um-Arabu loyawumisa lithende lakhe lapho, kute nemelusi loyawuphumulisa imihlambi yakhe kuyo.
Imihlambi yemakamela iyawugcwala eveni lakho, emakamela lamancane akaMidiyani newase-Efa. Bonkhe baseSheba bayawuta, betfwele igolide nemphepho, bamemetela ludvumo lwaSimakadze.
Bayawucobela phansi lihlatsi layo, naloku lihlangene kangaka nje. Banyenti bendlula libulo lesikhonyane, abanawubalwa ngumuntfu,” kusho Simakadze.
Emathende abo kanye nemihlambi yabo kuyawutsatfwa, nemadlangala abo ayakwetfwalwa atfunjwe nato tonkhe timphahla tabo nemakamela abo. Bantfu bayawumemeta kubo, batsi: ‘Tesabekiso yonkhe indzawo.’
“Emakamela abo atsi atawuba yimphango, nemihlambi yabo lemikhulu itawuba yimphango. Ngiyawubasakatela emoyeni labo labasemaveni lakhashane, ngiyawubehlisela tigemegeme letivela ndzawo tonkhe,” kusho Simakadze.
Simakadze longuSomandla utifunge yena, watsi: “Ngiyawukugcwalisa ngemadvodza, kube shangatsi ngemabulo etintsetse, bayawumemeta ngelivi lelikhulu bahalalise ngawe.”
Sive leningasati siyawufika sidle titselo nesivuno selive lenu. Aniyikuba nalutfo, kodvwa niyawucindzetelwa ngelulaka onkhe emalanga ekuphila kwenu.
EmaMidiyani, nema-Amaleki, nato tonkhe tive tangasemphumalanga tatimise esigodzini, titse gwacalala njengemabulo esikhonyane. Emakamela ato abengeke asabaleka, abesafanana nesihlabatsi selusentse lwaselwandle.
BoZeba naSalmuna babeseKhakhori kanye nemphi yabo leyayinemadvodza labengaba ti-15 000, bonkhe lababesele emabutfweni etive tangasemphumalanga. Kwase kufe emadvodza lati-120 000, tingwazi cobo lwato.
BoZeba naSalmuna bakhuluma, batsi: “Kota, kutekwentiwa nguwe matfupha loko; ‘indvodza yindvodza ngemandla ayo.’ ” Ngako Gideyoni wasondzela kubo wababulala, wase utsatsa imihlobiso etintsanyeni temakamela abo.
Davide wabahlasela wabacitsa kusukela nakuhwalalako, kwaze kwaba ngusebusuku bangakusasa solo abaphetse; kwabate ngisho namunye lowaphunyula ngaphandle kwemajaha langema-400 lagibela emakamela awo, zaya.