5 Wahamba waya kubo e-Ofra, wafike labanakabo lababengema-70, emadvodzana aJerubhali, wawabulalela etikwelitje linye. Kodvwa Jothamu, litfunjana laJerubhali, waphunyula ngobe wabhaca.
Manje-ke ase ngikweluleke kutsi imphilo yakho neyaSolomoni, indvodzana yakho, ungayisindzisa kanjani.
Ngaphandle kwaloko, inkhosi itawutsi ingahamba iye kubakubo, mine nendvodzana yami, Solomoni, sitawuphatfwa njengemavukelambuso.”
Watsi kube efike eSamariya, Jehu wabulala bonkhe lababesasele bendlu ya-Ahabi, wababhubhisa njengekusho kwelivi laSimakadze lalikhuluma nga-Elija.
Ngalesikhatsi kufika lencwadzi, labaholi batsatsa lamadvodzana aka-Ahabi langema-70 bawasontsa onkhe. Batsatsa letinhloko tawo batifaka etitjeni batitfumela kuJehu, eJezreyeli.
Wahlala abhaciswe naJehosheba, ethempelini laSimakadze iminyaka lesitfupha ngesikhatsi kusabusa Athaliya eveni.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi Jehoramu atinta kahle esihlalweni sebukhosi seyise, wabulala bonkhe bomnakabo ngenkemba kanye naletinye tikhulu taka-Israyeli.
Kwatsi Herodi asabonile kutsi tati timyengile, watfukutsela wagcwala kokana, watfumela kutsi akubulawe bonkhe bantfwana labadvuna baseBhetlehema nakuto tonkhe tindzawo tangakhona lababeneminyaka lemibili nome ngephansi, kwaya ngesikhatsi labesibutisise etatini.
itsi: “Vuka! Tsatsa umntfwana nenina, ubuyele eveni laka-Israyeli, ngobe labo bebafuna kubulala umntfwana sebafile.”
Ingilosi yaSimakadze yeta yefika yahlala ngephansi kwesihlahla se-okhi e-Ofra leyayiyaJowashi, labewesive saka-Abiyezeri, lapho umsa wakhe, Gideyoni, abebhula khona kolo etjeni lekuhluta liwayini entela kutsi emaMidiyani angamtfoli.
Ngako Gideyoni wakhela Simakadze lilati khona lapho, waletsa libito watsi: “Simakadze ukuthula.” Ngisho nalamuhla loku lisemile e-Ofra yesive saka-Abiyezeri.
Gideyoni abenemadvodzana labengema-70, labetalwa nguye, ngobe abenebafati labanyenti.
Kodvwa lamuhla senivukele indlu yababe, nabulala emadvodzana akhe langema-70 niwabulalela etikwelitje linye, nabeka Abimeleki, indvodzana yentfombatana leyayisigcili sakhe, namenta inkhosi yetakhamiti taseShekhemu, ngobe angumnakenu.
“Butani tonkhe takhamiti taseShekhemu, nitsi: ‘Ngukuphi lokuncono kini: Kutsi nibuswe ngiwo onkhe lamadvodzana aJerubhali langema-70, nome nibuswe ngumuntfu munye?’ Khumbulani kutsi mine ngiyinyama yenu nengati yenu.”
Tonkhe takhamiti taseShekhemu nabo bonkhe baseBhethi Milo babutsana ngephansi kwesihlahla se-okhi ensikeni yaseShekhemu batewubeka Abimeleki kutsi abe yinkhosi.