8 Nganyanga yinye ngesusa labelusi labatsatfu. Umhlambi wangenyanya, nami ngadzinwa nguwo,
Rezoni abesitsa sema-Israyeli ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi kusabusa Solomoni, naye engeta kulokuhlushwa Solomoni labehlushwa ngako nguHadadi. Ngako Rezoni wabusa eSiriya, acabana njalo na-Israyeli.
Ngako-ke intfukutselo yaSimakadze yasivutsela sive sakhe, loko lokulifa lakhe kwaba sinengiso kuye.
Labatigabatisako bashayeka phansi nawubhekisa buso bakho ngakubo. Uyabatondza bonkhe labenta lokubi.
Baka-Efrayimu lababehlome butjoki babaleka, mhlazana ibambene ngetihlutfu.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi, naLongcwele waka-Israyeli, kuye lowake wedzelelwa wenyanywa sive, kuyo inceku yebabusi, utsi: “Emakhosi ayawukubona asukume, tikhulu tiyawukubona tikhotsame, ngenca yaSimakadze lowetsembekile, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, lokukhetsile.”
Lifa lami selifanana nelibhubesi lasehlatsini kimi. Liyangihhongela; ngako ngiyalenyanya.
Ngenca yeLibito lakho ungasibukeli phansi, ungasenteli phansi sihlalo sakho sebukhosi bakho lobukhulu. Khumbula sivumelwane sakho lowasenta natsi, ungasephuli.
Babitwa ngekutsi bayisiliva lelahlwako, ngobe mine Simakadze ngibalahlile.”
Loko ngiyawukwenta kuze ngitetibamba kabusha tinhlitiyo tebantfu baka-Israyeli, lase bangilahle bonkhe baya etithicweni tabo.’
Uyindvodzakati sibili ufute unyoko, labeyedzelela indvodza yakhe nebantfwabakhe, futsi wena vele wafuta bodzadzewenu wangete wabashiya, lababengawahloniphi emadvodza abo nebantfwababo. Unyoko abengumHethi, uyihlo angum-Amori.
bantfu bami bayabhujiswa ngenca yekweswela lwati. “Njengobe nikulahlile kwati mine, nami-ke sengiyanilahla kutsi ningete naba baphristi bami; njengobe niwutsalalisele umtsetfo waNkulunkulu wenu, nami-ke ngiyawubatsalalisela bantfwabenu.
Abaketsembeki kuSimakadze; batala emavezandlebe. Manje emadzili abo ekwetfwasa kwenyanga atawubamita bona kanye nemasimi abo.”
“Ngenca yabo bonkhe baseGilgali ngabazonda khona lapho. Ngenca yetono tabo labatentile, ngitabacosha lapha endlini yami. Ngingeke ngiphindze ngibatsandze; bonkhe baholi babo bayangihlubuka.
Ngiyawuhlala emkhatsini wenu ngisethendeni lekukhontela, ngingesuki kini.
Ngiyawubhidlita tindzawo tenu tekukhontela, ngidzilite nemalati enu etimphepho, tidvumbu tenu ngitibutsisele ndzawonye etikwetithico tenu letite imphilo naletiwile; umphefumulo wami uyawunicansukela.
Kodvwa nome kunjalo, nasebaseveni letitsa tabo, ngingeke ngibadvube, futsi ngingeke ngibacansukele kangangekutsi ngize ngibabhubhise baphele nya, ngephule sivumelwane sami nabo. NginguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wabo.
“Kunembhabhatiso lengitawemukela; maye, ngicindzetelekile, uyawudzimate wendlule!
Kantsi takhamiti tatimtondza, ngako tase titfumela tigijimi kutsi tiyewubika tifike titsi: ‘Asimfuni lowo muntfu abe yinkhosi yetfu.’
“Nangabe live liyanitondza, nibokhumbula kutsi lacala latondza mine.
Live lingeke linitondze nine, kodvwa mine liyangitondza, ngobe ngifakaza ngalo kutsi imisebenti yalo mibi.
“Simakadze wakubona loko, wabalahla, ngobe abetfukutseliswe ngemadvodzana nemadvodzakati akhe.
Kodvwa lolungile wami ngekukholwa uyawuphila; kodvwa nangabe ahlehla nyova, ngingeke ngimjabulele.”