10 Ingilosi yesitsatfu yalishaya licilongo layo, kwase kuwa inkhanyeti lenkhulu ezulwini, ivutsisa kwesibane, yawela etikwencenye yesitsatfu yemifula nasetikwemitfombo yemifula.
Hezekiya wase uhlolisana netindvuna takhe kanye nebaholi bemabutfo kutsi bavale lemitfombo yemanti lephuma ngaphandle kwelidolobha, bavele bamsita kuloko.
Ngekujabula niyawukha emanti emitfonjeni yensindziso.
“Maye, lokuwa kwakho ezulwini! Awu, nkhwekhweti yekusa! Ndvodzana yentsatsakusa! Ugeciwe walahlwa phansi, wena lowake walalisa tive lunja!
Simakadze utsi: “Eveni lonkhe tincenye letimbili kulokutsatfu kuyawushaywa kubhujiswe; noko incenye yesitsatfu iyawusala kulo.
Lencenye yesitsatfu ngiyakuyimikisa emlilweni, ngibacenge njengesiliva, ngibahlolisise njengegolide. Bayakulibita Libito lami, bese mine ngiyabaphendvula; ngiyawutsi: ‘Bona babantfu bami;’ nabo batsi: ‘Simakadze nguNkulunkulu wetfu.’ ”
“Ngaleso sikhatsi umbuso welizulu uyawufanana netintfombi letilishumi letatsatsa tibane tato, taphuma tayawuhlangabeta umyeni.
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Ngabona Sathane awa ezulwini ehla njengembane.
Bantfu labanjena banjengemagagasi elwandle, bakhephuta emahlazo abo; batinkhanyeti leteduka lese tagcinelwa bumnyama bebumnyama baphakadze.
Imfihlakalo yaletinkhanyeti letisikhombisa lotibone esandleni sami sangesekudla, naletibane letisikhombisa ngule: Letinkhanyeti letisikhombisa tingilosi temabandla lasikhombisa; naletibane letisikhombisa ngemabandla lasikhombisa.”
Umsila wakhe wahudvula incenye yesitsatfu yetinkhanyeti tesibhakabhaka, watilahla emhlabeni. Nyokangwenya wema embikwalomfati labesatawubeleka, entela kutsi alumite lusabelekwa nje loluswane.
Yakhuluma ngelivi lelikhulu yatsi: “Yesabani Nkulunkulu, nimnike ludvumo, ngobe sikhatsi sekwehlulela kwakhe sesifikile; mkhonteni yena lowo lowenta lizulu nemhlaba, nelwandle, nemitfombo yemanti!”
Ingilosi yesitsatfu yatfululela sitja sayo emifuleni nasetiyalwini temanti. Emanti agucuka, aba yingati.
Tinkhanyeti tesibhakabhaka tavutfuteleka emhlabeni njengekuhhohloka kwemakhiwa lasengakavutfwa emkhiweni, nakuhhusha umoya lomkhulu.
Ingilosi yekucala yalishaya licilongo layo, kwase kulandzela sangcotfo nemlilo kuhlangene nengati lokwawela emhlabeni; incenye yesitsatfu yemhlaba yasha yaphela, nencenye yesitsatfu yetihlahla yasha yaphela, kanye netjani bonkhe lobuluhlata basha baphela.
Ingilosi yesihlanu yalishaya licilongo layo, ngabona inkhanyeti iwa ezulwini iwela emhlabeni, yanikwa sikhiya semgodzi longenamkhawulo.
Ngako-ke letingilosi letine tatfukululwa. Tativele tilungiselwe li-awa, nelilanga, nenyanga, nemnyaka kutsi tibulale incenye yesitsatfu yabo bonkhe bantfu emhlabeni.
Incenye yesitsatfu yebantfu yafa ibulawa nguletinhlupheko letintsatfu: umlilo, nentfutfu, nesibabule, lokwakuphuma emilonyeni yawo.
Ngako kwaphuma emadvodza akaJuda lati-3 000, ehlela kulomgedze welidvwala lase-Etamu, akhuluma kuSamsoni atsi: “Awuboni yini kutsi tsine siphetfwe ngemaFilisti? Yini lena loyente kitsi?” Wawaphendvula lamadvodza watsi: “Mine ngimane nje ngenta loko kubo nabo labakwente kimi.”