14 Kodvwa njengobe sewente loku, wenta kutsi titsa taSimakadze tingamhloniphi, lendvodzana yakho letawutalwa itakufa.”
Nathani wahamba waya ekhaya kakhe. Simakadze washaya lomntfwana waDavide, labemtele kumka-Uriya, ngesifo, wagula.
Ngachubeka, ngatsi: “Loku lenikwentako kubi! Kufanele nesabe Nkulunkulu wetfu, khona ningetikunika betive labatitsa tetfu litfuba lekusihhalatisa.
Shangatsi labo labetsembele kuwe bangete behlelwa ngemahloni bajabhiswe ngenca yami. Hhawu, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wemabandla, shangatsi labo labafuna wena bangete bahlazeka, badvumale ngenca yami, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Awu, Nkulunkulu! Kuyawudzimate kube ngunini sitsa sikuhlambalata? Sitsa sakho sifanele yini kwetfuka libito lakho kuze kube phakadze?
Yebo, Simakadze! Ubusisiwe umuntfu loyalwa nguwe, afundziswe nguwe emtsetfweni wakho,
Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wetfu, wabaphendvula wena, waba nguNkulunkulu lotsetselelako kubo, noko wabajezisa ngenca yetono tabo.
Simakadze utsi: “Pho, yini nje manje loku lese ngikukhandza lapha? Ngobe sive sami sitsetfwe kwahanjwa naso mahhala, nalabo labasibusako bayaphukuta,” kusho Simakadze. “Libito lami liyahlanjalatwa ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.
“Ngini kuphela lenginikhetsile emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive temhlaba; ngako-ke ngitanijezisa ngenca yato tonkhe tono tenu.”
Maye kulomhlaba ngekutsi kukhona tikhubekiso, ngobe tikhubekiso kufanele kutsi tibe khona, kodvwa maye kulowo muntfu letita ngaye!
Kubhaliwe kutsi: “Ngenca yenu, betive bahlambalata ligama laNkulunkulu.”
Kepha nasehlulelwa yiNkhosi, siyalwa ngiyo, kuze singalahlwa kanye nelive.
ngobe iNkhosi iyabayala lebatsandzako, ibajezise labo labemukeleka kuyo njengemadvodzana”?
Labo lengibatsandzako ngiyabakhalimela ngibajezise; ngako-ke shisekela lokuhle, uphendvuke.