17 “Ngako likhona litsemba ngelikusasa lakho. Bantfwabakho bayawubuyela eveni labo,” kusho Simakadze.
Nome ngabe kusekhona kwelishumi lokusasele kulo live, nako futsi kuyawulahlwa kungabi namsebenti. Kodvwa-ke njengobe umtherebinte nem-okhi kushiya tiphunti nakugawuliwe, kanjalo nenhlanyelo lengcwele iyawuba siphunti eveni.”
Nguko ngitsi: “Bukhosi bami buhambile kanye nako konkhe lebengetsembele ngako kuSimakadze.”
Yebo, noko ngiyakubuyisa engcondvweni, ngako nginelitsemba:
Kuhle kuyilindzela ngekuthula nangekubeketela insindziso yaSimakadze.
Akembele buso bakhe elutfulini, mhlawumbe kusengaba khona litsemba.
bese-ke uyabatjela kutsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Ngitawubutsa sonkhe sive sami saka-Israyeli kuto tonkhe tive lapho sahlakatekela khona, ngisibutsele ndzawonye ngize ngisibuyisele eveni lelingelaso.
Bayawuhlala eveni lengalipha inceku yami Jakobe, live lapho kwakuhlala khona boyihlomkhulu. Bona kanye nebantfwababo, kanye nebantfwana bebantfwababo, bayawuhlala lapho phakadze naphakadze; naDavide, inceku yami, uyawuba yinkhosi yabo phakadze naphakadze.
Lapho-ke bayawube sebayati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wabo, ngobe nome ngabayisa ekutfunjweni emkhatsini wetive, ngiyawuphindze ngibabutsisele eveni lelingelabo, ngingashiyi namunye ngemuva.
Ngulapho-ke ngitambuyisela khona tivini takhe, ngente Sigodzi sase-Akhori sibe ngumnyango welitsemba. Ngulapho-ke lapho ayawuhlabela khona njengasemalangeni akhe ebusha, nanjengalelo langa laphuma ngalo eGibhithe.
Emvakwaloko ema-Israyeli ayawuphendvuka afune Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wawo, naDavide, inkhosi yawo. Bayawubuyela batitfobe kuSimakadze nakuto tibusiso taSimakadze ngemalanga ekugcina.
Buyelani enqabeni yenu, nine tiboshwa lese ninelitsemba, ngisho nanyalo solo ngiyamemetela, ngitsi ngitanibuyisela ngalokuphindziwe.
Kube lawo malanga akafinyetwanga bekuyakubate longasindziswa; kepha ngenca yalabakhetsiwe lawo malanga ayawufinyetwa.