13 Kodvwa ngingeke ngidzabule wonkhe umbuso kuyo, kodvwa ngiyawuyinika sive sibe sinye ngenca yaDavide, inceku yami, nangenca yeJerusalema, lidolobha lengilikhetsile.”
Simakadze wase uvusela Solomoni sitsa, Hadadi, um-Edomu, labewendlu yasebukhosini baka-Edomu.
Kodvwa ngenca yenceku yami Davide, nangenca yeJerusalema lengiyikhetsile emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive tema-Israyeli, yena utawusala nesive sinye.
Titukulwane taDavide ngitatitfobisa ngenca yaloko, kodvwa noko kungabi kwaphakadze.’ ”
Kodvwa Rehobowamu wachubeka wabusa etikwawo onkhe lawo ma-Israyeli labehlala emadolobheni akaJuda.
Ngako ema-Israyeli solomane yesuka ngalelo langa alwisana nendlu yakaDavide kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi kube sive kutsi Jerobowamu sewubuyile, satfumela kutsi akalandvwe ete emhlanganweni, sambeka inkhosi etikwawo onkhe ema-Israyeli. Kwasala sive sakaJuda kuphela, lesasala sinamatsele kaDavide.
Kwangatsi emehlo akho angavulekela kulelithempeli ebusuku nasemini, lendzawo lowasho ngayo watsi: ‘Libito lami liyawuba lapho,’ kuze uwuve umthandazo wenceku yakho leyiwuthandaza ibheke kulendzawo.
Kodvwa Simakadze waba nemusa nabo, waba nesihawu, wabanakekela ngenca yesivumelwane sakhe na-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe. Kuze kube ngulamuhla akakavumi kubabhubhisa abacoshe ebukhoneni bakhe.
Simakadze wase uyabatfukutselela baka-Israyeli, wabesusa ebukhoneni bakhe, kwasala kuphela sive sakaJuda;
“Ngitalivikela lelidolobha ngilisindzise, ngenca yami nangenca yenceku yami Davide.”
Wakha emalati ekhatsi ethempelini laSimakadze, Simakadze labekhulume ngalo watsi: “Libito lami ngiyakulibeka eJerusalema.”
Ngako Simakadze wakhuluma, watsi: “Juda ngitamsusa ebukhoneni bami, njengobe ngamsusa na-Israyeli; neJerusalema, lidolobha lengalikhetsa, ngitalisusa, ngisho nalo lithempeli imbala lengase ngakhuluma ngalo ngatsi: Libito lami liyawuhlala lapho.”
Noko ngenca yenceku yakhe Davide, Simakadze abengakatimiseli kubhubhisa sive sakaJuda. Abetsembisile kutsi uyawutigcinela sibane endlini yakaDavide kuze kube phakadze.
Noko ngenca yesivumelwane Simakadze labesente naDavide, Simakadze abengakatimiseli kuyibhubhisa indlu yakaDavide. Abetsembisile kutsi uyawutigcinela sibane endlini yakaDavide kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze.
Yebo, Simakadze, khumbula Davide, kanye nato tonkhe tinhlupheko takhe.
Ngiyawuvusa lomunye wetitukulwane taDavide, ngimente abe yinkhosi lenkhulu. Umgcotjwa wami ngimlungiselele sibane, kutsi bukhosi bakhe bukhanye njalo.
Awu, Nkhosi yami! Uphi kantsi umusa wakho lomkhulu lowawubonakalisa endvulo, wenta sifungo ngawo kuDavide ngekwetsembeka kwakho?
“Sitawuphendvula sitsini kuletitfunywa letiphuma kulesive? Sitawusho, sitsi: Simakadze sewuyakhile yatinta iSiyoni, ngulapho sive sakhe lebesihlushwa sitawuphephela khona.”
Ngenca yeSiyoni nje, ngingeke ngibindze, ngenca yeJerusalema ngingete ngathula, kuze kulunga kwayo kukhanye njengekusa, nensindziso yayo ibe njengesidlwane lesivutsako.
naye ningamniketi kuphumula, adzimate ayakhe kabusha iJerusalema, ayente ibe ludvumo emhlabeni.
Umbuso wakhe uyawukhula, kuthula nenhlalakahle kungeke kuphele. Uyawubusa esihlalweni sebukhosi saDavide, nasembusweni wakhe. Uyakuwumisa awusekele ngekwemtsetfocotfo nangekulunga, kusukela kuleso sikhatsi kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze. Inshisekelo yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawukwenta loko.
Kuleyo ndzawo-ke Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu layakuyikhetsa ibe yakhe, niyawuletsa khona konkhe lenginiyale ngako: iminikelo yenu yekushiswa, nemihlatjelo yenu, nekwelishumi kwenu, netipho tenu letimcoka kanye nayo yonkhe iminikelo yenu yelikhetselo lenanetsembisa ngayo kuSimakadze.
Kodvwa nine niyawufunisisa indzawo leyawukhetfwa nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu leyawubasemkhatsini wato tonkhe tive tenu, lapho ayawubeka khona Libito lakhe, ahlale khona. Ngukuleyo ndzawo-ke lapho niyakuya khona,
Akukayi ngekulunga kwenu nome ngebucotfo benu kutsi nihambe niyekudla lelive lato; kodvwa kuye ngebubi baletive kutsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu aticoshe embikwenu, kuze kufezeke loko lakufungela kubokhokho benu bo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe.