3 na-Ahabi abesabite Obadiya, labephetse sigodlo sakhe. Obadiya abelikholwa lelalesaba Simakadze kakhulu.
Yatsi: “Ungacali ubeke sandla kulomfana, futsi ungenti lutfo kuye; ngobe manje sengiyati kutsi uyamesaba Nkulunkulu, ngekutsi awukangigodleli indvodzana yakho lekukuphela kwayo.”
Lenceku yatsatsa emakamela lalishumi emkhatsini wemakamela enkhosi yayo, yahamba netinhlobonhlobo tetipho letiphuma enkhosini yayo. Yesuka yaya eMesophothamiya edolobheni lakaNahori.
Abrahama wakhuluma nenceku yakhe lenkhulu ekhaya lakhe, leyayiphetse konkhe labenako, watsi: “Beka sandla sakho ngaphansi kwelitsanga lami.
Inkhosi ingilinganise nayo kulelikhaya, futsi kute lengigodlele kona ngaphandle kwakho, ngobe ungumkayo. Pho, ngingabenta kanjani lobubi lobungaka, ngone kuNkulunkulu?”
Ngako ngitakubeka wengamele live lami; bantfu bami batakwenta konkhe lokushoko. Mine ngitaba mkhulu kunawe ngesihlalo sebukhosi kuphela.”
Ngelilanga lesitsatfu Josefa wakhuluma nabo watsi: “Mine ngingumuntfu lowesaba Nkulunkulu, yentani naku kuze nitewuphila.
Lomunye wetindvuna takhe labenguZimri, labephetse incenye yemabutfo akhe etincola temphi, wenta luzungu ngaye. Ngaleso sikhatsi Ela abeseThisa, alibele kutinklinkla ngetjwala ekhaya ka-Arisa, indvuna yesigodlo saseThisa.
Angati kutsi Moya waSimakadze utakwetfwala akuyisephi, mine nangisuka lapha kuwe. Nangingahamba ngiyewutjela Ahabi, afike lapho angasakukhandzi, utangibulala. Noko mine, nceku yakho, Simakadze ngimkhonte kusukela ebusheni bami.
Ngako Elija wahamba wayakutiveta ku-Ahabi. Ngaleso sikhatsi bekunendlala lenkhulu eveni laseSamariya,
Umfati walomunye webaphrofethi wakhala ku-Elisha, watsi: “Inceku yakho, lebekuyindvodza yami, seyifile; nawe uyati kutsi beyesaba Simakadze. Manje lomuntfu lebeyimkweleda uyeta utawutsatsa lamadvodzana ami lamabili, kutsi ayekuba tigcili takhe.”
Bonkhe babusi lababephetse ngembili kwami babengumtfwalo kubantfu, futsi babephocelela kutsi bantfu bakhiphe kudla neliwayini kanye netinhlavu tesiliva letingema-40 ngelilanga. Ngisho netisebenti tabo tatingumtfwalo kubantfu. Noko mine angikwentanga loko ngenca yekwesaba Nkulunkulu.
Ngabeka umnaketfu Hanani kutsi engamele iJerusalema abambisane naHananiya, indvuna yenqaba, ngobe Hananiya abeyindvodza leyayetsembekile yesaba Nkulunkulu kwendlula emadvodza lamanyenti.
Wase ukhuluma kumuntfu, watsi: ‘Buka la, kwesaba Nkulunkulu libito lako kuhlakanipha. Kubalekela lokubi loko kukucondza.’ ”
Haleluya, dvumisani Simakadze! Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowesaba Simakadze, lotijabulisa ngekugcina imiyalo yakhe.
Kwesaba Simakadze umuntfu kumenta abe nenqaba yekuphephela; lenqaba iba siphephelo sebantfwabakhe.
Nalabo-ke labesaba Nkulunkulu bakhulumisana bodvwana, Simakadze walalela weva. Incwadzi legocotwako yesikhumbuto yabhalwa embikwakhe macondzana nalabo labesaba Simakadze bahloniphe Libito lakhe.
Ningabesabi lababulala umtimba kodvwa babe bangeke bawubulale umphefumulo; lokungenani, mesabeni Yena, lokwati kubulala umtimba nemphefumulo kokubili esihogweni.
Kanjalo futsi nalesi lesemukela emathalenta lamabili sawatalisa, atala lamanye lamabili.
Abekholwa, amesaba Nkulunkulu yena nendlu yakhe abesita labanyenti labamphofu bemaJuda, ahlala emkhulekweni ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi.
kodvwa lowo lomesabako ente lokulungile uyemukeleka kuye, nome angewasiphi sive.