29 Nkulunkulu wapha Solomoni kuhlakanipha, nekubona tintfo ngendlela lejulile, wamupha nekucondzisisa lokubanti nalokungenamkhawulo njengesihlabatsi saselusentseni lwelwandle.
Josefa wasigcina sonkhe ngebunyenti baso lesivuno lesasingangetihlabatsi taselwandle, wadzimate wakuyekela nekusibala, ngobe sasingeke sisabaleka.
ngitakunika loko lokucelile. Ngitakunika inhlitiyo lehlakaniphile nengcondvo lehlutekile kanye nelwati loluphelele, kangangekutsi akusayikuphindze kube khona lonjengawe, futsi akazange asabekhona kucala kunawe.
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi nasiva lesigwebo lesikhishwe yinkhosi, sacalela phansi kuyihlonipha inkhosi, ngobe sabona kahle kutsi inekuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu kwekuhola nekwehlulela ngekulunga.
Bantfu bakaJuda nebaka-Israyeli bebabanyenti bangangesihlabatsi saselwandle, babedla, banatse, bajabule.
Ngiyawugijima ngendlela yemiyalo yakho, ngobe nguwe lotakwandzisa kucondza kwami.
Ngiphe ingcondvo yekwati umtsetfo wakho, kuze ngiwugcine kahle, ngiwulalele ngenhlitiyo yami yonkhe.
NguSimakadze lowephana ngekuhlakanipha; emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma lwati nekucondza.
Ngaticabangela ngatsi: “Mine ngikhulile, ngacokelela incumbi yekuhlakanipha, ngabendlula bonkhe labase babusela eJerusalema ngaphambi kwami; sengikubone kakhulu kuhlakanipha kanye nelwati.”
Nkulunkulu uphana ngekuhlakanipha, nangelwati kanye nangenjabulo kumuntfu lotfokotisa yena, kodvwa soni usinika umshikashika wekubutsisa nekucongelela bunjinga, kuze kunikwe lowo lotfokotisa Nkulunkulu. Nako loko kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Utawube sewuyabuka umoyitele, inhlitiyo yakho iyawugcumagcuma, inetsetele ngenca yekujabula. Imicebo leselwandle iyawuletfwa kuwe, bunjinga betive buyawuta kuwe.
Ngiyakwenta titukulwane taDavide, inceku yami, nemaLevi lakhonta embikwami tibe tinyenti tibe ngangetinkhanyeti tesibhakabhaka, tidzimate tingabaleki njengesihlabatsi saselusentseni lwaselwandle.’ ”
Ugucula tikhatsi netikhatsi temnyaka; ubeka emakhosi aphindze awehlise. Ubanika kuhlakanipha labahlakaniphile, anike lwati kulabacondzako.
“Bonkhe beta basahlose kulwa nekubhubhisa. Emabutfo abo agijima ashulungane njengemoya waselugwadvule, abutse batfunjwa njengesihlabatsi.
Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela ngetulu, tiphuma kuBabe uMdali wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni, lote kugucugucuka, njengobe tona tigucuka, tibohle tisishiya ebumnyameni.
Nangabe emkhatsini wenu kukhona loswele kuhlakanipha, akacele kuNkulunkulu lonika bonkhe bantfu ngekwephana lokungenakufehla, utawuphiwa.
Kodvwa kuhlakanipha lokuchamuka ngetulu kwekucala kumsulwa, bese kuba nekuthula, nekutfobeka, nekulalela, kugcwele bubele netitselo letihle; akunalo lubandlululo nekutentisa.
EmaMidiyani, nema-Amaleki, nato tonkhe tive tangasemphumalanga tatimise esigodzini, titse gwacalala njengemabulo esikhonyane. Emakamela ato abengeke asabaleka, abesafanana nesihlabatsi selusentse lwaselwandle.