28 Ngako onkhe ema-Israyeli enyuka nelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze amemeta, ashaya timphondvo tetihhanca, nemacilongo, nemasimbali, ashaya ngisho nemalire nemahabhu.
ngesikhatsi yena kanye nayo yonkhe indlu yema-Israyeli beta nelibhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze badvumisa ngekuhlabela nangekushaya emacilongo.
Davide kanye nayo yonkhe indlu yaka-Israyeli babejabula bagidza ngawo onkhe emandla abo embikwaSimakadze bamdvumisa ngetingoma, nangemahabhu, nangemalire, nangemafahlawane, nangetikhelekehle, nangabokhencekhence.
Davide kanye nawo onkhe ema-Israyeli babejabula bagidza ngawo onkhe emandla abo embikwaNkulunkulu ngetingoma, nangemahabhu, nangemalire, nangemafahlawane, nangemasimbali kanye nangemacilongo.
Davide watjela baholi bemaLevi kutsi bakhetse bantfu nebahlabeli kutsi batewuhlabela tingoma tekujabula, baphekeletelwa ngimintjingozi: emalire, nemahabhu kanye nemasimbali.
BoShebaniya, naJosafati, naNethaneli, na-Amasayi, naZakhariya, naBhenaya kanye na-Eliyezeri bona bekubaphristi lekwakufanele bashaye emacilongo embikwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu. Bo-Obedi Edomu naJehiya nabo bakhetselwa kutsi babe bomahlalesangweni belibhokisi lesivumelwane.
Davide abembetse umjiva lowawentiwe ngelineni lecolisakele, njengawo onkhe lamaLevi labetfwele libhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze, nanjengalabo bahlabeli, naKhenaniya labengamele lawo makwaya ekuhlabela; Davide abembetse nesidziya selineni.
Latsi libhokisi lesivumelwane saSimakadze nalingena eDolobheni laDavide, Mikhali, indvodzakati yaSawula, wabukela avele ngelifasitelo. Watsi nakabona Davide, inkhosi, agidza agubha, wamedzelela enhlitiyweni yakhe.
Davide kanye netindvuna takhe letatiphetse emaLevi behlukanisela emadvodzana a-Asafa, naHemani, naJeduthuni, bawehlukanisela inkonzo yekuphrofetha, kwanandziswa ngemahabhu, nengemalire, nangemasimbali. Luhla lwalamadvodza lenta lomsebenti bekungulolu:
Ngesikhatsi sekunikelwa kwelubondza lweJerusalema, emaLevi afunwa aze atfolakala lapho abehlala khona, atsatfwa aletfwa eJerusalema kutsi atewungenela lomkhosi ngenjabulo, nangetingoma tekubonga, nangemculo wabokhencekhence, newemahabhu, newemalire lanetintsambo letinyenti.
Dvumisani Nkulunkulu! Dvumisani! Yidvumiseni iNkhosi yetfu! Yidvumiseni!
Tiholwa ngulabahlabelako, emuva kugcine labashaya tingubhu letinetintsambo, emkhatsini wabo kuhamba tintfombi, letishaya bokhencekhence, titsi: