20 Kwabangelwa yintfukutselo yaSimakadze lokutsi loku kwenteke eJerusalema nakaJuda, kwaze kwatsi ekugcineni wabesusa ebukhoneni bakhe. Sedekiya wase uyayivukela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona.
Khayini wase uyesuka ebukhoneni baSimakadze wayawuhlala eveni laseNodi, ngasemphumalanga yase-Edeni.
Njengobe bangikhohliwe mine, batfuncisa imphepho kulabanye bonkulunkulu, bangitfukutselisa ngato tonkhe letithico labatente ngetandla tabo, intfukutselo yami itawuvutsela lendzawo, futsi ingeke icisheke.’
Noko nome kunjalo, Simakadze akazange agucuke ekufutsekeni kwentfukutselo yakhe leyavutsela Juda ngenca yako konkhe Manase lakwenta kwamtfukutselisa.
Ngesikhatsi sekubusa kwaJehoyakimu, Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, wahlasela live. Jehoyakimu waba yinceku yaNebukhadnezari, iminyaka lemitsatfu. Kodvwa wabe sewugucula ingcondvo yakhe, wavukela Nebukhadnezari.
Ngempela letintfo tenteka kaJuda njengekwemyalo waSimakadze, kuze atekubasusa ebukhoneni bakhe ngenca yetono taManase nako konkhe labekwentile,
Sedekiya-ke wayivukela inkhosi Nebukhadnezari lowamfungisa ngelibito laNkulunkulu. Wacinisa inhloko nenhlitiyo yakhe, wala kuphendvukela kuSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Ungangicoshi ebusweni bakho, ungangemuki Moya wakho Longcwele.
Yena netinceku takhe letatimsingatsile kanye nebantfu nje belive abazange sebawanake emavi labekhulunywe nguSimakadze ngemphrofethi Jeremiya.
Kwabangelwa yintfukutselo yaSimakadze lokutsi kwenteke loku eJerusalema nakaJuda, kwaze kwatsi ekugcineni wabasusa ebukhoneni bakhe. Sedekiya wase uyayivukela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona.
“Khuluma kulendlu lehlubukako, utsi: ‘Anati yini kutsi tisho kutsini letintfo?’ Shano kubo utsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yaya eJerusalema yatsatsa inkhosi yakhona nalabahloniphekile bakhona, yeta nabo eBhabhulona.
Umlilo wabhebheteleka kulelinye lemagala aso lamakhulu wadla titselo taso. Kute nalinye ligala lelicinile lelisasele kuso lelilungele kutsi libe yindvuku yebukhosi.’ “Lesi-ke sililo, lesaba sililo lesisetjentiswa njalo nje.”
Siphi sihlakaniphi? Siphi sati semtsetfo? Uphi umphikisi walesikhatsi? Nkulunkulu akakwenti bulima yini kuhlakanipha kwalelive?
“Kodvwa Sihoni, inkhosi yaseHeshboni, akazange asivumele kutsi sendlule sidzabule live lakhe, ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu wenta umoya wakhe waba lukhuni nenhlitiyo yakhe yaba nenkhani; loko wakwentela kutsi atekumnikela etandleni tenu, njengobe kunjalo lamuhla.
Ngako-ke, lulaka lwaSimakadze lwavutsela lelive labo kamatima, lase lehlelwa ngito tonkhe leticalekiso letibhalwe kulencwadzi.
Ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu ungumlilo locotfulako, unguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele.