17 Abiya kanye nemasotja akhe behlula ema-Israyeli kakhulu, kangangekutsi kwaze kwafa ema-Israyeli, emadvodza elikhetselo, lati-500 000.
Nkulunkulu unatsi, yena ungumholi wetfu. Baphristi bakhe labaphetse emacilongo abo batakuwashaya, khona sitekulwa nani. Madvodza aka-Israyeli, ningalwi naSimakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyihlo, ngobe ningeke niphumelele.”
Ema-Israyeli abalekela emaJuda; Nkulunkulu wawanikela etandleni tebakaJuda.
Ema-Israyeli ehlulwa kanjalo, kwatsi bakaJuda bancoba, ngobe babencike kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu waboyise.
Abiya wahloma waya emphini anemasotja lati-400 000, tingwazi todvwa, kantsi Jerobowamu abevive ngemiswahla yemasotja lati-800 000.
Ngalanga linye nje Phekha, umsa waRemaliya, wabulala emasotja lati-120 000 akaJuda, ngobe phela Juda abesashiye Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyisemkhulu.
Ngako ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
Tintsaba tiyatfutfumela embikwakhe, nemagcuma ancibilike aphele. Umhlaba nalabahlala kuwo kuyatfutfumela, nakuchamuka yena.
Sifuna kutsi iNkhosi ibe nesikhwele yini? Sinemandla yini kunayo?