18 Jehoshafati wakhotsama, abhekise buso bakhe phansi, nabo bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda nebaseJerusalema bawa phansi embikwaSimakadze bakhonta.
Lendvodza yase iyakhotsama, yakhuleka kuSimakadze
Kwase kutsi lamanye emaLevi langemaKhohati nemaKhora asukuma advumisa Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, ngelivi lelikhulu.
Yatsi kube iminikelo iphele, inkhosi nabo bonkhe lababenayo baguca phansi bakhonta.
Kwatsi kube onkhe ema-Israyeli abone lomlilo wehla nenkhatimulo yaSimakadze isetikwelithempeli, baguca phansi esiyilweni bakhotsama ngetinhloko tabo tibheke phansi, bakhonta Simakadze bambonga batsi: “Akabongwe Simakadze ngebuhle bakhe, ngobe umusa wakhe ume kuze kube phakadze.”
Ezra wadvumisa Simakadze, Nkulunkulu lomkhulu kakhulu. Bonkhe bantfu baphakamisa tandla tabo bananatela yena batsi: “Amen! Amen!” Baguca phansi bakhotsama Simakadze babhekise buso phansi.
Watsi kube akuve loko Jobe, wasukuma waklebhula timphahla takhe, wahhula inhloko yakhe. Wesuka lapho watilahla phansi emhlabatsini wakhotsama,
Wotani, sikhuleke, simkhotsamele, asiguce embikwaSimakadze, uMenti wetfu.
Ngako bakholwa. Batsi kube beve kutsi Simakadze ubanakile nekutsi abesakubonile kuhlupheka kwabo, bakhotsamisa tinhloko tabo bakhonta Simakadze.