29 Yatsi kube iminikelo iphele, inkhosi nabo bonkhe lababenayo baguca phansi bakhonta.
Ngemnyaka wesitsatfu waHosheya, umsa wa-Ela, inkhosi yaka-Israyeli, Hezekiya, umsa wa-Ahazi, inkhosi yakaJuda, wacala kubusa.
Davide wachubeka wakhuluma kulesive, watsi: “Dvumisani Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu.” Ngako sonkhe sive sadvumisa Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyisemkhulu; baguca bakhotsamisa tinhloko tabo embikwaSimakadze nenkhosi.
Jehoshafati wakhotsama, abhekise buso bakhe phansi, nabo bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda nebaseJerusalema bawa phansi embikwaSimakadze bakhonta.
Lonkhe libandla lakhonta ngekukhotsama, bahlabeli basahlabela nebashayi bemacilongo basawashaya. Konkhe loku kwachubeka kwaze kwaphela umnikelo wekushiswa.
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.”
Shangatsi onkhe emakhosi angakhotsama kuyo, netive tonkhe tiyikhonte.
Wotani, sikhuleke, simkhotsamele, asiguce embikwaSimakadze, uMenti wetfu.
Khotsamani nikhuleke kuSimakadze, nembatse bungcwele, nitfutfumele embikwakhe, mhlaba wonkhe.
Ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Njengobe ngiphila, isho iNkhosi, onkhe emadvolo ayawukhotsama kimi, tonkhe tilimi tiyawudvumisa Nkulunkulu.”