42 Awu! Simakadze Nkulunkulu, ungamfulatseli logcotjiwe wakho. Khumbula lowo musa wakho lowawetsembisa kuDavide, inceku yakho.”
Nitawutsi ningefika lapho, boSadoki, umphristi, naNathani, umphrofethi, batawube sebayamgcoba, bambeke abe yinkhosi etikwema-Israyeli. Nibobe senishaya kakhulu impalampala, nimemete nitsi: ‘Lunwele loludze! Nkhosi Solomoni!’
Manje sengicela intfo yinye kuwe. Ngicela ungali.” Watsi: “Kulungile, ungakhuluma.”
Yebo, Simakadze, khumbula Davide, kanye nato tonkhe tinhlupheko takhe.
Ngenca yaDavide, inceku yakho, ungamfulatseli umgcotjwa wakho.
Emakhosi emhlaba asukume phansi ahloma, nebabusi bahlangene bemelana naSimakadze, bemelana neMgcotjwa wakhe batsi:
Ngobe lilanga linye etibuyeni tendlu yakho, lincono kunalayinkhulungwane lacitselwe ngaphandle. Ngingamane ngibe ngumlindzi wemnyango wendlu yaNkulunkulu, kunekutsi ngingahlala ngibuse emakhaya alababi.
Kwetsembeka kwami nemusa wami kuyawuhlala naye; ngelibito lami kuyawuphakanyiswa luphondvo lwakhe.
Ngiyawumgcinela umusa wami kuze kube phakadze. Sivumelwane sami naye siyawuhlala simile.
Bekani indlebe, nite kimi; vanini, kuze imiphefumulo yenu itewuphila. Ngitakwenta sivumelwane saphakadze nani, nginiphe tibusiso lengatetsembisa Davide.
Moya weNkhosi Simakadze ukimi, ngobe Simakadze ungigcobile, kutsi ngishumayele tindzaba letimnandzi kulabamphofu. Ungitfume kutsi ngitewubopha labo labatinhlitiyo tabo tidzabukile. Ungitfume kutawumemetela kukhululwa kulabatfunjiwe, nekukhululwa kulababoshiwe.
“Naku Nkulunkulu lakusho ngekumvusa kwakhe kulabafile angeyiwubola ethuneni watsi: “ ‘Ngiyawuninika tibusiso letingcwele lengatetsembisa Davide;’