13 “Noko nawunikela inhlitiyo yakho ngalokuphelele kuye, welulele tandla takho, ukhuleke, utinikele kuye,
Rehobowamu wenta lokubi, ngobe inhlitiyo yakhe yayingakunaki kufunisisa Simakadze.
Kodvwa nome kunjalo, kukhona lokuhle kuwe, ngobe utisusile tinsika ta-Ashera kulelive, watimisela enhlitiyweni yakho kufuna Nkulunkulu.”
Inhlitiyo yakho ikutfumbeleni kangaka, nemehlo akho aphashateliswa yini,
Nawubuyela kuSomandla, utawusitakala: Nawususa bubi, ububeke khashane nendlu yakho,
Uyawuthandaza kuye, naye akuve, bese ugcwalisa tetsembiso takho.
“Maye, ubusisiwe umuntfu locondziswa nguNkulunkulu! Ngako ungakwedzeleli kuyalwa nguSomandla.
“Kodvwa kube bekungimi, ngabe ngiyatincengela kuNkulunkulu, ngabe ngibeka yonkhe indzaba yami embikwakhe.
Tandla tami ngitiphakamisela kuwe, umphefumulo wami womela wena njengemhlabatsi lowomele imvula. Cabanga.
Emancusa ayawuvela eGibhithe, naKushe atinikele kuNkulunkulu.
Nangiselusizini ngifuna Simakadze, nasebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami, ngikhuleke ngingadzinwa, umphefumulo wami wale kudvudvuteka.
bangenti njengobe kwenta bokhokho lekwakusitukulwane lesinenkhani nalesihlubukako, situkulwane lesite inhlitiyo lenebucotfo, nalesasinemoya longaketsembeki kuSomandla.
Liso lami liyafa ngenca yelusizi, ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, imini nebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami, ngikhuleka kuwe.
Mosi wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Ngitawutsi ngingaphuma la edolobheni, bese ngiphakamisa tandla tami ngithandaze kuSimakadze; lokudvuma kutawukhawula nalesangcotfo siphele, kuze wati kutsi umhlaba ngewaSimakadze.
Asiphakamisele tinhlitiyo tetfu kanye netandla tetfu etulu, sitiphakamisele kuNkulunkulu, sitsi:
“Sisebenti lesatiko kutsi inkhosi yaso ifuna senteni, kodvwa singatilungiseleli kutsi sente loko lokufunwa yinkhosi yaso, siyawujeziswa ngekushaywa kakhulu;
Samuweli wakhuluma esiveni sonkhe saka-Israyeli, watsi: “Naniphendvukela kuSimakadze ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yenu, kufanele nitisuse tonkhe letithico tebetive kanye nabo-Ashtarothe benu, bese nitinikela kuSimakadze nikhonte yena yedvwa, yena-ke utawube sewuyanikhulula esandleni semaFilisti.”