1 Noko kungeke kusaba nelitfunti kulabo labebahluphekile. Kadzeni walitfobisa live lakaZebuloni nelive lakaNaftali, kodvwa ngesikhatsi lesitako uyakuliphakamisa live laseGalile lebetive, endleleni leya elwandle, ngesheya kweJordane.
2 Bantfu labahamba ebumnyameni
bakubonile kukhanya lokukhulu;
kulabo labahlala eveni lelitfunti lekufa
kukhanya sekuchamukile.
3 Sewusandzisile sive,
wandzisa nekujabula kwaso;
siyajabula embikwakho njengebantfu bajatjuliswa sivuno,
nanjengebantfu nabajatjuliswa kwaba imphango.
4 Ngobe njengasemihleni yekwehlulwa kwakaMidiyani,
ulifohlotile lelijoko belingumtfwalo kubo,
nemgcala losindzako lobewusemahlombe abo,
nendvuku yemcindzeteli wabo.
5 Tonkhe ticatfulo temasotja labetisebentisa emphini,
nato tonkhe tembatfo tawo
letibhucabhucwe engatini titawushiswa,
tibe kudla kwemlilo.
6 Ngobe tsine sitalelwe umntfwana,
siphiwe indvodzana.
Umbuso uyawubasemahlombe akhe.
Uyawutsiwa nguMeluleki Lomangalisako,
nguNkulunkulu Lonemandla,
nguBabe Waphakadze,
yiNkhosi Yekuthula.
7 Umbuso wakhe uyawukhula,
kuthula nenhlalakahle kungeke kuphele.
Uyawubusa esihlalweni sebukhosi saDavide,
nasembusweni wakhe.
Uyakuwumisa awusekele
ngekwemtsetfocotfo nangekulunga,
kusukela kuleso sikhatsi
kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze.
Inshisekelo yaSimakadze longuSomandla
iyawukwenta loko.
Simakadze uyawubajezisa baka-Israyeli8Simakadze utfume livi
kuyewumelana nebakaJakobe,
liyakwehlela ku-Israyeli.
9Bonkhe bantfu bayakulati,
baka-Efrayimu kanye nalabakhile eSamariya,
labakhuluma bachoshe,
basho nangekutigabatisa kwenhlitiyo, batsi:
10“Titini tidzilikele phansi,
kodvwa tsine sitakwakha kabusha
ngematje labatwe kahle.
Tihlahla temakhiwa tigawuliwe,
kodvwa tsine sitatenana ngetihlahla temisedari.”
11Kodvwa Simakadze ubacinisele titsa takaResini
kutsi tikwati kubhekana nabo, wahlohla titsa tabo.
12 EmaSiriya ngasemphumalanga
nemaFilisti ngasenshonalanga,
asakhamisele kushwabudzela ema-Israyeli.
Noko ngako konkhe loku
lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki;
sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
13Kodvwa bantfu abakaphendvukeli kuye
lowo lowabashaya,
futsi abakamfunisisi Simakadze longuSomandla.
14 Ngako Simakadze uyawujuba ka-Israyeli
inhloko nemsila kokubili,
ligala lelisundvu nemhlanga kokubili,
ngalanga linye.
15Labadzala nemadvodza langimisumphe
ngubona bayinhloko.
Baphrofethi labafundzisa emanga
bona bangumsila.
16 Labo labahola lesive bayasedukisa,
nalabo labaholwako bayalahlekiswa.
17Ngako-ke Simakadze ngeke ajabule ngemajaha abo,
futsi ngeke abadzabukele labo labangenaboyise
kanye nebafelokati,
ngobe bonkhe abanaNkulunkulu, futsi babi,
bonkhe bakhuluma emanyala.
Noko ngako konkhe loku,
lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki,
sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
18Ngempela bubi buvutsa njengemlilo;
budla bucotfule tinchachabutane nemanyeva,
bulumeka emahlatsi etihlahla ngemalangabi,
kutsi titewushunca tibheke etulu
ngaletikhulu tikhatsa tentfutfu.
19Ngelulaka lwaSimakadze longuSomandla
live liyawugagadzeka,
nebantfu bayawuba tinkhuni temlilo;
kute loyawuphephisa umnakabo.
20Ngesekudla bayawushwabudzela,
kodvwa bachubeke balambe;
ngesancele bayawudla, kodvwa bangeke besutse.
Ngulowo nalowo uyakutondla
ngenyama yentalelwane yakakhe;
21bakaManase bayawutondla ngebaka-Efrayimu,
nebaka-Efrayimu batondle ngebakaManase,
bonkhe bayawugucukela bakaJuda.
Noko ngako konkhe loku,
lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki,
sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
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