¹ Wase Mosi kanye nebantfu bakaIsrayeli bahlabela lena ngoma kuSimakadze. ''Ngitawuhlabela kuSimakadze, ngoba uncobe ngenkhatimulo; lelihhashi kanye nemgibeli walo uliphose elwandle. ² Simakadze usiphephelo sami nengom, futsi sewube yinsindziso yami. Lona nguNkulunkulu wami, futsi ngitawumukhonta, Nkulunkulu wababe wami, futsi ngitawumuphakamisa. ³ Simakadze ungumncobi; Simakadze ligama lakhe. ⁴ Uphose inkalishi yaFaro nembutfo elwandle. Emaphoyisa aFaro lakhetsiwe abhabhatiswa elwandle lwemhlanga. ⁵ Lokushona kwabambonya bona; baya phansi njenge litje. ⁶ Sandla sakho sangasekudla, Simakadze, sigcwele ngemandla; sandla sakho sangasekudla, Simakadze, sibhubhise sitsa. ⁷ Ngebukhosi lobukhulu uketule labo labakuvukelako wena. Utfumele lulaka lwakho; libadlile uma bawa. ⁸ Ngekephefumula kwemakhala akho emanti agcwala; lamanti lageletako ema entsabeni; emanti lashonako abelichwa enhlitiyweni yelwandle. ⁹ Lesitsa satsi, 'Ngitawuchubeka, ngitawulitsatsa, ngitawuniketa lemphi; sifiso sami kutsi nginetiseke kubo; ngitawutsatsa inkemba yami; sandla sami sitawubabhubhisa bona.' ¹⁰ Kodvwa waphephula ngemoya wakho, nelwandle lwabambonya bona; bancwila njengensimbi emantini labanti. ¹¹ Ngubani lofana nawe, Simakadze, kulabanye bonkulunkulu? Ngubani lofana nawe, ebukhosini lobungcwele, ubongwa ngetibongo, wenta timanga? ¹² Wefika ngesandla sakho sangasekudla, nemhlaba wabagwinya bona. ¹³ Esivumelwaneni sakho sekutsembeka ubaholile bantfu lobasindzisile. Emandleni akho ubaholele endzaweni lengcwele lapho uhlala khona. ¹⁴ Labantfu batawukuva, futsi batawuchachatela; ngekwesaba batawukumisa labahlali baseFilista. ¹⁵ Bese letikhulu taseEdom titawusaba; lamasotja ase Mowabi atawuchucha; bonkhe labahlali base Khenani batawuncibilika baphele. ¹⁶ kutfuka nekusaba lokukhulu kutawuwela kubo. Ngenca yemandla emukhono wakho, batawuma njenge litje kute bantfu bakho bengce, Simakadze- kute labantfu lobasindzisile bengce. ¹⁷ Utawubaletsa bona ubahlanyele entsabeni yelifa lakho, lendzawo, Simakadze, loyentile kutsi uhlale kuyo, lebungcwele, Simakadze wetfu, tandla takho letiyakhile. ¹⁸ Simakadze utawubusa phakadze naphakadze.'' ¹⁹ Emahhashi aFaro ahamba ngetinkalishi nemadvodza emahhashi elwandle. Simakadze wabuyisa lamanti elwandle kubo. Kodvwa lamaIsrayeli ahamba eveni lelomile emkhatsini welwandle. ²⁰ Miriam umprofethi, sisi waAroni, waphakamisa i thamborini, futsi bonkhe labesifazane wahamba nema thamborini, ajayiva kanye naye. ²¹ Miriam wahlabela kubo: ''Hlabela kuSimakadze, ngoba bekahlabene ngenkhatimulo. Lelihhashi nemgibeli walo bekaphoselwe elwandle. ²² Wase Mosi uhola Israyeli amususa eLwandle lweMhlanga. Baphuma baya ehlane lase Shuri. Bahamba emalanga lamatsatfu baya ehlane futsi bangatfola kute emanti. ²³ Base wabafika kuMarah, kodvwa bebangakhoni kuwanatsa lamanti lapho ngoba bekamunyu. Ngako babita leyondzawo ngeMarah. ²⁴ Ngako labantfu bakhonona kuMosi batsi, ''Singanatsani?'' ²⁵ Mosi wakhala kuSimakadze, simakadze wamukhombisa sihlahla. Mosi wasilahla emantini, lamanti abamunandzi kutsi bawanatse. Kungulapho Simakadze amunika umtsetfo lomile, futsi kungulapho abavivinya khona. ²⁶ Watsi, ''Uma ulalela ngekucaphela kulelivi laSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, futsi nente lokulungile emehlweni akhe, futsi uma ulalela imiyalo yakhe futsi uhlonipha tonkhe tindlela takhe- Angeke ngibeke kini letifo lengatibeka kumaGibhithe, ngoba nginguSimakadze lophilisa wena. ²⁷ Base labantfu labefika kuElimu, lapho bekunemitfombo yemanti lelishumi nakubili kanye netihlahla telusundvu letingemashumi lasikhombisa. Bahlala lapho ngasemantini.