1 USamuweli 2:1-10

UHana wakhuleka wathi: “Inhliziyo yami iyethaba kuSimakade, uSimakade ungiqinisile, manje nginempendulo ezitheni zami, ngiyathokoza, ngokuba ungikhululile. “Akekho ongcwele njengoSimakade, akekho noyedwa ngaphandle kwakho; alikho idwala elinjengoNkulunkulu wethu. Ningabe nisakhuluma ngokuziqhenya, futhi makungaphumi kuqhosha emlonyeni wenu, ngokuba uSimakade unguNkulunkulu owazi konke; izenzo zilinganiswa nguye. “Iminsalo yamaqhawe yaphuliwe; abakhubekayo babhinciswa amandla. Abebesuthi sebeyaziqashisa ukuze bathole ukudla; abebelambile sebeyekile ukulamba. Yebo, obeyinyumba uzele abayisikhombisa; onabantwana abaningi uyancunzeka. “USimakade uyabulala, bese ephilisa; uyehlisela endaweni yabafileyo, bese enyusa. USimakade wenza abampofu bacebe; uyathobisa, bese ephakamisa. Uyamvusa ompofu othulini, uyayiphakamisa impabanga ezaleni, abahlalise nezikhulu, badle ifa lesihlalo sobukhosi, ngokuba izisekelo zomhlaba zingezikaSimakade; ubekile izwe phezu kwazo. “Uyakugcina izinyawo zabathembekileyo bakhe, kodwa izikhohlakali ziyakubhujiswa ebumnyameni, ngokuba akukho muntu oyakuphumelela ngamandla akhe odwa. Abamelana noSimakade bayakuphahlazwa; uyakuduma phezu kwabo esezulwini. USimakade uyakwehlulela amajukujuku omhlaba, aphe inkosi yakhe amandla, ogcotshiweyo wakhe amphakamise.”