Ingelosi kaSimakade yafika e-Ofira yahlala phansi komu-okhi, owawungokaJowashi umAbhiyezeri, ngesikhathi indodana yakhe, uGideyoni, ibhula ukolo esikhamweni sewayini, ukuze iwufihlele abakwaMidiyani. Ingelosi kaSimakade yabonakala kuye, yathi: “USimakade unawe, qhawe elinamandla.”
UGideyoni wathi kuyo: “Kodwa mnumzane, uma uSimakade enathi, kungani kwenzeke konke lokhu kithi, na? Ziphi zonke izenzo zakhe ezimangalisayo, okhokho bethu abasixoxela ngazo, bethi: ‘Akazange yini uSimakade asikhuphule eGibhithe, na?’ Kepha manje uSimakade usilahlile, wasinikela esandleni sabakwaMidiyani.”
USimakade waphendukela kuye, wathi: “Hamba ngalawa mandla akho, ukhulule u-Israyeli esandleni sabakwaMidiyani; angikuthumanga yini, na?”
Waphendula wathi: “Kodwa Nkosi, ngingamkhulula kanjani u-Israyeli, na? Umndeni wakithi ungomncinyane kwaManase, nami ngingomncane endlini kababa.”
USimakade wathi kuye: “Ngizokuba nawe, uyakubabulala abakwaMidiyani kungathi ubulala umuntu oyedwa.”
Wayesethi kuye: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, ngikhombise isibonakaliso sokuthi nguwena okhuluma nami. Ungasuki lapha ngize ngibuye kuwe, ngikulethele isipho sami, ngisibeke phambi kwakho.”
Wayesethi: “Ngizohlala uze ubuye.”
UGideyoni wangena endlini yakhe, wahlaba izinyane lembuzi, wenza namaqebelengwane angenamvubelo nge-efa lempuphu; inyama wayifaka equthwini, umhluzi wawuthela ekhanzini, wakuletha kuye phansi kwesihlahla somu-okhi.
Ingelosi kaNkulunkulu yathi kuye: “Thatha inyama namaqebelengwane angenamvubelo ukubeke kuleli dwala, uthulule umhluzi.”
Wenza kanjalo.
Ingelosi kaSimakade yayisithinta inyama namaqebelengwane angenamvubelo ngesihloko senduku eyayisesandleni sayo; kwaphuma umlilo edwaleni, wadla inyama namaqebelengwane angenamvubelo; ingelosi kaSimakade yayisinyamalala emehlweni akhe. Kwamkhanyela uGideyoni ukuthi bekuyingelosi kaSimakade; wayesethi uGideyoni: “Maye, Nkosi Simakade! Ngokuba ngibonile ingelosi kaSimakade ubuso nobuso.”
Kepha uSimakade wathi kuye: “Ukuthula makube kuwe; ungesabi, awuzukufa.”
UGideyoni wamakhela uSimakade i-althare lapho, waliqamba wathi: uSimakade Ungukuthula. Kuze kube namuhla lisekhona lapho e-Ofira lama-Abhiyezeri.
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