UDavide wathi kuNkulunkulu : Akusimi yini owaya leza ukuba abantu babalwe na ? Yimina engonileyo ; ngenze kabi kakhulu, kepha lezi zimvu zenzeni na? Isandla sakho, Jehova Nkulunkulu wami , masibe phezu kwami naphezu kwendlu kababa , singabi phezu kwabantu bakho ukubashaya ngesifo. I-altare elisesibuyeni sika-Orinani

U-Elisha esegula ngesifo afa ngaso, uJowashi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli wehlela kuye, wamkhalela wathi: Baba, Baba, nqola ka-Israyeli nabamahhashi bakhe!

wena wehlelw e yisifo esikhulu , isifo sezibilini , ukuze izibilini zakho ziphume ngesifo ekuhambeni kwezinsuku.

Emva kwakho konke lokho uJehova wamshaya ezibilinini zakhe ngesifo esingenakwelashwa.

Kwathi ekuhambeni kwezinsuku ng esikhathi sokufika ekugcineni kweminyaka emibili , izibilini zakhe zaphuma kuye ngesifo sakhe , wafa ngobuhlungu obukhulu. Abantu bakhe abamshiselanga lutho njengokushiselwa kwawoyise.

UNathani wayesebuyela endlini yakhe . UJehova washaya ngesifo umntwana owazalelwa uDavide kumka-Uriya, wagula kakhulu.

Base bethi : UNkulunkulu wamaHeberu uhlangene nathi ; ake sihambe ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu , siye ehlane , sihlabele uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu, funa asehlele ngesifo nangenkemba.

Ngokuba ngase ngiselule isandla sami , ngakushaya wena nabantu bakho ngesifo, uze uchitheke emhlabeni,

Uyakusho kanje kubo , uthi: Isho kanje iNkosi uJehova , ithi: Kuphila kwami, abasezincithakalweni, ngempela, bayakuwa ngenkemba , nosendle ngiyakumnika izilwane ukuba adliwe, nabasezinqabeni nasemihumeni bayakufa ngesifo.

Ngiyakumahlulela ngesifo nangegazi , nginise phezu kwakhe , namaviyo akhe, nabantu abaningi abanaye , imvula ekhukhulayo, namatshe esichotho, nomlilo, nesibabule.

Inxenye yesithathu yakho iyakufa ngesifo , baphele nangendlala phakath i kwakho; inxenye yesithathu iyakuwa ngenkemba nxazonke zakho , nenxenye yesithathu iyakuhlakazwa kuyo yonke imimoya , ngihoshe inkemba emva kwabo.

Okude uyakufa ngesifo, oseduze uyakuwa ngenkemba, oseleyo evinjezelwe uyakufa ngendlala, ngifeze kanjalo ukufutheka kwami kubo.

Ngiyakubashaya abakhileyo k ulo muzi, abantu nezilwane; bayakufa ngesifo esikhulu.

Ngiyakubashaya ngesifo , ngibaphuce ifa , ngikwenze isizwe esikhulu nesinamandla kunabo.

wona lawo madoda aletha umbiko omubi ngezwe afa ngesifo phambi kukaJehova.

Abafile ngesifo babe yizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane namakhulu ayisikhombisa ngaphandle kwalabo abafa ngendaba kaKora.