22 For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."
22Nganginemahloni kutsi ngicele inkhosi kutsi isinike emasotja nalagibele emahhashi kutsi asiphekeletele kusivikela etitseni tetfu endleleni, ngobe sase sivele siyitjelile inkhosi ngaloko, satsi: "Sandla lesihle saNkulunkulu wetfu sisetikwalowo nalowo lomfunako, kodvwa intfukutselo yakhe iphambene nalabo labamlahlako." 23Ngako sase siyazila, sancusa kuNkulunkulu wetfu ngaloku, wawuphendvula umthandazo wetfu.