Livi laSimakadze lefika kimi, latsi:
Ngase ngitsi: “Awu, Nkhosi, Simakadze! Bakhuluma ngami batsi: ‘Utsi akakhulumi tinganekwane nje yena lo?’ ”
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, bhekisa buso bakho ngaseJerusalema, ushumayele umelane netindzawo tekukhontela lekutsiwa tingcwele. Phrofetha umelane nelive laka-Israyeli,
Simakadze wangikhombisa ngaleso sikhatsi kutsi nginifundzise imiyalo nemitsetfo lekufanele nihambe ngayo kulelive lelingesheya kweJordane, lenewelela kulo kuyakulidla.”