Buka la; ngikucophe entsendzeni yetandla tami; tibondza takho tisembikwami njalo.
Lomkhosi uyawufanana nesibonakaliso lesiboshelwe esandleni sakho nesikhumbuto lesinanyatsiselwe ebuntini lakho. Loko kuyawunikhumbuta kutsi umtsetfo waSimakadze niwati ngenhloko nikhulume ngawo, ngobe Simakadze wanikhipha eGibhithe ngesandla sakhe lesinemandla.
Ngibeke njengeluphawu etikwenhlitiyo yakho, yebo, njengeluphawu emkhonweni wakho; ngobe lutsandvo lunemandla njengekufa, sikhwele salo asitfobiseki, sinjengelithuna. Lushisa njengemlilo lovutsako, yebo, njengelilangabi lelinemandla.
Ngalelo langa kuyawuhlatjelelwa ingoma kaJuda, letsi: “Sinelidolobha lelicinile; Nkulunkulu usentela insindziso ngetibondza talo netinqaba talo.”
Imibhoshongo yakho ngiyakuyenta ngemarubhi, emasango akho ngiwente ngematje lamanyatelako, nato tonkhe tibondza takho ngitente ngematje laligugu.
Akuseyiwuba nekulwa eveni lakho, kuyawubate incitsakalo nembhubhiso emikhawulweni yelive lakho. Kodvwa uyawubita tibondza takho ngekutsi yiNsindziso, nemasango akho ngekutsi Ludvumo.
Ngibeke balindzi etibondzeni takho, Jerusalema, bangeke bathule imini nebusuku. Nine lenibita Simakadze, ningatiniki kuphumula,
naye ningamniketi kuphumula, adzimate ayakhe kabusha iJerusalema, ayente ibe ludvumo emhlabeni.
“Sono saJuda sicoshwe ngelutsi lwensimbi, sabhalwa ngesihloko sedayimane etibhebheni tetinhlitiyo tabo nasetimphondvweni temalati abo.
Simakadze utsi: “Kuphila kwami, ngisho nawe Jehoyakhini, msa waJehoyakimu, inkhosi yakaJuda, bewuyindandatho yeluphawu esandleni sami sekudla, nanyalo ngisengakudvonsa ngikususe.
“ ‘Ngalelo langa,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla, ‘ngiyawukutsatsa wena, nceku yami Zerubhabheli, msa waSheyaltiyeli,’ kusho Simakadze, ‘ngikwente ube yindandatho yami yeluphawu, ngobe ngikukhetsile,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.”