Uyawufanana nesihlahla eveni lelingenalutfo; angeke ayibone imphumelelo nayitako. Uyawulibala kuhlala emacwatseni etindzawo tasehlane, eveni lelimunyu, lapho kukhala libhungane khona.
Lendvuna, inkhosi leyayicamele emkhonweni wayo, yakhuluma ku-Elisha, yatsi: “Buka la: Ngisho nome Simakadze abengavula onkhe emafasitelo emvula ezulwini, loko bekungenteka yini?” Elisha waphendvula watsi: “Utatibonela wena ngemehlo akho. Kodvwa wena awuyikudla lutfo lwako!”
Angeke atfokote ngemifudlana nemifula legeleta luju nelulata.
Ngayinika lihlane kutsi libe likhaya layo nematsafa eluswayi kutsi abe yindzawo yayo yekuhlala.
Lababi-ke bona abanjalo, banjengemakhoba wona lapheshulwa ngumoya.
live lelivundzile laba lugagadvu ngenca yebubi betakhamiti talo.
kutsi nome lababi bangahluma njengetjani, nato tonkhe tigilamkhuba tichuma, noko tiyawubhujiswa phakadze naphakadze.
Niyawufanana nesihlahla se-okhi lesinemacembe labunako, nibe njengengadze lete emanti.
naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze utsi: Ngempela, ngitamjezisa Shemaya waseNehelamu kanye nesitukulwane sakhe. Kute namunye loyawusala kulabantfu laba, futsi akayiwubona nakunye kwetintfo letinhle lengiyawutentela bantfu bami, ngobe yena ushumayele kuhlubuka mine, kusho Simakadze.’ ”
Balekani niphephise imphilo yenu, banini njengesihlahla lesisehlane.
Kodvwa emachaphoti nematete akayiwuhluma abe luhlata abe mahle, ayawusala aluswayi.
Ngako-ke, kuphila kwami,” kusho Simakadze Somandla, longuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, “impela Mowabi uyawuba njengeSodoma, nema-Amoni abe njengeGomora, indzawo yelukhula nemigodzi yeluswayi, live lelilihlane phakadze naphakadze. Insali yesive sami iyawubaphanga; besive sami labayawusala bayawulidla live labo.”
Live lonkhe liyawuba luswayi lolungenamsebenti lolubhadlako nesibabule. Kute lokuyawuhlanyelwa, kute lokuyawumila, kute nakunye lokuluhlata lokuyawuhluma kulelo live. Kuyawufanana nekubhujiswa kweGomora neSodoma, i-Adma neSeboyimu, Simakadze lakubhubhisa ngalolulaka lolwesabekako.
Lonkhe lelo langa Abimeleki wachubeka wahlasela lelo dolobha, waze walitfumba, wabulala bonkhe bantfu lababekulo. Walibhidlita lonkhe, wase ulinyenyeta ngeluswayi.