“Mikha waseMoreshethi waphrofetha ngetikhatsi taboHezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda. Watjela bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda watsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “ ‘ISiyoni iyawulinywa njengensimi. IJerusalema iyawuba yincumbi yencintsakalo, intsaba yelithempeli ibe yindvundvuma lehlume lihlatsi letinchachabutane.’
batsi: “Wena lobhidlita lithempeli uphindze ulakhe ngemalanga lamatsatfu! Tisindzise phela, nangabe uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu! Yehla lapho esiphambanweni!”
Labanyenti baletsa bufakazi bemanga ngaye, kodvwa nalobo bufakazi babo abuzange buhlangane.
“Simvile tsine atsi: ‘Ngitalibhidlita lelithempeli lelakhiwe ngetandla, ngibuye ngakhe lelinye lelingakakhiwa ngetandla tebantfu, ngilakhe ngemalanga lamatsatfu.’ ”
Bantfu labendlulako lapho babemetfuka banikine tinhloko batsi: “Wo! Wena longabhidlita lithempeli ubuye ulakhe ngemalanga lamatsatfu!