38 Emvakwemalanga labengaba lishumi Simakadze washaya Nabali, wafa.
Lulaka lwaSimakadze lwamvutsela Uza, ngenca yesento sakhe sekungahloniphi. Ngako Nkulunkulu wamshaya, wafa, wafela khona lapho eceleni kwelibhokisi lesivumelwane saNkulunkulu.
Simakadze washaya inkhosi ngesifo lesisabulephelo, kwaze kwaba lilanga leyafa ngalo, yase ihlala endlini yayo yodvwa. Kwase kunguJothamu, umsa wayo, labesengamele sigodlo, sekunguye nalobusa sive eveni.
Ngalobo busuku ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
Ngako inkhosi ayizange isilalele sive, ngobe kwakuyintsandvo yaNkulunkulu kutsi kwenteke ngalendlela, kuze kugcwaliseke livi laSimakadze labelikhulume kuJerobowamu, umsa waNebati, nga-Ahiya waseShilo.
Jerobowamu akazange aphindze abe nemandla ngesikhatsi kusabusa Abiya kaJuda. Simakadze wamshaya, wafa.
Nawufihla buso bakho, tiyetfuka, nawutsatsa kuphefumula kwato, tiyafa, tibuyele elutfulini.
Maye! Bacitfwa ngekucwabita kweliso, bakhukhulwe tinhlupheko letesabekako.
Ekhatsi nebusuku Simakadze wabulala onkhe ematubulo eveni laseGibhithe: kusukela esigodlweni etubulweni laFaro lelaliyindlalifa yakhe, kuye etubulweni lesiboshwa lesisejele, nasematubulweni etifuyo.
Khona lapho ingilosi yeNkhosi yashaya Herodi, ngobe abengamniki Nkulunkulu ludvumo. Wadliwa tibungu waze wafa.
Shangatsi ungabusiswa ngalomcondvo wakho lokhaliphile, nekutsi ungivimbe ngingayicitsi ingati lamuhla, nekutsi ngingatiphindziseleli ngetandla tami.
Kwatsi ekuseni Nabali asasangulukile engcondvweni, asazitsile, umkakhe wamtjela tonkhe leto tintfo. Inhlitiyo yaNabali yashaya kancane, wamane woma nje, wafanana nelitje.
Ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze kutsi nguSimakadze cobo lwakhe lotakumshaya. Loko kuyakwenteka ngekutsi kufike sikhatsi sakhe sekufa, nome atsi uye emphini afike afele khona.
kodvwa niyicaphele. Nayikhuphuka icondza eveni lalo, kubheka ngaseBhethi Shemeshi, kuyakube nguye Simakadze lona losehlisele letinhlupho. Kodvwa nakungenjalo, siyawube sesiyati kutsi bekungesiso sandla sakhe lesi lesisehlisele letishayo; kumane kwasivelela nje.”