13 NgaJosefa wakhuluma watsi: “Simakadze akabusise live lakhe ngematolo laligugu asezulwini nangemanti lajulile langaphansi kwemhlaba.
Wasondzela, wamanga. Watsi nakaliva liphunga letimphahla takhe, wambusisa watsi: “Awu, liphunga lendvodzana yami linjengeliphunga lasetsafeni, litsafa lelabusiswa nguSimakadze.
Wamphendvula uyise, Isaka, watsi: “Umuti wakho ungeke ube nemvundvo, uyawuba khashane nematolo elizulu.
Wachubeka watsi: “Lamadvodzana akho lamabili lowawatalelwa lapha eveni laseGibhithe ngisengakafiki mine, nguwona awami. Efrayimu naManase batawuba bami, njengobe Rubeni naSimeyoni babami.
Josefa waphendvula uyise watsi: “Ngemadvodzana ami, Nkulunkulu langiphe wona ngisekuleli laseGibhithe.” Israyeli watsi: “Ase uwaletse, khona ngitewabusisa.”
Timphandze tami titawutfunguluta tize tifike emantini, ematolo alale emagaleni ami busuku bonkhe.
Sive sakho siyawutinikela mhlazana ulwa netitsa takho, emabutfo akho ayawuta kuwe ahlobe ngemvunulo lengcwele, ayawuvela njengematolo asentsatsakusa.
Dvumisani Simakadze nine lenisemhlabeni, nani tilwane letesabekako taselwandle, nawe kujula kwelwandle,
Intfukutselo yenkhosi ifanana nekubhodla kwelibhubesi; kodvwa umusa wayo ufanana nematfonsi emvula.
Ngelwati lwakhe wehlukanisa emanti langaphansi kwemhlaba, nangelwati lwakhe emafu ehlisa imvula.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze kimi: ‘Ngitawuhlala nje ngithule, ngibuke nje ngisendzaweni yami yekuhlala, nakuphakama sivuvu ekushiseni kwelilanga, yebo, sivuvu sematolo lakhuntsisa sivuno.’
Ngiyawufanana nematolo ku-Israyeli; uyawuchakaza njengembali. Njengemsedari waseLebanoni uyawutishonisa phansi timphandze takhe;
Ema-Israyeli layawusindza ayawufanana nematolo lahlumelelisako latfunyelwe nguSimakadze etiveni letinyenti, afanane nemvula lenetsa lokumilako. Ayawuncika kuNkulunkulu, hhayi kumuntfu.
“Inhlanyelo seyiyawukhula kahle, sivini siyawutsela titselo taso, umhlaba uyawuveta sivuno sawo, nemazulu ayakwehlisa ematolo awo. Tonkhe letintfo ngiyawutipha insali yalesive tibe lifa laso.
Kumadvodzana akaJosefa: Titukulwane taka-Efrayimu tema kanje: Onkhe emadvodza kusukela kulabesaneminyaka lengema-20 kuya etulu, labesangalungela kuya emphini abhaliswa ngemabito awo, ngayinye ngayinye, njengekutalana kwawo, lusendvo ngelusendvo nangemindeni yawo.
Imfundziso yami ayehle njengemvula, emavi ami ahhohloke njengematolo; yebo, njengemabhudlo etjanini lobuluhlata, nanjengemvula lenkhulu etikwalokumilile.
Akalibusise ngalokuncono kakhulu lokuvetwa lilanga, nangetivuno letinhle tenyanga.
Ngako Israyeli uyawuhlala aphephile, umtfombo waJakobe uvikelekile, eveni lemabele neleliwayini lelisha, lapho emazulu ehlisela khona ematolo.