1 Simakadze wabusisa Sara njengobe abeshito. Simakadze wentela Sara loko abemetsembise kona.
Ngiyawumbusisa, ngikunike indvodzana ngaye. Ngiyawumbusisa, abe ngunina wetive. Kuyawuvela kuye emakhosi etive.”
Kepha Nkulunkulu watsi: “Cha, Sara, umkakho, utakutalela indvodzana, uyetse libito utsi ngu-Isaka. Ngitawumisa sivumelwane sami naye nentalo yakhe kube sivumelwane saphakadze.
Kepha ngiyawumisa sivumelwane sami na-Isaka, latakutalela yena Sara ngaso lesikhatsi ngemnyaka lotako.”
Simakadze watsi kuye: “Impela ngitawubuya kuwe ngemnyaka lotako ngasona lesikhatsi, Sara umkakho utawuba nendvodzana.” Sara wakuva loko, ngobe abesemnyango welithende emvakwa-Abrahama, alalele.
Kukhona yini lokungamehlula Simakadze? Njengobe sengishito, ngitawubuya la kuwe ngemnyaka lotako. Sara utawuba nendvodzana.”
Sara, inkhosikati yenkhosi yami, watalela inkhosi yami indvodzana, asamdzala kakhulu. Inkhosi yami seyinike lendvodzana yayo konkhe lenako.
Josefa wakhuluma kubomnakabo, watsi: “Sengitakufa; kodvwa ngiyati kutsi Nkulunkulu utawuba nani anikhiphe kulelive, anibuyisele eveni labetsembisa lona bo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe.”
Kodvwa lomfati wakhulelwa, kwatsi ngemnyaka lolandzelako wabeleka indvodzana, cishe ngasona leso sikhatsi lesasibekwe ngu-Elisha; kwaya njengobe Elisha abeshito.
Awu, Simakadze, ngikhumbule nawusentela umusa sive sakho, nami ungisindzise kanye naso,
Emavi aSimakadze ate sici, endlula isiliva lehlantisisiwe, yahlanjululwa ngemlilo kasikhombisa.
Ungasikhotsameli nome usikhonte, ngobe mine Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wakho, nginguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele. Labo labangitondzako sijeziso sami ngesono saboyise ngisehlisela ngisho nakubantfwana babo besitukulwane sesitsatfu nesesine.
Hamba uhlanganise baholi bema-Israyeli ndzawonye ukhulume kubo utsi: ‘Simakadze, Nkulunkulu waboyihlomkhulu, Nkulunkulu wabo-Abrahama, na-Isaka, naJakobe, ubonakele kimi, watsi: “Sengikubonile konkhe lokwentiwa ngemaGibhithe kini.
Ngako bakholwa. Batsi kube beve kutsi Simakadze ubanakile nekutsi abesakubonile kuhlupheka kwabo, bakhotsamisa tinhloko tabo bakhonta Simakadze.
Lizulu nemhlaba kuyakwendlula, kodvwa emavi ami wona angeke endlule.”
“Ayidvunyiswe iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, ngobe ibahambele bantfu bayo, yabakhulula.
Tiyawukubhidlita uphele nya kanye nebantfu labangekhatsi kwakho; alikho nome linye litje leliyawusala ngetulu kwalelinye, ngobe awusicaphelisisanga sikhatsi Nkulunkulu lakuhambela ngaso.”
Kodvwa lendvodzana yesigcilikati yatalwa ngendlela latalwa ngayo wonkhe umuntfu; lena yemfati wakhe sibili yatalwa ngekwesetsembiso.
Kodvwa nine bazalwane, njenga-Isaka nibantfwana besetsembiso saNkulunkulu.
Futsi ngitfunyelwe nekubaholela etsembeni lekuphila lokuphakadze, lekwatsi umhlaba ungakasekelwa kwetsenjiswa nguNkulunkulu longawacali emanga.
Emvakwaloko Nawomi weva kutsi Simakadze ubabusisile bantfu bakubo ngekubapha inala. Ngako-ke wavele watilungiselela kuhamba nalaba bomalukatane bakhe.
Ekuseni ngakusasa besuka bayawukhonta Simakadze, base bayancandzeka babuyela ekhaya labo eRama. Elkhana walala naHana, umkakhe, Simakadze wamkhumbula Hana.
Simakadze wentela Hana umusa, wakhulelwa, watala bantfwana: emadvodzana lamatsatfu nemadvodzakati lamabili. Umfana longuSamuweli abesolomane achubeka akhula embikwaSimakadze.