23 Josefa wase ukhuluma kubantfu watsi: “Lalelani-ke, kusukela lamuhla nine nelive lenu senginitsengele Faro. Nansi-ke inhlanyelo yenu, hlanyelani emasimini.
Tinkhomati letisikhombisa letimbi kantsi tondzile letalandzela, tona-ke timele iminyaka lesikhombisa, kanjalo futsi netikhutu letihangulwe ngumoya wasemphumalanga: Timele iminyaka lesikhombisa yendlala.
Kusengumnyaka wesibili lona indlala ikhungetse umhlaba; kusasele leminye iminyaka lesihlanu kungalinywa kungavunwa.
Live langalitsenganga kwaba lebaphristi kuphela; ngobe baphristi babephila ngesabelo sekudla lababesinikwa nguFaro. Ngako-ke abalitsengisanga live labo.
Nanivunako, incenye yesihlanu yesivuno nitawuyetfula kuFaro, bese kutsi tincenye letine esihlanwini tibe tenu netemindeni yenu.”
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowephanako, ebolekise ngesihle, lowenta tonkhe tintfo ngekwetsembeka.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lonakekela lobutsakatsaka, Simakadze uyawumsindzisa ngelilanga lekuhlupheka.
Bantfu bayamcalekisa umuntfu logodla kudla; kodvwa bamfisele lokuhle lowo lotsengisa ngako.
Lolima umhlaba wakhe uyawuba nenala yekudla; kodvwa lolibala kulandzelana netintfo letingenamsebenti akanangcondvo.
Umhlaba walomphofu ungaba nesivuno lesinyenti; kodvwa bantfu lababi bayamvimbela kutsi awulime.
Ekuseni hlanyela inhlanyelo yakho, ungayekeli kusebenta lize liyewushona, ngobe awuyati lenguyona itawuphumelela, kutsi ngulena yini nome nguleyo, nome totimbili tiyawuphumelela kahle ngalokufananako.
Njengobe imvula nesitfwatfwa kwehla kuchamuka ezulwini, kungaphindzi kubuyele kulo kungakawuniseli umhlaba, kuwente uhlume uphindze utsele titselo, khona kutewutsela inhlanyelo yemhlanyeli nesinkhwa salowo lodlako,
“Pho, ngubani losisebenti lesetsembekile nalesihlakaniphile, inkhosi yaso lesimise etikwebendlu yayo, kutsi sibanike kudla ngesikhatsi lesifanele?
Lowo lonika inhlanyelo kumhlanyeli ephane ngesinkhwa sekudliwa, uyawuninika inhlanyelo aphindze ayente imile ikhule, asandzise nesivuno sekunikela kwenu ngekwephana.