11 Ngemnyaka wema-600 ekuphila kwaNowa, enyangeni yesibili, mhlazana tili-17, tonkhe tiyalu temhlaba tabhoboka, emafasitelo asezulwini avuleka.
Nkulunkulu wenta umkhatsi, wehlukanisa emanti labengephansi kwemkhatsi nemanti labengetulu kwemkhatsi. Kwase kuba njalo.
Ngitawuletsa zamcolo emhlabeni, utawufika abulale yonkhe inyama lenemoya wekuphila, lengaphansi kwelizulu. Konkhe lokusemhlabeni kutawubhubha.
Nowa abesaneminyaka lengema-600 budzala, mhlazana kufika zamcolo emhlabeni.
Mhlazana tingema-27 enyangeni yesibili umhlaba wase womile.
Tiyalu temhlaba tavaleka, emafasitelo elizulu avaleka, imvula yahhamuka.
Lendvuna beyikhulume kulomuntfu waNkulunkulu, yatsi: “Buka la, khona kube Simakadze abengavula emafasitelo azamcolo wasezulwini, bekungenteka yini loko?” Lomuntfu waNkulunkulu abeyiphendvule watsi: “Utakubona loko wena ngewakho emehlo, kodvwa wena ngeke udle lutfo lwako.”
Lendvuna, inkhosi leyayicamele emkhonweni wayo, yakhuluma ku-Elisha, yatsi: “Buka la: Ngisho nome Simakadze abengavula onkhe emafasitelo emvula ezulwini, loko bekungenteka yini?” Elisha waphendvula watsi: “Utatibonela wena ngemehlo akho. Kodvwa wena awuyikudla lutfo lwako!”
Nakabamba imvula kuba nesomiso, utsi angawayekela lamanti, ente umonakalo.
Umba umgodzi loshonako, khashane kabi nalapho kuhlala khona bantfu, lapho kungasahambi khona bantfu; khashane kakhulu nebantfu, ulenga khona ajikite.
“Use waya yini etiyalwini telwandle, nome uhambe ekujuleni kwelwandle?
Ngubani nje lohlakaniphe kangangekutsi angabala emafu? Ngubani longagoboncisa timbita temanti tasemazulwini,
Emanti elwandle wawabutsela ndzawonye, kwaba shangatsi uwagcwalisa embiteni; wenta titiba netitibakati tetilwandle.
Nguwe lowavula tiyalu nemifula emadvwaleni, womisa nemifula legeletako.
Ngelwati lwakhe wehlukanisa emanti langaphansi kwemhlaba, nangelwati lwakhe emafu ehlisa imvula.
Lowo lobalekela umsindvo wekwesabisa, uyakuhholokoshela emgodzini; lowo loyawukhuphuka kulomgodzi, uyawubanjwa lugibe. Tivalo temanti emazulwini tivuliwe, tisekelo temhlaba tiyanyikatiswa.
Umhlaba wephukile, umhlaba uchekeke ekhatsi, umhlaba unyakatiswa kakhulu.
Kufanele ningangesabi yini mine?” kusho Simakadze. “Akufanele yini nitfutfumele ebukhoneni bami? Ngenta sihlabatsi saba ngumnyele welwandle, umtsangala waphakadze lolungeke luwengce. Emagagasi angakhephuka, kodvwa angeke aphumelele, angabhodla, kodvwa angeke awengce.
Nakabhavumula yena, emanti asemazulwini ayabhodla, ukhuphula emafu emikhawulweni yonkhe yemhlaba. Utfumela umbane nemvula, akhiphe umoya etingungwini takhe.
“Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Nangikwenta lidolobha lese likhala libhungane njengemadolobha langasahlalwa bantfu, nangesikhatsi ngikhuphula tisekelo telwandle ngitibeke ngetulu kwakho nemanti alo akusibekela,
Letsani konkhe kwelishumi endlini yengcebo, kuze kutewuba nekudla endlini yami.” Simakadze utsi: “Ase ningilinge ngaloko, nitewubona kutsi ngingeke yini nginivulele emafasitelo asezulwini ekutfulula, nginitfululele tibusiso letinyenti, nize nehluleke kutfola indzawo leyenele yekutigcina.
Njengemalanga labengembili kwazamcolo, bantfu babedla banatsa, labadvuna nalabasikati batsatsana, kwaze kwaba lilanga langena ngalo Nowa emkhunjini;
Ngesikhatsi bantfu batsi: “Kunekuthula nenhlalakahle,” ngekushesha lokukhulu kubhujiswa kuyawubatuma njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka; futsi kute loyawusindza.
Kwabuye kwaba ngiwo lawo manti, umhlaba lowabuye wabhujiswa ngawo.