11 Livi laSimakadze lefika kimi, latsi:
Sedekiya-ke wayivukela inkhosi Nebukhadnezari lowamfungisa ngelibito laNkulunkulu. Wacinisa inhloko nenhlitiyo yakhe, wala kuphendvukela kuSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Liso lami liyafa ngenca yelusizi, ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, imini nebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami, ngikhuleka kuwe.
“ ‘Kodvwa njengalamakhiwa lamabi langadleki ngiyakwenta njalo kuSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, netindvuna takhe, nensali yaseJerusalema, nome basele lapha kulelive nome bahlala eGibhithe,’ kusho Simakadze.
NaSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, ngamniketa umlayeto lofanana nawona lona, ngatsi: “Khotsamisani tinhloko tenu ngaphansi kwelijoko lenkhosi yaseBhabhulona, khontani yona kanye nebantfu bayo, nitewuphila.
Kona kube bewungahlanyelwa kabusha, bewungaphumelela yini? Ungete wabuna yini uphele, nawushaywa ngumoya wasemphumalanga? Ungete wabuna yini kulendzawo lapho wakhulela khona?’ ”
“Khuluma kulendlu lehlubukako, utsi: ‘Anati yini kutsi tisho kutsini letintfo?’ Shano kubo utsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yaya eJerusalema yatsatsa inkhosi yakhona nalabahloniphekile bakhona, yeta nabo eBhabhulona.
