26 Bagwedli bakho bemikhumbi bakuvakashisa etilwandle letijulile. Kodvwa umoya wasemphumalanga uyawukucoba ube timvutfu ekhatsi emajukujukwini elwandle.
Imikhumbi lemikhulu yaseThashishi, wayifohlota ngemoya wemphumalanga.
Njengobe sivile ngemisebenti layentile Nkulunkulu, namanje sesitibonele ekhaya laNkulunkulu Somandla, ekhaya laNkulunkulu wetfu. Lelo khaya Nkulunkulu uyawulakha, alicinise phakadze naphakadze. Cabanga.
Lilani, nine mikhumbi yaseThashishi, inqaba yenu seyibhujisiwe!
Tindophi takho tekubopha liseyili setiyaceka: Insika yemkhumbi ayikaboshwa yacina, liseyili alikendlaleki. Imphango lenyenti itakwehlukaniswa, ngisho nalochutako uyakuyitfola imphango.
Njengemoya wasemphumalanga, ngiyawubasakata embikwetitsa tabo; ngiyawubafulatsela, ngingabheki ngakubo, ngelilanga lesehlakalo sabo.”
“Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Nangikwenta lidolobha lese likhala libhungane njengemadolobha langasahlalwa bantfu, nangesikhatsi ngikhuphula tisekelo telwandle ngitibeke ngetulu kwakho nemanti alo akusibekela,
Bunjinga bakho, netimphahla takho tekutsengiswa, nematilosi akho, nebashayei bakho bemikhumbi, nebalungisi bemikhumbi, nebahwebi bakho, nawo onkhe emasotja akho, nabo bonkhe labanye labasemikhunjini bayawushona phansi ekhatsi emajukujukwini elwandle, mhlazana kubhidlika umkhumbi wakho.
Manje sewucitfwe lwandle, lwakufaka emajukujukwini emanti; timphahla takho letitsengiswako nabo bonkhe lonabo sekushone kanye nawe phansi ekujuleni.
Bayawukwehlisela phansi emgodzini, uyawufa kabuhlungu ekhatsi nekhatsi kwetilwandle.
Kodvwa masinyane nje kwachamuka umoya lomkhulu lobewubitwa ngekutsi yiNyakatfo-Mphumalanga, lowahhusha uchamuka esichingini.
Kodvwa umkhumbi washayisa ngenhloko esibundvumeni wabhajwa. Inhloko yemkhumbi yembeleka yangabe isakwati kufuceka, kwabe kungulapho lingemuva lemkhumbi lifohloteka, laze laba tincetu lephulwa sihhushuhhushu semagagasi.
Lengilosi yase itsi kimi: “Lamanti lowabonile, lapho kuhleti khona lengwadla, abantfu, nemindeni, netive, netilimi ngetilimi.