4 Inkemba iyawubefikela baseGibhithe, nebuhlungu benhlitiyo buyawubehlela baseKushe. Ngesikhatsi lasebagwaziwe bawa eGibhithe, umcebo wayo uyawutfunjwa, netisekelo tayo tiyawucheketwa ekhatsi.
Ngako-ke emaMowabi ayawutikhalela; ayawulila ndzawonye ngelakaMowabi. Lilani nidzabuke ngenca yemakhekhe emagelebisi lomisiwe langasatfolakali eKhiri Heresi.
Maye kuwe wena live leligubhutisa timphiko, lingesheya kwemifula yaseSudani,
“Ngitawuchukuluta umGibhithe avukele umGibhithe, umnakabo uyakulwa nemnakabo, makhelwane acabane namakhelwane, lidolobha lihlasele lidolobha, umbuso uvukele umbuso.
Simakadze wase utsi: “Njengobe inceku yami, Isaya, beyihamba ngcunu ingakafaki lutfo nasetinyaweni iminyaka lemitsatfu, lokusibonakaliso nemhlolo kwalokutawuvelela iGibhithe neSudani,
Awu, subatsani, mahhashi! Nani bagibeli betincola, tigijimiseni, kube shangatsi senitinhlanya! Hlaselani, nani tingwazi: Nine madvodza aseKushe newasePhuthi, lenibambe emahawu, nani madvodza aseLidiya lajijimeta ngebutjoki.
Hlabani umkhosi kuyo yonkhe indzawo! Iphakamisa tandla, imibhoshongo yayo iyawa, tibondza tayo tihhihlitelwa phansi. Njengobe loku kukuphindzisela kwaSimakadze, yikhipheleni sibhongo, yentani kuyo njengobe nayo yentile kulabanye.
Ngiyawutfumela sifo lesibulalanako etikwakho, ngigeletise ingati etitaladini takho. Labahlatjiwe bayawusacatekela ekhatsi kuwe, inkemba iyawukuhlasela macala onkhe. Ngulapho-ke bayawukwati khona kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’ ”
Live laseGibhithe ngiyawulenta libe lihlane kunawo onkhe emave lagagadzekile, nemadolobha alo ayawusala angenabantfu iminyaka lengema-40 emkhatsini wemadolobha labhidlitiwe. Ngiyawubahlakata baseGibhithe ngibayise etiveni, ngibasakatele emaveni ngemave.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Ngitawunikela iGibhithe kuNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, uyawutfumba umcebo wayo. Uyawuphanga atfumbe ingcebo yalelive kube yinkhokhelo yemabutfo akhe.
“ ‘Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Ngiyawutfumela inkemba imelane nawe, ngibulale bantfu bakakho netifuyo tabo.
IPheresiya, neKushe, nePhuthi iyawuba kanye nabo, bonkhe banemahawu netimphantitje,
Iyawuba nemandla ekulawula umcebo wegolide newesiliva, netimphahla tonkhe taseGibhithe letidule kakhulu, itfobise baseLibiya nebaseKushe.
“Nani futsi, maKushe, niyawubulawa ngenkemba yami.”