6 Sivile ngekutiphakamisa kwebakaMowabi, nangekuchosha kwabo lokukhulu nekutigcabha kwabo, nangekutigabatisa kwabo, nekucolosha kwabo; noko kutishaya sifuba kwabo kulite.
Ligama lelitsi “sidvwaladvwala” lisho umuntfu longahloniphi nalotigcabhako, nalongabanaki bantfu.
Leli livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neMowabi: Ngebusuku lekwabhujiswa ngabo i-Ari, live lonkhe lakaMowabi laphela laba tindzala. Ngebusuku lekwabhujiswa ngabo iKhiri, live lonkhe lakaMowabi lasala selitindzala.
Emehlo ebantfu labatikhukhumetako ayawutfotjiswa, kutsi kutigcabha kwebantfu kwehliswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa.
Emandla aSimakadze ayakuyengama lentsaba, kodvwa Mowabi utawunyatselwa phansi ngetinyawo, njengetibi natigcotjwagcotjwa emcubeni.
Bayawukweneka tandla tabo ekhatsi kuwo njengemuntfu lohlambako nakeneka tandla takhe. Nkulunkulu uyakulidzilita ligcabo labo, abubukele phansi bucwepheshe betandla tabo.
Niyatigabatisa nitsi: “Sesente sivumelwane nekufa, sente sivumelwane nelithuna. Ngesikhatsi sivunguvungu lesishisako siphephula sendlula kitsi, singeke sisitsintse tsine, ngobe sente emanga aba siphephelo setfu, sente emacebo aba yindzawo yetfu yekubhaca.”
Sivumelwane senu lenisente nekufa siyakwentiwa sibe lite; sivumelwane senu lenisente nelithuna singeke sime. Kuyawutsi sivunguvungu sekushisa nasiphephula sendlula kini, sinishaye sinilahle phansi.
lophuntisa tibonakaliso tebaphrofethi bemanga, labaphengulako abente tilima, acitse kufundza kwalabahlakaniphile, akugucule akwente kube ngumbhedvo.
“Ningasho kanjani kutsi: ‘Sitingwazi tsine, emadvodza labokadzebona bemphi’?
“Mdzakiseni, ngobe wedzelele Simakadze. Mowabi akabhucute emahlanteni akhe, akabe yintfo yekuhlekisa.
Mowabi uyawubhujiswa angabe asaba sive, ngobe wedzelela Simakadze.
“Kulengela inkemba etikwebaphrofethi bayo bemanga, bayawuba tilima. Inkemba ilengela etikwemabutfo ayo, agcwale kwesaba.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu bakaMowabi bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Bashise ematsambo enkhosi yaka-Edomu, adzimate aba njengemcakaco.
Nani-ke, labasha, batfobeleni babonisi. Nonkhe yembatsani kutfobeka, nitfobelane, ngobe: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kodvwa labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”