23 Ngalelo langa kuyawuba nemgwaco losuka eGibhithe uye e-Asiriya. Base-Asiriya bayakuya eGibhithe, nebaseGibhithe bayakuya e-Asiriya. Bantfu baseGibhithe nebase-Asiriya bayakukhonta ndzawonye.
“Ngibala iRahabi neBhabhulona, emkhatsini walabo labangatiko. Yebo, emaFilisti, nebaseThire, nebaseKushe, bonkhe labo bantfu batalelwa eSiyoni.”
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyakwelula sandla sakhe kwesibili atibutsele imisalela yesive sakhe leyawube isasele e-Asiriya, naseGibhithe Lengentansi, neGibhithe Lengenhla, naseKushe, nase-Elamu, naseBhabhulona, naseHamathi, nasemaveni langaselwandle.
Kuyawuba nemgwaco lomkhulu wemisalela yesive sakhe leyawube isele e-Asiriya, njengobe wawukhona nakubaka-Israyeli ngesikhatsi baphuma eGibhithe.
Ngalelo langa Israyeli uyawuba ngewesitsatfu kanye neGibhithe ne-Asiriya, kube sibusiso emhlabeni.
Bantfu labanyenti bayawufika batsi: “Wotani, senyukele entsabeni yaSimakadze, endlini yaNkulunkulu waJakobe. Utasifundzisa tindlela takhe, khona sitewuhamba emikhondvweni yakhe.” Ngobe umtsetfo uyawuphuma eSiyoni, livi laSimakadze liphume eJerusalema.
Ngalelo langa kuyawukhala licilongo lelikhulu. Labo lababelahlekile bedukela e-Asiriya, nalabo lababetfunjelwe eGibhithe bayakuta batewukhonta Simakadze entsabeni lengcwele, eJerusalema.
Ngiyawugucula tonkhe tintsaba tami tibe ngimigwaco, nemigwaco yami lemikhulu iyawuphakanyiswa.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi, naLongcwele waka-Israyeli, kuye lowake wedzelelwa wenyanywa sive, kuyo inceku yebabusi, utsi: “Emakhosi ayawukubona asukume, tikhulu tiyawukubona tikhotsame, ngenca yaSimakadze lowetsembekile, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, lokukhetsile.”
Phumani, phumani emasangweni! Lungiselelani bantfu umgwaco! Yakhani, yakhani umgwaco lomkhulu! Susani ematje. Phakamiselani tive siboniso sekuncoba, titesibona.
Kusukela ekwetfwaseni kwenyanga kuye kulelandzelako, nekusukela kulelinye liSabatha kuye kulelinye, bonkhe bantfu bayakuta bakhotsame embikwami,” kusho Simakadze.
Bantfu bakini bayawubuya, baphuma yonkhe indzawo; e-Asiriya emphumalanga, eGibhithe eningizimu, etifundzeni teYufrathe, nasetilwandle letikhashane, nasetintsabeni letikhashane.