19 Bantfu bayawubalekela emigedzeni yasemadvwaleni, nasemigodzini lesemhlabatsini, babalekele kwesabeka kwaSimakadze nebumengemenge bebukhosi bakhe, nakasukumela kunyakatisa umhlaba.
Bonkhe baphelelwa ngemandla, beta bachachatela, baphuma emigedzeni yabo.
Unyikanyisa umhlaba netisekelo tawo, tinsika tawo tichachatele.
Simakadze! Sukuma ngentfukutselo yakho. Vuka ungimele elulakeni lwetitsa tami. Nkulunkulu wami, vuka ungisite. Nguwe wedvwa lonesehlulelo lesimsulwa.
Ngako-ke emazulu ngiyakuwenta atfutfumele, nemhlaba utanyatanyiswe usuke endzaweni yawo, ngenca yelulaka lwaSimakadze longuSomandla, ngalelo langa lentfukutselo yakhe levutsako.
Hambani niyewungena emadvwaleni, nibhace elutfulini, nibalekele kwesabeka kwaSimakadze nebumengemenge bebukhosi bakhe!
Bayawubalekela emihumeni lesemadvwaleni kanye naseticongweni tetihhehle, babalekela kwesabeka kwaSimakadze nebumengemenge bebukhosi bakhe, nakasukumela kunyakatisa umhlaba.
Bukani la, Simakadze utawubhubhisa umhlaba, awente ube lihlane. Umhlaba utawenta ubhidlike, asakate bonkhe labahlala kuwo.
Lowo lobalekela umsindvo wekwesabisa, uyakuhholokoshela emgodzini; lowo loyawukhuphuka kulomgodzi, uyawubanjwa lugibe. Tivalo temanti emazulwini tivuliwe, tisekelo temhlaba tiyanyikatiswa.
Umhlaba wephukile, umhlaba uchekeke ekhatsi, umhlaba unyakatiswa kakhulu.
Kuyawutsi njalo indvuku yaSimakadze nayehlela e-Asiriya, ngisho loluswati lwakhe lwekujezisa, kuyawuhambisana nekushaywa kwemafahlawane nemahabhu, asalwa nabo emphini ngengalo yakhe lematima.
Simakadze utsi: “Nyalo sengitawusukuma, nyalo sengitawuphakanyiswa, nyalo sengitakwenyuselwa etulu.
Tiyawubuya tonkhe titewubutsana etihosheni letehlelako kanye nasemifantfwini yemadvwala, nasetikwato tonkhe tihlahla temanyeva nasetimbotjeni tonkhe temanti.
“Kodvwa nyalo sengitawutfumela badwebi babe banyenti, futsi batababamba baka-Israyeli. Emvakwaloko ngitawutfumela batingeli babe banyenti, batawubatingela yonkhe indzawo, ngisho nasetintsabeni, nasemagcumeni, nasemifantfwini yemadvwala,” kusho Simakadze.
Kutsi nakuvakala umsindvo webagibeli bemahhashi nalabanemba ngebutjoki, onkhe emadolobha abaleke. Labanye bantfu babaleka bayewubhaca emahlatsini, labanye bekhwela etulu emadvwaleni. Onkhe emadolobha asele akhala libhungane, kute namunye lohlala kuwo.
Shiyani emadolobha enu niyewuhlala emkhatsini wemadvwala, nine lenihlala kaMowabi. Lingisani lituba, lona lakha sidleke salo ekungeneni kwemgedze.
“Khuluma kubo, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Ngifunga kuphila kwami, labo labasemadzilikelweni bayawubulawa ngenkemba, labo labasemaphandleni ngiyawubanikela etilwaneni tesiganga kutsi tibashwabudzele, kutsi labo labasetinqabeni nasemigedzeni babulawe sifo lesibulalanako.
Tindzawo letiphakeme tebubi tiyawubhujiswa, leso sono sa-Israyeli. Emanyeva nemitfuma kuyawukhula kumbonye emalati abo. Bayawube sebakhuluma etintsabeni batsi: “Simbonyeni!” nasemagcumeni batsi: “Dzilikelani etikwetfu!”
Tiyawuhuma phansi elutfulini njengetinyoka; tiyawuphuma etinqabeni tato titfutfumela ngenca yekwesaba. Ngekwesaba tiyawugucukela kuSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wetfu.
Nawe-ke, Nineve, utawudzakwa, uhambe uyekubhaca, ufune kukhoseliswa titsa.
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: ‘Kusetakuba sikhashana lesincane futsi ngibuye ngiwanyakatise emazulu, nemhlaba, nelwandle, nelive lelomile.
Ngitawunyakatisa tonkhe tive, nako konkhe lokulangatelelwa tive tonkhe kutawufika, ngitawugcwalisa lendlu ngenkhatimulo,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
“Ngaleso sikhatsi bayakutsi etintsabeni: “ ‘Welani etikwetfu!’ Nasemagcumeni batsi: ‘Simbonyeni!’
Bayawujeziswa ngekubhujiswa kwaphakadze balunyulwe ebukhoneni beNkhosi nasenkhatimulweni yemandla ayo.
Live lalingakabafaneli; bazulazula emahlane, nasetintsabeni, nasemihumeni, nasemigedzeni yemhlaba.
Livi lakhe lanyakatisa umhlaba; kodvwa nyalo sewetsembisile watsi: “Ngitawuphindze nginyakatise, hhayi umhlaba kuphela, kodvwa nelizulu.”
Ngaso leso sikhatsi kwaba khona kutamatama lokukhulu kwemhlaba, incenye yelishumi yelidolobha yabhidlika. Kwafa bantfu lababeti-7 000 kuloko kutamatama, laba labanye batfutfumela badvumisa Nkulunkulu welizulu.
Kwavuleka lithempeli laNkulunkulu ezulwini, kwabonakala libhokisi lesivumelwane lingekhatsi kwelithempeli lakhe. Kwaba nemibane, nemisindvo lemikhulu, nekudvuma, nekutamatama kwemhlaba, nesangcotfo lesikhulu.
Kwaba nebumanyamanya bemibane, nemisindvo lemikhulu, nekudvuma, nekutamatama kwemhlaba lokungazange sekube khona seloku kwadalwa umuntfu; ngempela kwaba kutamatama kwemhlaba lokukhulu kakhulu.
Ngase ngibona lesikhulu sihlalo sebukhosi lesimhlophe, nalohleti kuso. Lizulu nemhlaba kwambalekela kwanyamalala ebusweni bakhe, akuzange kuphindze kutfolakale ndzawo.
Kulawo malanga bantfu bayawukufuna kufa, kodvwa bangete bakutfola; bayawufisa kutsi bafe, kodvwa kufa kuyakubabalekela.
Atsi kube emadvodza aka-Israyeli abone kutsi simo sawo sasisibi kakhulu, kantsi futsi abesabandzetelekile, abese abhaca emigedzeni, nasetincumatsini, nasemifantfwini yemadvwala, nasemigodzini, nasemitfonjeni.
Ngako bahamba bobabili, bafike batibonakalisa enkambu yemaFilisti. EmaFilisti atsi: “Ase nibuke! EmaHebheru akhokhotela aphuma emigodzini labebhace kuyo.”