16 Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze kimi, utsi: “Njengesisebenti lesenta sivumelwane semnyaka munye nemcashi waso, balisisa kahle emalanga, ngobe ekugcineni kwawo lonkhe ludvumo lwakaKhedari lutawuphela.
Emadvodzana a-Ishmayeli ngekwelamana kwawo bekunguNebayothi, litibulo lakhe, naKhedari, na-Adbeli, naMibsamu,
Emadvodzana a-Ishmayeli bekunguNebayothi, litubulo lakhe, naKhedari, na-Adbeli, naMibsamu,
“Umuntfu ute yini umsebenti lomatima lapha emhlabeni? Khona emalanga akhe akanjengawo yini emuntfu locashiwe?
Maye kimi, lengingumchamuki lapha kaMesheki, ngihlala emathendeni akaKhedari.
Ngiluhlata, kodvwa ngiyatsandzeka, awu, madvodzakati aseJerusalema, ngiluhlata njengemathende aseKhedari; yebo, njengetindvwangu temathende aSolomoni.
Kodvwa nyalo Simakadze utsi: “Njengesisebenti lesenta sivumelwane seminyaka lemitsatfu nemcashi waso, balisisa kahle emalanga, ngobe ekugcineni kwaleso sikhatsi ludvumo lwakaMowabi luyawuba lihlazo, nalabo labayawube basele bayawuba mbalwa kakhulu futsi nabo bawombile.”
Lihlane nemadolobha alo akuphakamise emaphimbo ako; tabelo, lapho kuhlala khona bakaKhedari, atijabule. Bantfu baseSela abahlabele ngekujabula, abamemete baseticongweni tetintsaba.
Yonkhe imihlambi yaseKhedari iyawubutsanela kuwe, tihhanca takaNebayothi tiyawukukhonta, tibe ngiminikelo leyemukeleka elatini lami, ngiyawulihlobisa lithempeli leludvumo lwami.
Yewelelani ngesheya niye elugwini lwaseKhithimu nibuke, tfumelani eKhedari nibukisise kahle, nibone kutsi yake yaba khona yini intfo lefanana nale:
Macondzana neKhedari nemibuso yaseHasori, leyahlaselwa nguNebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Sukumani nihlasele iKhedari, nibhubhise bantfu basemphumalanga.
“ ‘Base-Arabiya nabo bonkhe labakhulu baseKhedari bekunguwona makhasimende akho lamakhulu, bona-ke babetsengiselana nawe ngemazinyane etimvu, nangetihhanca tetimvu kanye netimbuti.