12 Lidolobha selisele litindzala, emasango alo abhidlitwe aba ticucu.
“Awu, sango, lila! Awu, dolobha, hhewula! Ttutfumela, wena Filistiya! Ngobe emabutfo emphi lenemandla ayeta, aphuma ngasenyakatfo; ate ngisho nome linye lisotja leliligwala.
Inqaba iyawusala yodvwa, lidolobha lemsindvo lisale likhala libhungane, indlu leyinqaba kanye nembhoshongo kuyawuba lihlane lelingenalutfo phakadze naphakadze, kube kujabula kwetimbongolo nelidlelo lemihlambi,
Nome sangcotfo singalivitsita lihlatsi, nelidolobha silibhidlite liphele nya,
Ngiyawuhamba embikwakho ngente tintsaba tibeke. Ngiyakwephula emasango elitfusi, ngijube imigcala yetinsimbi lengimishudvo.
“IJerusalema ngitayenta indvundvuma yematje, ngiyente umgedze wetimphungutja. Emadolobha akaJuda ngiyakuwenta abe tindzala, kuze kubete muntfu lohlala kuwo.”
Maye! laze lasala likhala libhungane lidolobha, yebo, lidolobha lelake lanyakatela bantfu! Awu! laze lafanana nemfelokati, lidolobha lelake ladvuma emkhatsini wetive! IJerusalema leyake yaba yindlovukazi emkhatsini wemave, nyalo seyigucuke yaba sigcili.
Imigwaco leya eSiyoni iyalila, ngobe sekwabate namunye lota emikhosini yayo lemisiwe. Onkhe emasango ayo asasala anesitunge, baphristi bayo bayabubula, emantfombatana ayo ayadzabuka, isebuhlungwini lobumatima kakhulu.
Emasango ayo ashone emhlabatsini; imicabo yayo wayifohlota wayibhubhisa. Inkhosi yayo netikhulu tayo tahlakatwa tayiswa etiveni, umtsetfo sekwabate, Nebaphrofethi bayo abasayitfoli imibono levela kuSimakadze.
ngobe intsaba iSiyoni seyisele ikhala libhungane, timphungutja tiyajangaza kuyo.
Takhamiti taseMarothi timele kusitakala kwato ngekulangatelela lokukhulu, ngobe Simakadze usondzete sigemegeme emasangweni aseJerusalema.
Emanceba ekushaywa nguSimakadze, ashaya iSamariya, angeke elapheke; yebo, naJuda utakwehlelwa ngulawo manceba. Kubhujiswa sekusemasangweni eJerusalema, lapho kuhlala khona bantfu bami.”
Inkhosi yatfukutsela kakhulu, yaze yakhipha imphi yemasotja leyafike yabulala bonkhe labo babulali, yashisa nelidolobha labo.