24 Umlimi nakalima atawuhlanyela, uyaye alibale kulima yini? Vele, ulibala kugucula yini ahhalige umhlaba wakhe?
Kunesikhatsi sekutalwa nesikhatsi sekufa, sikhatsi sekuhlanyela nesikhatsi sekusiphula,
Lalelani, nive livi lami; linakekeleni, nive kutsi ngitsini.
Nase awulime kahle umhlabatsi wakhe wawuhlanganisa waba kahle, uyaye angabe asayihlanyela yini inhlanyelo yakhe yetinandzisi, asakate nekhumini yakhe? Akahlanyeli kolo yini endzaweni yakhe, nebhali ensimini yayo, nemabele ensimini yawo?
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze emadvodzeni akaJuda newaseJerusalema, utsi: “Limani umhlaba wenu longakalinywa, ningahlanyeli nje ekhatsi emanyeveni.