16 Simakadze utsi: “Bafati baseSiyoni bayatigcabha; bahamba belule tintsamo, bacwashacwashata ngemehlo abo, nabahambako, bashayela etulu, emacakaleni abo kukhehleta imihlobiso labayigabile.
Kutigcabha kwendvulela kufa, nemoya wekutiphakamisa wendvulela kuwa.
Kutigabatisa nekutiphakamisa sono, loku luphawu lwalababi.
Labanye bayatigcabha, bahlala ngekuchukuluta labanye bantfu.
Phumani, nine madvodzakati aseSiyoni, nitewubukela inkhosi Solomoni, nasafake umchele wakhe, umchele lawetfweswa ngunina ngelilanga lagidzisa ngalo umfati, mhlazana inhlitiyo yakhe ijabulile.
INdvodzakati yaseSiyoni seyisele njengendlu yekukhosela esivinini, nanjengelichugwana ensimini yemajoti, yebo, njengelidolobha lelivinjetelwe.
Umhlaba uyoma ubune, live lonkhe liyahhohhobala libune, labaphakeme bemhlaba nabo bayahhohhobala.
Buka-ke nyalo, iNkhosi Simakadze lenguSomandla seyitawususa eJerusalema nakaJuda lokungenako nako konkhe lokubasekelako: konkhe kudla lokungenako nawo onkhe emanti langenako,
Ngako-ke Simakadze utawuveta tilondza etinhloko tebafati baseSiyoni; Simakadze utawucotfula tinhloko tabo, tibe timphandla.”
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawubemuka lemihlobiso yabo: emabhengela, nemibhodze leticebedvu kanye nemagcebesha asentsanyeni,
Ngiyakwenta bafana babe tindvuna tabo; bayawuphatfwa bantfwana nje.
Simakadze uyawukugeza kungcola kwalabasikati baseSiyoni; uyawuhlanta emacabhacabha engati aseJerusalema ngemoya wekwehlulela nangemoya wemlilo.
Ngalelo langa ungeke udliwe ngemahloni ngako konkhe lokubi lokwentile kimi, ngobe kulelidolobha ngiyawubesusa labo labajabula ngeligcabho labo. Ungeke uphindze utigcabhe etikwaleligcuma lami lelingcwele.
“Khulumani kuyo iNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni kutsi: ‘Bheka iNkhosi yakho ita kuwe, itfobekile, igibele embongolweni, yebo, etfoleni, enkhonyaneni yembongolo.’ ”
Jesu wagucukela kubo watsi: “Bomake baseJerusalema, ningangikhaleli mine, kodvwa tikhaleleni nine nebantfwana benu.