37 Ngako-ke Senaheribi, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, wadzilita inkambu yakhe, wahamba wabuyela eNineve, wayawuhlala khona.
Hezekiya, inkhosi, watsi kube akuve loko, wadzabula tingubo takhe wembatsa emasaka, wahamba wangena ethempelini laSimakadze.
Emvakwako konkhe loko Hezekiya asasebente konkhe ngekwetsembeka, Senaheribi, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, weta watawuhlasela lakaJuda. Wafike wemisa malungana nemadolobha latinqaba acabanga kutsi utatincobela wona abe ngewakhe.
“Ema-Asiriya ayawubhujiswa ngenkemba, inkemba lengesiyo yendvodza, inkemba lengesiyo yebantfu lababhubhako, itawagwinya. Ayakuyibalekela lenkemba, nemajaha awo ayawusetjentiswa kamatima.
Inqaba yawo iyawudzilika ngenca yekwesaba, netindvuna tawo tiyawutfutfumela kakhulu ekubonakaleni kwesiboniso semphi,” usho Simakadze, lomlilo wakhe useSiyoni, nembutfuma yakhe yemlilo iseJerusalema.
Ungeke uphindze usibone lesive lesinebudlova, labo bantfu belulwimi lolungatiwa kahle, labalulwimi lwabo lungatiwa futsi lungevakali.
Njengobe uyangibhodlela, nanjengobe kungicoloshela kwakho sekufikile etindlebeni tami, ngitawufaka umkhala wami ekhaleni lakho, nelitomu lami emlonyeni wakho. Ngiyawukuncandzekisa ngaleyo ndlela lote ngayo.
Lalelani! Ngitawufaka kuye umoya lotamenta kutsi atsi nakeva umbiko lotsite, ancandzeke abuyele eveni lakhe, ngulapho-ke ngiyawumenta kutsi afele khona ngenkemba.’ ”
“Hamba uye eNineve, lidolobha lelikhulukati, ufike umemetele kubantfu balo utsi bubi babo sebenyukele kimi.”
Ngako-ke wahamba Jona waya eNineve, njengekusho kwelivi laSimakadze. INineve lena kwakulidolobha lelikhulukati; bekungatsatsa emalanga lamatsatfu kutsi umuntfu alihambe lonkhe.
Pho, mine bengingeke ngiyihawukele yini iNineve, lelidolobha lelikhulu kangaka, lapho kukhona bantfu labangakwati kwehlukanisa sandla sabo sekudla nesancele, labati-120 000, kanye netinkhomo letinyenti kangaka?”
Bayakuyehlula bayincobe i-Asiriya, lekulive laNimrodi; yebo, bayakuyibusa ngemkhonto. Ngalendlela siyakuphephiswa kuma-Asiriya, nakahlasela live letfu.
Leli livi lesembulo macondzana neNineve, yincwadzi yembono waNahume wase-Elkhoshi.
Simakadze uyakwelula sandla sakhe amelane nenyakatfo, abhubhise i-Asiriya, iNineve ayishiye ilihlane, yome njengelugwadvule.
Bantfu baseNineve bayakusukuma kanye nalesitukulwane ekwehlulelweni basilahle, ngobe bona baphendvuka ngekushunyayelwa nguJona; ase nibuke-ke, ngobe lapha kukhona lomkhulu kunaJona.