4 Simakadze uyawukugeza kungcola kwalabasikati baseSiyoni; uyawuhlanta emacabhacabha engati aseJerusalema ngemoya wekwehlulela nangemoya wemlilo.
Ngigezisise ebubini bami, ngihlambulule esonweni sami.
Phumani, nine madvodzakati aseSiyoni, nitewubukela inkhosi Solomoni, nasafake umchele wakhe, umchele lawetfweswa ngunina ngelilanga lagidzisa ngalo umfati, mhlazana inhlitiyo yakhe ijabulile.
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Ngitawugucula sandla sami, ngimelane nani, ngitawacengisisa onkhe emanyela enu, ngisuse konkhe kungcola kwenu.
Emadvodza lanemandla ayawuba timbhaca, umsebenti wawo ufanane nenhlase: kokubili kuyawusha ndzawonye, kubete longawucisha lowo mlilo.”
Ngaloku-ke licala lakaJakobe liyawube selihlawulelwe, loku kuyawuba sitselo lesiphelele sekwesulwa kwesono sakhe: Ngesikhatsi enta onkhe emalati ematje, kutsi abe njengematje emcakaco, aphushuke abe timvutfu, kute nayinye insika ya-Ashera nome lilati lemphepho leliyawusala limile.
Uyawuba ngumoya wemtsetfocotfo kulowo lohlalela kwehlulela, abe sisusa semandla kulabo labajikisa imphi esangweni.
Ngelulaka lwaSimakadze longuSomandla live liyawugagadzeka, nebantfu bayawuba tinkhuni temlilo; kute loyawuphephisa umnakabo.
Tonkhe ticatfulo temasotja labetisebentisa emphini, nato tonkhe tembatfo tawo letibhucabhucwe engatini titawushiswa, tibe kudla kwemlilo.
Wena uhlala emkhatsini wemanga odvwa, ngalamanga abo bayala kungemukela,” kusho Simakadze.
Kungcola kwayo kunamatsele etidvwabeni tayo; ayizange ilinakekele likusasa layo. Kuwa kwayo kwakumangalisa, kwabate labengayidvudvuta. “Awu Simakadze, buka kushaywa kwami, ngobe sitsa siyangehlula.”
Ngitanisakatela emkhatsini wetive, nginihlakatele emaveni ngemave; ngiyawukucedza kungcola kwenu.
Ngiyawunifafata ngemanti lahlobile, bese niyahlanteka; ngiyawunihlanta kuko konkhe kungcola kwenu nakuto tonkhe tithico tenu.
Ngiyawuniphephisa kuko konkhe kungcola kwenu. Ngiyawubita lokutinhlavu, ngikwandzise kube kunyenti, ngingayehliseli kini indlala.
Licala labo lengati, lengisengakalitsetseleli ngiyawulitsetselela.” Simakadze uhlala eSiyoni!
Nako kulelo dolobha lebacindzeteli, labahlubukako nalabangcolile!
“Ngalelo langa umtfombo uyawuvulekela indlu yakaDavide kanye nalabo labahlala eJerusalema, kutsi utewubahlanta esonweni nasekungcoleni.
Lencenye yesitsatfu ngiyakuyimikisa emlilweni, ngibacenge njengesiliva, ngibahlolisise njengegolide. Bayakulibita Libito lami, bese mine ngiyabaphendvula; ngiyawutsi: ‘Bona babantfu bami;’ nabo batsi: ‘Simakadze nguNkulunkulu wetfu.’ ”
“Impela lilanga liyeta; liyawushisa njengemlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako. Bonkhe labatigcabhako bangangihloniphi nalabenta lokubi bayawuba tinhlanga, lelo langa lelitako liyawubalumekela ngemlilo,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Kute imphandze nome ligala leliyawusala kubo.
“Jerusalema, Jerusalema! Wena lobulala baphrofethi, ubagcobe ngematje labatfunywe kuwe! Kukangaki ngifisa kubutsela ndzawonye bantfu bakho, njengesikhukhukati sifukamela emantjwele aso, kodvwa awuzange sewungivumele!