11 Sonkhe siyavungama njengemabhele, siyakhala sibubula njengematuba, sifuna umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa asiwutfoli; sifuna nekukhululwa, kodvwa kukhashane natsi.
Bayasondzela labo labangitondzako, labanemacebo ebubi, kodvwa bakhashane nemtsetfo wakho.
Insindziso ikhashane nalababi, ngobe abatifuni timiso takho.
Ngibutsakatsaka, ngidvubuteke kabi, ngiyabubula ngenca yekutfutfumela enhlitiyweni yami.
Nginake, ungiphendvule. Imicabango yami iyangihlupha, sengidzimate ngakhatsateka,
Ngempela insindziso yakhe isedvute kulabo labamesabako, kuze live letfu libe neludvumo lwakhe,
Ngantjilota ngikhalisa kwenkhonjane, ngabubula ngakhalisa kwelituba, emehlo ami aba luvitsi, nangitsi ngibuka etulu emazulwini, ngihluphekile. Awu Simakadze, wota ungelekelele.”
Emadvodzana akho acalekile, adzindzibele ekugcineni kwato tonkhe titaladi njengenyamatane ibanjwe elugibeni. Emadvodzana akho ehlelwe yintfukutselo yaSimakadze, ahlaselwa kwekhutwa nguNkulunkulu wakho.
Ngako kwehlulela ngebucotfo kukhweshiselwe emuva, nekulunga kume khashane, liciniso likhubatele etindleleni, kwetsembeka akusangeni ndzawo.
Indlela yekuthula abayati; kute umtsetfocotfo emikhondvweni yabo. Bayigucule bayenta tindlela letimatombetombe, kute namunye lohamba ngato loyawutfola kuthula.
Ngako kwehlulela ngebucotfo kukhashane natsi, nekulunga akufinyeleli kitsi. Sifuna kukhanya, kodvwa konkhe kumnyama, sifune bucwebecwebe, kodvwa sihambe kulamnyama ematfunti.
Besetsembe kuthula, kodvwa kute lokuhle lokufikile, besetsembe sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kwefika lokwesabisako kodvwa nje.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Ngidlelelwe kuthula, ngadzimate ngakhohlwa nekutsi kuyini kuphumelela.
Bonkhe labasele labaphunyulile bayawubasetintsabeni babubule njengematuba asetihosheni, ngulowo ngenca yetono takhe.
Abakhali kimi ngalokusuka etinhlitiyweni tabo, kodvwa balila emibhedzeni yabo. Babutsana ndzawonye babutsanele emabele neliwayini lelisha, kodvwa bangifulatsele mine.
Kushaywa umtsetfo wekutsi lelidolobha alidzingiswe lisuswe lapha. Emantfombatana akhona latigcili adzindza sililo; adzindza sililo atikhalela.
Njengesitiba semanti, injalo neNineve; bantfu bayo bayabaleka kuyo, banjengemanti lageleta esuka esitibeni sawo. Bamemeta batsi: “Manini! Manini!” Kodvwa kute ngisho namunye lobanakako.