16 Ngobe uyakwehlulela bonkhe bantfu ngemlilo nangenkemba; labo lababulewe nguSimakadze bayawuba banyenti.
Kute leningakwenta ngaphandle kwekushosha phansi kanye nalabatfunjwako, nome niwele phansi emkhatsini walababulewe. Noko ngako konkhe loku, lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki, nesandla sakhe sisephakeme.
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawujezisa ngenkemba yakhe leyesabekako, lenkhulu nalenemandla lamakhulu, uyawujezisa Leviyathani, inyoka lenyelelako, yebo, Leviyathani, inyoka letibutsako; yena uyawubulala silo saselwandle.
Simakadze utilungiselele kutsetsa emacala; uyasukuma atekwehlulela sive.
Simakadze uyakwenta bantfu kutsi babuve bukhosi belivi lakhe, uyawubabonisa kwehla kwemkhono wakhe ngentfukutselo lekhephukako nangemlilo lodlako, nangekucheketeka kwemafu, nangekudvuma, nangesangcotfo.
“Ema-Asiriya ayawubhujiswa ngenkemba, inkemba lengesiyo yendvodza, inkemba lengesiyo yebantfu lababhubhako, itawagwinya. Ayakuyibalekela lenkemba, nemajaha awo ayawusetjentiswa kamatima.
Simakadze utitfukutselele tonkhe tive; intfukutselo yakhe isetikwawo onkhe emabutfo ato. Uyakuwabhubhisa onkhe awacedze, awanikele kutsi agwazwe.
ngiyawunimisela inkemba, nonkhe niyawukhotsamela kuhlatjwa, ngobe nganibita, kodvwa anizange nisabele, ngakhuluma, kodvwa anizange nilalele. Nenta lokubi emehlweni ami, nakhetsa loko lokungangijabulisi.”
Sidvumo siyawuhokoma sivakale nasemikhawulweni yemhlaba, ngobe Simakadze tive uyawutibeka emacala, uyakwehlulela bonkhe bantfu, lababi abalalise phansi ngenkemba,’ ” kusho Simakadze.
Ngaleso sikhatsi labo labayawube sebabulewe nguSimakadze bayawugcwala yonkhe indzawo, kusukela ngala kwemhlaba kuye ngale kwawo. Bangeke balilelwe, futsi bangeke babutfwe nome bangcwatjwe, kodvwa bayawufanana netibi letisakateke phansi emhlabatsini.
Pho, ungatifunela yini wena tintfo letinkhulu? Ungatifuni. Ngobe ngiyakwehlisela inhlekelele etikwabo bonkhe bantfu, kodvwa wena nome ngukuphi lapho uya khona, ngiyawukwenta uphunyule kanye nemphilo yakho, kusho Simakadze.’ ”
Emabutfo ayawulaliselwani lunja? Bangeke beme, ngobe Simakadze uyawubadvudvula abalahle phansi.
Utingcolisile tindzawo takho letingcwele ngetono takho letinyenti nangekungetsembeki kwakho ekutsengiseni kwakho. Ngako ngase ngenta kutsi kuphume umlilo kuwe, waphuma wadla wena, ngakwehlisa waba ngumlotsa emhlabatsini, embikwabo bonkhe lababekubukile.
“ ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Akusiwe yini lona lengakhuluma ngaye ngemalanga akadzeni ngetinceku tami baphrofethi baka-Israyeli? Ngaleso sikhatsi baphrofetha iminyakanyaka kutsi ngitawutfumela wena uyewumelana nabo.’ ”
Uyawuba lihlazo, nesihhala, nesecwayiso, nentfo leyesabisako kuletive letikutungeletile, nase ngikwehlulela ngentfukutselo, nangelulaka, nangekutsetsisa lokubuhlungu. Mine, Simakadze, sengikhulumile.
ngiyawubutsa tonkhe tive ngitehlisele eSigodzini sakaJehoshafati. Lapho-ke ngulapho ngiyawutehlulela khona ngenca yelifa lami, sive sami saka-Israyeli, ngobe tasakata sive sami, tasifaka kuto tonkhe tive, talidzabudzabula live lami.
Naku-ke iNkhosi Simakadze lengibonise kona: INkhosi Simakadze beyisabita kwehlulela kwemlilo, lomlilo womisa lwandle lolungaphansi kwemhlaba, waze lomlilo wacala kudla live.
Umlilo utakudlela khona lapho, nenkemba itakudla ikucedze, njengetintsetse tidla tjani, nawe umlilo utakudla ukucedze, wandze njengesikhonyane.
Bagibeli bemahhashi bayajijimeta, kumanya tinkemba, tikhali bumengemenge. Imphi yatfolana etulu, kwadzindzibala tindvundvuma tetidvumbu letingeke tibalwe nekubalwa; bantfu bagijima etikwato, tiyabagila.
Niyawubalekela ngasesigodzini sentsaba yami, ngobe lesigodzi siyawufikela e-Aseli. Yebo, niyawubaleka njengamhlazane nibalekela kutamatama kwemhlaba ngesikhatsi sa-Uziya, inkhosi yakaJuda. Simakadze-ke longuNkulunkulu wami uyawube sewuyefika kanye nabo bonkhe labangcwele bakhe.