19 Maye kimi ngenca yekulimala kwami! Silondza sami aselapheki! Noko ngatitjela, ngatsi: “Lesi sifo sami, kufanele ngisibeketelele.”
Ngiyawuvala umlomo wami ngingasho lutfo, ngobe kunguwe longente ngahlupheka.
Ngibese ngitsi: “Naku lokungihluphako: Sandla sangesekudla saLosetikwako Konkhe sesijikile.”
Ngitawulindzela Simakadze lofihla buso bakhe kuyo indlu yakaJakobe. Ngiyawubeka litsemba lami kuye.
“Khuluma lamavi kubo utsi: “ ‘Emehlo ami akagobhote tinyembeti busuku nemini, angakhawuli; ngobe indvodzakati yami leyintfombi sibili, sive sami, igwazwe linceba lelibi, yalinyatwa kakhulu.
Nome tono tetfu tisilahla ngelicala, awu Simakadze, mane wente lutfo ngenca yeLibito lakho. Ngobe kuhlubuka kwetfu kukhulu, sonile kuwe.
Awu, Simakadze, tsemba lema-Israyeli, bonkhe labakushiyako bayawuhlazeka. Labo labakufulatselako bayawubhalwa elutfulini, ngobe bamshiyile Simakadze, umtfombo wemanti laphilako.
Maye, tinhlungu tami, tinhlungu tami! Ngiyashumpha etinhlungwini tami. Maye, kuqaqamba kwenhlitiyo yami! Inhlitiyo yami iyaqaqamba ngekhatsi kwami, ngehluleka nekubindzisa. Ngobe ngikuvile kukhala kwelicilongo, ngikuvile kuhlatjwa kwemkhosi wemphi.
Ngiva kukhala lokunjengekwemfati lophetfwe ngumhelo, kuquma lokunjengekwalowo lobeleka litubulo lakhe, kukhala kweNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni, lephefumulela etulu, leyelula tandla tayo itsi: “Maye, ngiyacaleka, kuphila kwami kunikelwe etandleni tebabulali.”
Njengobe bantfu bami bayabhujiswa, nami ngiyabhujiswa; ngiyalila, nekwesaba kuyangintfonya.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Ebusuku likhala kabuhlungu, tihlatsi talo tigeleta tinyembeti. Kute namunye longalidvudvuta, kubo bonkhe labalitsandzako. Bonkhe bangani balo balihlamukile, sebagucuke baba titsa talo.
Imifula yetinyembeti iyageleta isuka emehlweni ami, ngobe bantfu bami babhujisiwe.
Sonile kuSimakadze, ngako nyalo kufanele kutfukutsela kwakhe sikubeketelele kwesikhashana. Kodvwa ekugcineni uyawusivikela, acondzise loko lokubi lokwentiwe kitsi. Uyawusiletsa asifake ekukhanyeni; yebo, siyawuphila, simbone asisindzisa.