21 bonkhe baka-Edomu, nebakaMowabi, nebaka-Amoni;
Khumbula, Simakadze, lokwentiwa ngema-Edomu mzukwana kutfunjwa iJerusalema. Khumbula kutsi bakusho kanjani kutsi: “Yibhidliteni! Yibhidliteni iphele nya!”
Emandla aSimakadze ayakuyengama lentsaba, kodvwa Mowabi utawunyatselwa phansi ngetinyawo, njengetibi natigcotjwagcotjwa emcubeni.
Naku lokwashiwo nguSimakadze kimi, watsi: “Yenta emajoko ngetitilobho nemicabo, lelinye lawo ulibeke entsanyeni yakho,
bese utfumela lawa lamanye kanye nelivi enkhosini yaka-Edomu, neyakaMowabi, neyaka-Amoni, neyaseThire, neyaseSidoni ngemancusa lefike eJerusalema kuSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda.
tatsi kuye: “Awati yini kutsi Bhalisi, inkhosi yema-Amoni, utfumele Ishmayeli, umsa waNethaniya, kutsi atekubulala?” Kodvwa Gedaliya, umsa wa-Ahikamu, akazange abakholwe.
Macondzana neMowabi: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, utsi: “Maye kuyo iNebo, ngobe itawubhidlitwa. IKhiriyathayimu iyawuhlazeka itfunjwe, inqaba iyawuhlazeka ihhihlitelwe phansi.
Macondzana nema-Amoni: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Israyeli akanamadvodzana yini? Ute yini tindlalifa? Kepha kwentiwa yini kutsi Moloki atsatse Gadi amente wakhe? Kwentiwa yini kutsi bantfu bakhe bahlale emadolobheni akhe?”
Macondzana ne-Edomu: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Sekwabate yini kuhlakanipha eThemani? Setaphela yini teluleko kulabahlakaniphile? Kuhlakanipha kwabo sekwabola yini?
baseGibhithe, nebakaJuda, nebaka-Edomu, nebaka-Amoni, nebakaMowabi, nabo bonkhe labahlala ehlane etindzaweni letikhashane. Ngobe tonkhe leto tive empeleni atikasoki, ngisho nayo yonkhe indlu yaka-Israyeli ayikasoki enhlitiyweni.”
Livi laSimakadze lefika kimi, latsi:
“I-Edomu ilapho, emakhosi ayo nato tonkhe tiphatsimandla tayo; nome babenemandla, noko balaliswe kanye nalababulewe ngenkemba nalabo labangakasokwa, kanye nalabo labehlela emgodzini.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu baka-Edomu bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Bacosha bomnakabo ngenkemba balahla sihawu, intfukutselo yabo yabhebhetseka kokuphela, yebo, nekutfukutsela kwabo kwakungasekhuteki.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu baka-Amoni bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Ema-Amoni abahlinze beva bafati labatetfwele bakaGileyadi, kuze atekwandzisa iminyele yawo.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Bantfu bakaMowabi bone kwaze kwengca, ngaleso sizatfu ngingeke ngihlale ngingabajezisi. Bashise ematsambo enkhosi yaka-Edomu, adzimate aba njengemcakaco.
Umndeni wakaJakobe uyawuba ngumlilo, umndeni wakaJosefa ube lilangabi. Umndeni waka-Esawu uyawuba tibi, bayakuwokhela ngemlilo bawushise uze uphele. Kuyawubate insali emndenini waka-Esawu. Mine, Simakadze, sengishito.”
