24 IDamaseko seyibutsakatsaka, seyigucukele kubaleka, nekutfutfumela kuyibambile, kudzabuka kwenhlitiyo neminjunju kuyibambile, iminjunju lenjengeyemfati, nakaphetfwe ngumhelo.
Watsi kumfati: “Ngitakwandzisa buhlungu ekukhulelweni kwakho, bube bukhulu kakhulu; uyawutala bantfwana kabuhlungu. Kufisa kwakho kuyawubasendvodzeni yakho, yona iyakukubusa.”
kutfutfumela kubabambe, tinhlungu nekucacamba kubantfonye, bajilajileke njengemfati aphetfwe ngumhelo. Bayawubukana ngekumangala, buso babo buvutse emalangabi.
Butani nibone: Umuntfu lomdvuna wake wamtala yini umntfwana? Manje-ke kwenteka kanjani lokutsi ngibone onkhe emadvodza lanemandla abambe tisu njengemfati nakaphetfwe ngumhelo, onkhe anebuso lobugcungce kwekufa?
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.”
Emadolobha atawutfunjwa, kudliwe netinqaba tawo. Ngalelo langa tinhlitiyo tetihlabani takaMowabi tiyawufanana nenhlitiyo yemfati nasaphetfwe ngumhelo.
Njengelusweti lwendlele timphiko talo uyawujubalata antjweze ehlele etikweBhosra. Ngalelo langa tinhlitiyo tetingwazi taka-Edomu tiyawuba njengenhlitiyo yemfati, nakaphetfwe ngumhelo.”
Emathende abo kanye nemihlambi yabo kuyawutsatfwa, nemadlangala abo ayakwetfwalwa atfunjwe nato tonkhe timphahla tabo nemakamela abo. Bantfu bayawumemeta kubo, batsi: ‘Tesabekiso yonkhe indzawo.’
Ngiyakwenta i-Elamu kutsi iphele emandla embikwetitsa tayo, emehlweni alabo labatfungatsa timphilo tayo. Ngiyakwehlisela sigemegeme etikwabo, yebo, ngisho nekutfukutsela kwami lokwesabekako,” kusho Simakadze. “Ngiyawubacosha ngenkemba, ngidzimate ngibabhubhise ngibacedze.
Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona ive imibiko ngabo, nyalo imikhono yayo seyiyalenga nje, kucacamba kwenhlitiyo sekuyibambile, iminjunju lenjengeyemfati nakaphetfwe ngumhelo.
Siyivile imibiko ngabo, saphela emandla, imikhono yetfu iyalenga nje kitsi, sibanjwe kudzabuka nekwesaba lokukhulu, tinhlungu letifanana netemfati lobelekako.
Imihelo yemfati nasatawubeleka iyamfikela, kodvwa ungumntfwana lote kuhlakanipha; kutsi nakufika sikhatsi sakhe, angete eta ngasemnyango wesibeletfo.
Konkhe loku kukucala kwemihelo.
Sive siyawuvukela lesinye sive, umbuso uvukele lomunye umbuso, kuyawuba nekutamatama kwemhlaba tindzawo ngetindzawo, kuyawuba netindlala. Loko kuyawube kukucala kwetinsizi, kube njengemhelo walomsikati nasatawuteta.