31 “Sukumani nihlasele lesive lesikhibikile, lesihleti ngesibindzi, sive lesingenamasango lacinile, ngisho nemicabo. Bantfu baso bahlala ngabodvwa,” kusho Simakadze.
Umphefumulo wetfu ukhatsele kakhulu kweyiwa ngulabanjingile, nakwedzelelwa ngulabatigabatisako.
Lababi-ke banjalo, bakhomba ngalosekhatsi, bandzise ingcebo.
Tfutfumelani, nine bafati labakhibikile; yesabani, nine madvodzakati lenitivela niphephile! Khumulani kwekwembatsa kwenu. Vunulani emasaka etinkhalo tenu.
Nine bafati labakhibikile, sukumani nilalele kimi, nine madvodzakati lenitivela niphephile, lalelani naku lengitakusho!
Lihlane nemadolobha alo akuphakamise emaphimbo ako; tabelo, lapho kuhlala khona bakaKhedari, atijabule. Bantfu baseSela abahlabele ngekujabula, abamemete baseticongweni tetintsaba.
“Nyalo-ke, lalela, wena mtsandzi wekukhibika, wena lotibusa ngekuvikeleka kwakho, ucabange utsi: ‘Ngimi ngimi, futsi kute lomunye. Ngingeke ngize ngibe ngumfelokati, nome ngive kufelwa bantfwana.’
“Mowabi abesaphumulile kusukela kwasebusheni bakhe, njengeliwayini lelisele emashiceni, lingakatfululwa kuloludziwo lafakwa kulolwa; akakayi ekudzingisweni. Ngako usanambitseka njengobe abenjalo, neliphunga lakhe alikagucuki.”
“ ‘Ngalelo langa kuyawuphuma titfunywa kimi, tiphume ngemikhumbi tiyekwesabisa baseKushe, kuze baphelelwe kutamasa kwabo. Bayakwehlelwa kwesaba lokukhulu, mhlazana baseGibhithe behlelwa sehlakalo, ngobe ngempela siyawufika.
Uyakutsi: “Ngitawungenela live lelitabelo talo tingakabiyelwa, ngiyawuhlasela sive lesinekuthula, sive lesingakacapheli lutfo, bonkhe bahlala ebaleni bangakavikeleki, abanamasango namicabo.
Ngiyawutfumela umlilo kuMagogi, nakulabo labahlala bavikelekile emaveni lagudla lwandle, bayawukwati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.
Simakadze, bani ngumelusi wesive sakho losikhetsile. Nome bantfu bakho bahlala babodvwa ehlane, kodvwa batungeletwe live lelivundzile. Abasukume batondle emadlelweni laneluhlata lolunyenti, eBhashani nakaGileyadi, njengobe babenta kadzenidzeni.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Nome ema-Asiriya anemandla futsi amanyenti, ayakubhujiswa aphele. Nome senginihluphe nganishaya kangaka, nine maJuda, ngingeke ngisachubeka nekunihlupha.
Leli lidolobha lelinganaki lutfo, lelaliphila liphephile. Latikhulumela lona, latsi: “Ngimi ngimi, kute futsi lelinye ngaphandle kwami.” Maye, imbhubhiso lese lingiyo, seliyindzawo yekubutsanela tilwane tesiganga! Bonkhe labendlula ngakulo bayalishalatelela, balihheletele ngetandla tabo.
Ngiyababona loku ngilapha esicongweni sentsaba lesilidvwala. Yebo, ngiyababona loku ngilapha etulu ekuphakameni, ngibasinga umkhanya. Ngababona basive lesitihlalela sodvwa, sitehlukanise naletinye tive.
Ngako Israyeli uyawuhlala aphephile, umtfombo waJakobe uvikelekile, eveni lemabele neleliwayini lelisha, lapho emazulu ehlisela khona ematolo.