15 Besetsembe kuthula, kodvwa kute lokuhle lokufikile, besetsembe sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kwefika lokwesabisako kodvwa nje.
Kodvwa nangitsi ngifuna lokuhle, kusuke kufike lokubi; nangitsi ngifuna kukhanya, kusuke kuchamuke bumnyama.
Etikwawo onkhe emadvundvu latingagadvu babhubhisi bayawunyakatela, ngobe inkemba yaSimakadze iyawubadla bantfu, kusukela ngala kwelive kuye ngale kwalo, kute namunye loyawusindza.
Sewumlahle kokuphela yini Juda? Umbukela phansi yini Siyoni? Usishayelani sive singete sakhona kuphiliswa nje? Sasetsemba kutsi kutawuba nekuthula nenhlalakahle, kodvwa kute nakunye lokuhle lokusehlele. Setsemba sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kodvwa kwaba nekutfutfumela kuphela.
Ngakhuluma ngatsi: “Yebo, Nkhosi Simakadze, maye, usiyengile lesive kanye nebantfu baseJerusalema, watsi: ‘Niyawuba nekuthula,’ kwabe kungulapho inkemba isemiphinjeni yetfu.”
Ningaphumeli emasimini, nome-ke nihambe emigwacweni, ngobe sitsa siphetse inkemba, kuyesabeka yonkhe indzawo.
Babopha emanceba ebantfu bami, kube shangatsi yintfo nje lengenamsebenti, babe batsi: “Kuthula, kuthula,” kube kantsi kute nalokuthula.
Nakufika kwesabisa, bayawukufuna kuthula, kodvwa abayiwukutfola.
Takhamiti taseMarothi timele kusitakala kwato ngekulangatelela lokukhulu, ngobe Simakadze usondzete sigemegeme emasangweni aseJerusalema.
Ngesikhatsi bantfu batsi: “Kunekuthula nenhlalakahle,” ngekushesha lokukhulu kubhujiswa kuyawubatuma njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka; futsi kute loyawusindza.