13 Simakadze watsi: “Kungenca yekutsi bawufulatsele umtsetfo wami lengababekela wona; abakangilaleli, kantsi futsi abakawulandzeli umtsetfo wami.
“Kodvwa nangabe nine nigucuka nifulatsela timiso tami nemiyalo yami lenginiyale ngayo, nihambe niyewukhonta labanye bonkulunkulu nikhuleke kubo,
“Kodvwa nyalo, Nkulunkulu wetfu, singatsini nje emvakwaloku? Ngobe phela sesiyephulile imiyalo yakho,
Nangibona tikhohlakali tephula umtsetfo wakho ngemabomu, ngitfukutsela ngigcwale kokana.
Labo labephula umtsetfo ngemabomu badvumisa lababi; kodvwa labo labahlonipha umtsetfo baphambana nebantfu lababi.
Labantfu lababi labalako kulalela emavi ami balandzele inkhani yetinhlitiyo tabo, balandzele labanye bonkulunkulu kutsi batewubasebentela babakhonte, bayawufanana nalelibhande, bangabi namsebenti walutfo ngalokuphelele!
Imphendvulo yabo iyawutsi: ‘Kungobe basilahla sivumelwane saSimakadze Nkulunkulu wabo, bakhonta labanye bonkulunkulu, basebentela bonkulunkulu labanye.’ ”
Bantfu nabakubuta, Jeremiya, batsi: ‘Simakadze ukwenteleni konkhe loku kitsi?’ uyawubatjela utsi: ‘Njengobe ningishiyile mine nakhonta labanye bonkulunkulu betive eveni lenu, ngako manje seniyawukhonta betive eveni lekungesilo lenu.’ ”
Kodvwa abazange bangilalele, abanginakanga nekunginaka. Bacinisa tinhloko tabo, benta tono letinyenti kakhulu kunaletentiwa boyisemkhulu.