1 “Umuntfu ute yini umsebenti lomatima lapha emhlabeni? Khona emalanga akhe akanjengawo yini emuntfu locashiwe?
Uyabandzisa bofakazi labemelana nami, wandzise nentfukutselo yakho kimi, utfumele emabutfo ngemabutfo lemelana nami.
“Umuntfu lotelwe ngumfati unemalangana nje lambalwa ekuphila, nawo agcwele lusizi.
Kodvwa umuntfu utalelwe kuhlupheka, njengaloku netinhlase tisuka tiye etulu.
Njengesigcili silangatelela ematfunti asentsambama, nanjengemuntfu locashiwe lolindzela ngekulangatelela umholo wakhe,
“Simakadze, ngatise sigcino sami, ungatise nebungako bekuphila kwami, ncono ngati kutsi ngiyendlula lapha emhlabeni.”
Kute umuntfu lonemandla ekubamba umoya, futsi kute nalonemandla ekujikisa lilanga lekufa kwakhe. Njengobe kute umuntfu lokhululekile nakuliwa imphi, kanjalo futsi nebubi bungeke bubakhulule labo lababentako.
Kodvwa nyalo Simakadze utsi: “Njengesisebenti lesenta sivumelwane seminyaka lemitsatfu nemcashi waso, balisisa kahle emalanga, ngobe ekugcineni kwaleso sikhatsi ludvumo lwakaMowabi luyawuba lihlazo, nalabo labayawube basele bayawuba mbalwa kakhulu futsi nabo bawombile.”
Naku-ke lokushiwo nguSimakadze kimi, utsi: “Njengesisebenti lesenta sivumelwane semnyaka munye nemcashi waso, balisisa kahle emalanga, ngobe ekugcineni kwawo lonkhe ludvumo lwakaKhedari lutawuphela.
“Hamba uyewutjela Hezekiya, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, Nkulunkulu weyihlomkhulu, Davide, utsi: Ngiwuvile umthandazo wakho, ngatibona netinyembeti takho. Ngitakwengetela iminyaka leli-15 ebudzeni bemphilo yakho.
“Khulumani kahle kubaseJerusalema, nimemetele kubo kutsi umshikashika wabo wemsebenti sewuphelelisiwe, nekutsi licala lesono sabo selihlawulelwe, nekutsi sebatfole ngalokuphindziwe esandleni saSimakadze ngaletono tabo.”
Bayawubonisana nalowo labemtsengile kusukela ngalowo mnyaka latitsengisa ngawo kuze kube nguMnyaka Wekubuyiselwa. Intsengo yekukhululwa kwakhe iyakuya ngaleminyaka asehleti nemtsengi wakhe kube shangatsi abe sisebenti lesicashiwe kuleyo minyaka.
Ungakutsatsi ngekutsi kuyintfo lematima kakhulu kukhulula sigcili sakho, ngobe kukusebentela kwaso kuleminyaka lesitfupha kulingana nalokuphindvwe kabili lebekungentiwa sisebenti lesicashiwe. Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho uyakukubusisa kuko konkhe lokwentako.”