3 Ngako-ke Simakadze, ngiyakuncenga kutsi ukususe kuphila kwami kimi; ngobe kuncono kimi kutsi ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
yena wachubeka wahamba luhambo lolwamtsatsa lilanga lonkhe, aya ekhatsi ehlane. Wefika wahlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla semtsanyelo, wathandazela kutsi asale asafela khona lapho. Wathandaza watsi: “Simakadze, sekwenele, sale utsatsa kuphila kwami; kute lengincono ngakho kunabokhokho bami.”
Libito lelihle lincono kunemakha lamnandzi, nelilanga lekufa lincono kunelekutalwa.
Ungasheshi ucansuke emoyeni wakho, ngobe intfukutselo ihlala esifubeni sesilima.
Yonkhe indzawo lapho ngiyakuyicoshela khona lensali yalesive lesibi iyawucolela kufa kunekuphila, kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.’ ”
Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutsela?”
Nakuphuma lilanga, Nkulunkulu walungisa umoya loshisako wasemphumalanga; lilanga lashaya enhloko yaJona, wadzimate waba nesiyeti, wafisa kufa; wase utsi: “Kuncono ngimane ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
Nangabe utangiphatsa kanjena, ngiyacela kutsi usale sewungibulala khona manje nje, nangizuze umusa ebusweni bakho, khona ngingasayiwuphindze ngibone lusizi lwami.”
Balwa naMosi batsi: “Kube mane savele safa kanye nebanaketfu ngesikhatsi bafela embikwaSimakadze.
Kepha mine angiwasebentisanga lawo malungelo, futsi loko angikubhaleli kutsi kwentiwe kimi. Ngobe kimi kungaba ncono kutsi ngife kunekutsi ngemukeke ludvumo lwami lengilufanele.