4 Simakadze wamphendvula watsi: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutsela?”
Simakadze watsi kuKhayini: “Utfukutseleleni? Buso bakho bunyukumaleleni?
Ngako Ahabi wabuyela ekhaya ahluneme atfukutsele, ngobe Nabothi waseJezreyeli atsite: “Ngingeke ngikunike lifa labobabemkhulu.” Wafike walala embhedzeni wakhe, acumbelene; wadvuba nekudla kudla.
Caphela kutsi kubete lokuhuha ngebunjinga, ungavumi kwedukiswa tinsambansamba temidizo.
Kwamkhuba kakhulu loko Jona, ngako watfukutsela kakhulu.
Ngako-ke Simakadze, ngiyakuncenga kutsi ukususe kuphila kwami kimi; ngobe kuncono kimi kutsi ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
Jona waphuma kulelidolobha wayawuhlala ngasemphumalanga yalo, watentela lidlangala lapho. Wahlala emtfuntini ngaphansi kwalo, kute atewubona lokwase kutakwenteka kulelidolobha laseNineve.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuJona: “Unalungelo lini lekutfukutselela lomhlafutfo?” Yena-ke watsi: “Ngenta kahle kutsi ngitfukutsele; ngitfukutsele kutsi angife ngitsi saka!”
Simakadze utsi: “Sive sami, ngenteni kini? Nginetfwese mtfwalo muni? Ngiphendvuleni.
“Aroni sewutakuya kulabafile bakubo, ngako akasoze angene eveni lengilinike ema-Israyeli, ngobe nine nobabili aningihloniphanga ngasemantini aseMeribha.
Kantsi angikavumeleki yini kwenta lengikutsandzako ngalokukwami? Nome unemona ngekutsi ngiyephana?’