20 Ngobe indalo ibekwe esimeni sebute, hhayi ngekutsandza kwayo, kodvwa ngentsandvo yalowo lowayibeka etsembeni
Lendvodzana wayetsa libito, watsi nguNowa, atsi: “Lona-ke nguye lotasidvudvuta emsebentini wetfu nasekukhatsatekeni kwetfu kuwo lomhlabatsi lowacalekiswa nguSimakadze.”
Nkulunkulu watsi kuNowa: “Sengincume kutsi ngibacedze bonkhe bantfu; ngobe umhlaba ugcwele budlova ngenca yabo. Ngitawubabhubhisa, ngibesuse bonkhe emhlabeni.
Imihla yami ingangemphama yesandla. Kuphila kwami kubukeka kulite kuwe. Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengenkhungu. Cabanga.
“Lite lelite!” kusho uMshumayeli. “Kulite mbamba! Konkhe kulite.”
Itakwentiwa ibe sigagadvu lesilahliwe, yebo, lesihangukile nalesisikhotsa embikwami. Yebo, lonkhe live litawuba sikhotsa, ngobe kute lonakile.
Kuyawudzimate kube ngunini solomane live lihleti ligagadzekile, netjani bawo onkhe emasimi bubunile? Njengobe labo labahlala kulo bakhohlakele, tilwane netinyoni sekubhubhe kwaphela. Ngetulu kwaloko bantfu batsi: “Angeke akubone loko lokwenteka kitsi.”
Ngenca yaloku live liyalila, nabo bonkhe labahlala kulo bayahusheka; tilwane tesiganga netinyoni tasemoyeni kanye netinhlanti taselwandle kuyafa.”
Maye, tinkhomo tiyabhonsa! Imihlambi ihlakatekile, ngobe ayinalo lidlelo, ngisho nemihlambi yetimvu iyahlupheka.
Siyati kutsi kudzimate kube ngulesikhatsi indalo yonkhe iyabubula ngebuhlungu lobufana nemhelo.
Sisindziswe sisetsembeni; kodvwa nasikubona loko lesikwetsembako, akusesilo litsemba. Ngobe ngubani longahle etsembe intfo lasayibonile?