26 Livi lakhe lanyakatisa umhlaba; kodvwa nyalo sewetsembisile watsi: “Ngitawuphindze nginyakatise, hhayi umhlaba kuphela, kodvwa nelizulu.”
Yonkhe leNtsaba iSinayi yasibekelwa lifu, ngobe Simakadze abesehlele etikwayo ngemlilo. Intfutfu yenyuka njengentfutfu yembutfuma yemlilo; yonkhe intsaba yatamatama.
Ngako-ke emazulu ngiyakuwenta atfutfumele, nemhlaba utanyatanyiswe usuke endzaweni yawo, ngenca yelulaka lwaSimakadze longuSomandla, ngalelo langa lentfukutselo yakhe levutsako.
Bantfu bayawubalekela emigedzeni yasemadvwaleni, nasemigodzini lesemhlabatsini, babalekele kwesabeka kwaSimakadze nebumengemenge bebukhosi bakhe, nakasukumela kunyakatisa umhlaba.
Simakadze utsi: “Njengobe emazulu lamasha nemhlaba lomusha lengikudalako kuyawuhlala kukhona embikwami, kanjalo libito lakho netitukulwane takho tiyawuhlala tikhona.
Simakadze utawubhodla aseSiyoni, abhavumule eJerusalema, umhlaba nesibhakabhaka kutfutfumele. Kodvwa Simakadze utawuba siphephelo esiveni sakhe, abe yinqaba yesive saka-Israyeli.
tintsaba takubona tatfutfumela. Kwendlula tikhukhula temanti, kujula kwabhodla, kwaphakamisela emagagasi ako etulu.
“Tjela Zerubhabheli, umbusi wakaJuda, kutsi ngitawunyakatisa emazulu nemhlaba.
Ngitawuketula tihlalo tebukhosi ngibhidlite emandla emibuso yebetive. Ngitawuketula tincola temphi kanye nebashayeli bato, emahhashi kanye nebagibeli bawo bayawuwela phansi, ngulowo ngenkemba yemnakabo.
Lamavi latsi: “Ngitawuphindze” akhombisa ngalokukhanyako kutsi konkhe lokudaliwe kutawunyakatiswa kususwe, kuze kutsi lokungeke kunyakatiswe kusale kunjalo.
“Yebo, Simakadze, nawuphuma eSeyiri, nawuhlasela usuka eveni laka-Edomu, umhlaba watamatama, emazulu acitsa. Emafu acitsa imvula.