8 Ngako bahlangana bonkhe ndzawonye, bakha luzungu lwekutsi bete batekulwa neJerusalema basuse lutfutfuva kuyo.
Cina, ube nesibindzi! Asilwe ngesibindzi silwele sive sakitsi nemadolobha aNkulunkulu wetfu. Simakadze utakwenta loko lokuhle emehlweni akhe.”
“Cinani, nime sibindzi, ningesabi, futsi ningapheli emandla ngenca yalenkhosi yase-Asiriya nalolucucaba lwemphi yayo leta nayo, ngobe kitsi kunemandla lamakhulu kunalawa lenawo yona.
ngase ngitsi: “Awu, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu welizulu, wena unguNkulunkulu lomkhulu nalowesabekako, logcina sivumelwane sakhe selutsandvo kulabo labamtsandzako nalabagcina imiyalo yakhe.
Kodvwa kwatsi boSanbalati, naThobiya, nema-Arabu, nema-Amoni kanye nemadvodza ase-Ashdodi kube beve kutsi lubondza lwaseJerusalema luvuswa kabusha nekutsi lomsebenti uchubeka ngemandla, sekuze kwavalwa ngisho netikhala, batfukutsela batselwa ngemanti.
Ngiva bayahebeta labanyenti batsi: “Sesabiso yonkhe indzawo! Mcebe! Asimcebe!” Bonkhe bangani bami balindzele mine kutsi ngishelele, batsi: “Mhlawumbe utawuyengeka; khona sitawube sesiyamehlula, sitiphindzisele kuye.”
“Yati loku ukucondzisise: Kusukela ekumisweni kwesimiso sekutsi kubuye kuvuswe kabusha iJerusalema yakhiwe, kuze kufike umbusi Logcotjiwe, kuyawuba netikhatsi letisikhombisa netikhatsi letingema-62. Iyakwakhiwa kabusha netitaladi tayo, kumbiwe nemsele wayo, kodvwa kuyawube sekutikhatsi tenhlupheko.
“Ngase ngitsi kini: ‘Ningesabi; nabo ningabesabi.