17 Ngako-ke wancandzeka waya kuye, wamkhandza eceleni kwemnikelo wakhe, eme nebaholi bakaMowabi. Bhalaki wambuta watsi: “Utsiteni Simakadze?”
Inkhosi Sedekiya wase uyatfumela kutsi akalandvwe aletfwe kuye esigodlweni, lapho wafike wambuta ngasense, watsi: “Likhona yini livi lelivela kuSimakadze?” Jeremiya waphendvula watsi: “Yebo, likhona, litsi: Wena utawuniketelwa enkhosini yaseBhabhulona.”
Simakadze wahlangana naBhalamu, wamtjela emavi lekufanele awakhulume, watsi: “Ncandzeka, uye kuBhalaki uyewumtjela lelivi.”
Bhalamu wakhuluma umlayeto wakhe, watsi: “Sukuma, Bhalaki, ulalele, ngive kahle wena, msa waSiphori.
Bhalamu waphendvula, watsi: “Angikakutjeli yini kutsi kufanele ngikhulume loko lengikutjelwa nguSimakadze?”
Eli wabuta watsi: “Yini lena layishito kuwe? Ungangifihleli. Shangatsi Nkulunkulu angakujezisa kakhulu, nakwenteka ungifihlela nome yini lakutjele kona.”