3 Emvakwekushaywa nekukhandleka kamatima, Juda sewuyiswe ekutfunjweni. Sewuhlala emkhatsini wetive, akayitfoli indzawo yekuphumula. Bonkhe labacoshana naye sebamkhandzile, bamkhandza asekhatsi elusizini.
Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, wabatfumba bonkhe labantfu lababesele kulelidolobha neluntfu lonkhe lolwalusele, wabatfumba kanye nalaba lababehlubuke baya enkhosini yaseBhabhulona.
Lapha eRibla, eveni laseHamathi, inkhosi yafike yababulalela khona. Ngako-ke sive sakaJuda satfunjelwa khashane nelive laso.
Lubondza-ke lwalelidolobha lwase luyafohlwa, imphi yonkhe yabhuza ebusuku seyibaleka, yaphuma ngelisango lelisemkhatsini wetibondza letimbili letatingasengadzeni yenkhosi, lite nome emaBhabhulona abelitungeletile lelidolobha. Yabaleka yabhekisa emabombo ngase-Arabha,
kodvwa emabutfo emaBhabhulona acosha Sedekiya, inkhosi, aze amkhandza etsafeni laseJerikho. Onkhe emasotja akhe esuswa kuye asakatwa,
Emadolobha aseNegevu ayawuvalwa, futsi kuyawubate loyakuwavula. Juda wonkhe uyawutfunjwa, ayiswe ekudzingisweni, atsatfwe wonkhe.
“Kodvwa nyalo sengitawutfumela badwebi babe banyenti, futsi batababamba baka-Israyeli. Emvakwaloko ngitawutfumela batingeli babe banyenti, batawubatingela yonkhe indzawo, ngisho nasetintsabeni, nasemagcumeni, nasemifantfwini yemadvwala,” kusho Simakadze.
‘Ngiyawubenta babe sinengiso nesikhubekiso kuyo yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba, babe lihlazo nesiga, babe yintfo yekuhlekisa nesicalekiso, nome ngukuphi lapho ngibadzingisele khona.
Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni benkhosi, watfumba bantfu lababesele edolobheni kanye nalabanye nje bantfu labebasele, wabayisa eBhabhulona kanye nalabo labahlubuke baya kuye.
Nebuzaradani indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, watfumba labanye balababemphofu kakhulu nalabo labebasasele edolobheni, kanye nalabebasele betingcweti, nalabo lababehlubuke baya enkhosini yaseBhabhulona, wabayisa ekutfunjweni.
kodvwa emabutfo aseBhabhulona acosha inkhosi Sedekiya, aze ayikhandza etsafeni laseJerikho. Onkhe emasotja aSedekiya esuswa kuye asakatwa,
Emasango ayo ashone emhlabatsini; imicabo yayo wayifohlota wayibhubhisa. Inkhosi yayo netikhulu tayo tahlakatwa tayiswa etiveni, umtsetfo sekwabate, Nebaphrofethi bayo abasayitfoli imibono levela kuSimakadze.
Bantfu bayabacosha, batsi: “Hambani la! Sukani la! Ningcolile! Khweshani! Khweshani! Ningasitsintsi!” Ngesikhatsi baphrofethi nebaphristi babaleka bayewuzulazula, bantfu betive ngetive batsi: “Bangeke basachubeka nekuhlala lapha!”
Labo labasicoshako basihleti emsileni, sikhatsele sidziniwe, asikutfoli kuphumula.
Incenye yesitsatfu yebantfu bakho, Jerusalema, itakufa ngesifo lesibulalanako, nome ibhujiswe yindlala ngekhatsi kwakho; incenye yesitsatfu itakufa ngenkemba ngaphandle kwetibondza takho; kutsi lenye incenye yesitsatfu isakateleke emimoyeni, ngiyicoshe ngenkemba leyeluliwe.
ngako-ke ekulambeni nasekomeni, ekudzikiteni nasebuphuyeni benu niyawukhonta titsa tenu Simakadze latitfumele kini. Uyakunetfwesa lijoko lensimbi etintsanyeni tenu, aze anibhubhise.