17 Ngidlelelwe kuthula, ngadzimate ngakhohlwa nekutsi kuyini kuphumelela.
Kodvwa emvakwayo kutawulandzela leminye iminyaka lesikhombisa yendlala lenkhulu, yonkhe inala iyawukhohlakala eGibhithe; indlala italigubudzela lonkhe live.
Khumbula, mane ukhumbule, Nkulunkulu, kutsi imphilo yami ayisilo lutfo, kodvwa ngumphefumulo nje, emehlo ami akasayiwuphindza akubone kujabula.
Insindziso ikhashane nalababi, ngobe abatifuni timiso takho.
Empeleni wentele kusita mine lokutsi ngive tinhlungu letinje. Elutsandvweni lwakho wangisindzisa emgodzini wembhubhiso, utsatse tonkhe tono tami watilahla emvakwakho.
Nome tintsaba tingatanyatanyiswa nemagcuma esuswe, noko lutsandvo lwami lolungapheli lengikutsandza ngalo, lungeke lutanyatanyiswe, nesivumelwane sami sekuthula singeke sisuswe,” kusho Simakadze lonesihawu kuwe.
Sonkhe siyavungama njengemabhele, siyakhala sibubula njengematuba, sifuna umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa asiwutfoli; sifuna nekukhululwa, kodvwa kukhashane natsi.
Etikwawo onkhe emadvundvu latingagadvu babhubhisi bayawunyakatela, ngobe inkemba yaSimakadze iyawubadla bantfu, kusukela ngala kwelive kuye ngale kwalo, kute namunye loyawusindza.
Sewumlahle kokuphela yini Juda? Umbukela phansi yini Siyoni? Usishayelani sive singete sakhona kuphiliswa nje? Sasetsemba kutsi kutawuba nekuthula nenhlalakahle, kodvwa kute nakunye lokuhle lokusehlele. Setsemba sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kodvwa kwaba nekutfutfumela kuphela.
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ungangeni endlini lapho kunekudla kwemngcwabo, ungayi khona kuyawukhala, nome ukhombise kuvelana nabo, ngobe sengisisusile sibusiso sami, nelutsandvo lwami kanye neluvelo lwami kulabantfu,” kusho Simakadze.
Besetsembe kuthula, kodvwa kute lokuhle lokufikile, besetsembe sikhatsi sekuphiliswa, kwefika lokwesabisako kodvwa nje.
“Nguloko lokungenta ngilile, nemehlo ami aphophota tinyembeti. Kute namunye losedvutane longidvudvutako, kute namunye longabuyisa umoya wami. Bantfwabami bahlutjuliwe, ngobe sitsa singehlulile.”
Ngaphambili kwalawo malanga kwakute inkhokhelo yebantfu nome yetilwane. Kute namunye labengaphuma angene ngenca yesitsa sakhe, ngobe ngagucula wonkhe umuntfu kutsi emelane namakhelwane wakhe.