17 Ngetulu kwaloko, emehlo etfu adzimate akhatsala solomane agolotele lusito lungaveli, sabukisisa emibhoshongweni yetfu, silindzele sive lesasingeke sisisindzise.
Inkhosi yaseGibhithe nemabutfo ayo ayizange iphindze ivive iyewuhlasela ngephandle kwelive layo, ngobe phela inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yase ilitsetse lonkhe live layo, kusukela emfudlaneni waseGibhithe kuze kufike emfuleni iYufrathe.
Labo lababetsemba iSudani, batigabatisa ngeGibhithe, bayawukwesaba, batseleke ngelihlazo.
Sivumelwane senu lenisente nekufa siyakwentiwa sibe lite; sivumelwane senu lenisente nelithuna singeke sime. Kuyawutsi sivunguvungu sekushisa nasiphephula sendlula kini, sinishaye sinilahle phansi.
Manje niyelani eGibhithe kuyawunatsa emanti aseShihori? Kona niyeleni e-Asiriya kuyawunatsa emanti alowo Mfula?
Utiguculelani kangaka tindlela takho? IGibhithe itakujabhisa, njengaloku wake wajabhiswa yi-Asiriya.
Nawe utawusuka kuleyo ndzawo, utawusuka ujabhile, ngobe Simakadze sewubalahlile labo bewukadze ubetsemba, bangeke bakusite ngalutfo.”
“Kuvuna sekwendlulile, lihlobo seliphelile, kodvwa tsine asikasindziswa.”
“Ngabamemeta labo labangakimi, kodvwa bona bangihlamuka. Baphristi bami, nebaholi bami babhubhela edolobheni, ngesikhatsi balibele kuchwandza kudla batsi betama kutiphilisa.
Ngemalanga ekushaywa nekundzindza kwayo iJerusalema iwakhumbula onkhe emagugu ayo labengewayo ngemalanga akadzeni. Ngaleto tikhatsi bantfu bayo nabawela etandleni tetitsa, kwabate namunye labengayilamlela. Titsa tayo tayibuka, tayihleka bulima nayibhidlika.
Satinikela kubaseGibhithe nakubase-Asiriya, kuze sitfole kudla lokwenele.
IGibhithe ingeke isaba ngumtfombo wemandla esibindzi kubantfu baka-Israyeli, kodvwa iyawuba sikhumbuto sesono sabo, nabajikela kuyo bacela lusito. Ngulapho-ke bayawukwati khona kutsi mine ngiyiNkhosi Simakadze.’ ”