12 Asibagwinye baphila baye endzaweni yalabafile, njengalabo labangena baye phansi ethuneni.
ngabe basigwinye siva ngekuvutsa kwelulaka lwabo;
Sheshisa, Simakadze, ungiphendvule; umoya wami ushona phansi. Ungangifihleli buso bakho, funa ngibe njengalabashona emgodzini.
Ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, Dvwala lami. Ungabi sihhulu kimi, ngobe nangabe ungangiphendvuli, ngitawufana nalabaya ethuneni.
Ungabavumeli bangicoloshele, batsi: “Yehhehhe! Nako-ke lebesikufuna!” Ungabavumeli bakhulume batsi: “Sesimehlulile.”
Kute liciniso emlonyeni wato, etinhlitiyweni tato kunekubulala, umphimbo wato ulithuna lelivulekile, lulwimi lwato lunebucili.
Uyawutfumela asezulwini, angisindzise, ahlazise labo labangigcobagcobako. Cabanga. Nkulunkulu uyawubonakalisa umusa wakhe nekwetsembeka kwakhe.
Sitawutfola tonkhe tintfo letiligugu, sigcwalise tindlu tetfu ngetimphahla lesitichwagile.
“Usidlile Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, wasicedza, wasenta saba ludziwo lolungenalutfo. Njenganyokangwenya usigwinyile, wagcwalisa sisu sakhe ngebumnandzi betfu, wabuya wasihlanta.
Tonkhe titsa takho tikukhamisela imilomo lemikhulu. Tiyancifa tigugudze imihlatsi titsi: “Lidolobha sesilimitile. Leli lilanga lebesivele sililindzele, besihlalele kubona lona.”
Simakadze unjengesitsa; umgwinyile Israyeli. Ugwinye tonkhe tigodlo takhe, wabhubhisa tinqaba takhe. Wandzise kulila nekukhala kabuhlungu kuyo iNdvodzakati yakaJuda.
Umhlaba wakhamisa wabagwinya bonkhe naKhora, balandzeli bakhe labafa ngesikhatsi umlilo ubhubhisa emadvodza langema-250, baba luphawu lwesecwayiso.
umphimbo wabo ulidliza lelikhamisile, ngetilimi tabo bayakhohlisa, ngaphansi kwetindzebe temilomo yabo kubindze shevu webunyoka.