4 Akamtsandzi losalahlwe nguNkulunkulu, kodvwa uyabatisa labesaba Simakadze. Wenta sifungo, asigcine, nome sekumatima.
Sedekiya-ke wayivukela inkhosi Nebukhadnezari lowamfungisa ngelibito laNkulunkulu. Wacinisa inhloko nenhlitiyo yakhe, wala kuphendvukela kuSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Inkhosi yakhipha umtsetfo lewawucondzene nato tonkhe tiphatsimandla tayo kutsi tifanele tiguce phansi tikhotsame nakwendlula Hamani, timhloniphe. Tonkhe tiphatsimandla tatikwenta loko, ngaphandle kwaModekhayi lowala wangete wakhotsama.
Inhlitiyo lesigwegwe ayisuke kimi, ngingakwenti lokubi.
Ngiyabanconota labo labetsembeke kuNkulunkulu, kulelive, kutsi bangahlala nami. Lowo lohamba ngendlela yebucotfo angaba yinceku yami.
Ngingumngani wabo bonkhe labakwesabako, labahamba ngetimiso takho.
Kodvwa ngalabangcwele labalapha emhlabeni ngitsi: “Batikhulu letincabile lengijabula ngato.”
“Nivile futsi kutsi kubakadzeni kwatsiwa: ‘Ungawafungeli emanga, kepha feza tifungo takho eNkhosini.’
Kodvwa asachubeka achaza ngekutiphatsa kahle, kutibamba nangekugwetjwa lokuseta, Feliksi wetfuka watfutfumela wadzimate watsi: “Kwamanje ase uhambe. Ngitawuphindze ngikubite, nase ngitfole lesinye sikhatsi.”
Ngako base basipha tipho letinyenti. Kwatsi nome sesihamba, basipha lesasingahle sikudzinge endleleni.
Siyati kutsi sesiphumile ekufeni, sangena ekuphileni, ngobe sitsandza bazalwane; lote lutsandvo usesekufeni.
Watsi nakayibona, waklebhula timphahla takhe, wakhala, watsi: “Awu, ndvodzakati yami! Ungidzabukisile wangihluphekisa, ngobe ngente sifungo kuSimakadze lengingasoze ngasephula.”