19 kutsi atewukhulula umphefumulo wabo ekufeni abaphilise endlaleni.
Ubapha kudla labo labamesabako, sivumelwane sakhe uyasikhumbula phakadze naphakadze.
Ngisho nemabhongwana emabhubesi ayeswela alambe, kodvwa labo labafuna Simakadze bangeke beswele lutfo loluhle.
Bangeke bajabhiswe ngetikhatsi letimatima, bayawuba nenala ngetikhatsi tendlala.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, wente lokuhle, uhlale eveni, uve bumnandzi bekudla emadlelweni laluhlata.
Ungeke wehlelwe ngemashwa, nesifo singeke sisondzele ekhaya lakho.
Simakadze akavumi kutsi lolungile alambe; kodvwa lababi uyabavimba kutsi bakutfole loko labakufunako.
Ngulowo-ke umuntfu lotawuhlala ekuphakameni, losiphephelo sakhe kutawuba yinqaba yemadvwala. Uyakunikwa sinkhwa sakhe, angawesweli emanti ekunatsa.
Ngitinika kuphila lokuphakadze, futsi tingeke tisabhubha naphakadze, kute nalongatihlwitsa esandleni sami.
Mine naBabe simunye.”
Kwangukhona kumkhanyela Phetro kutsi bekwentekani kuye, wase utsi: “Manje sengiyati kutsi kuliciniso kutsi iNkhosi itfumele ingilosi, yangikhulula emandleni aHerodi nakuko konkhe emaJuda abebheke kutsi kutangehlela.”