22 Nawe, Simakadze, wakubona lokwenteka; ngako-ke phutfuma ungabindzi, ungakhweshi kimi, Simakadze.
Simakadze, umeleni khashane? Utifihleleni ngesikhatsi sisekuhluphekeni?
Kantsi wena uyabona, ngobe tinhlupheko netinsizi uyakunaka, kuze ukufumbatse ngetandla takho. Lohluphekile utinikela kuwe, ngobe wena ungumsiti wetintsandzane.
Ungakhweshi kimi, ngobe inhlupheko isedvute nami, kute nalongangisita.
Titsa letinyenti tingitungeletile, tinkunzi letinemandla taseBhashani tingivimbetele.
Kodvwa wena, Simakadze, ungabi khashane nami! Awu, mandla ami, ngiphutfume ungisite.
Ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, Dvwala lami. Ungabi sihhulu kimi, ngobe nangabe ungangiphendvuli, ngitawufana nalabaya ethuneni.
Hhawu, Simakadze! Ungangilahli! Nkulunkulu wami, ungakhweshi kimi!
Hhawu, Simakadze! Lalela umkhuleko wami, ubeke indlebe yakho ekuncuseni kwami, ungatitibi tinyembeti tekukhala kwami. Ngobe mine ngingumfokati lokhosele kuwe, ngisihambi njengabokhokho bami bonkhe.
Loko ukwentile, kodvwa mine ngathula; wenta shangatsi mine ngifanana nawe. Kodvwa sengitakwekhuta, ngitawubeka licala emehlweni akho ubuka.
Hhawu, Nkulunkulu! Ungakhweshi kimi! Hhawu, Nkulunkulu wami! Phutfuma ungihlenge!
Awu, Nkulunkulu! Ungathuli, utente simungulu. Ungatsalalisi, Nkulunkulu.
Simakadze wakhuluma watsi: “Sengikubone ngempela kuhlushwa kwebantfu bami labaseGibhithe. Sengikuvile nekukhala kwabo ngekucindzetelwa nguletindvuna tabo temisebenti. Ngiyakwati kuhlupheka kwabo.
“Buka la, kuhlala kubhaliwe embikwami, kutsi: Ngingeke ngibindze, kodvwa ngitakukhokhela ngalokugcwele, ngitakukhokhela ematsangeni abo,
Ngibukile ngabona kuhlupheka kwesive sami eGibhithe. Sengikuvile kukhala nekububula kwaso, sengehlile kutasisindzisa. Wota-ke manje, ngitekutfumela eGibhithe.’