19 noko usipitjitele ehlane letimpungutja, wasembesa ngelitfunti lekufa.
Tinyawo tami tilandzela edvutane netinyatselo takhe. Ngihamba endleleni yakhe, ngingete ngaphambuka.
Shangatsi bumnyama nelitfunti lekufa kungatfumba lelo langa, shangatsi lingambonywa lifu, shangatsi bumnyama bungasibekela kukhanya kwalo.
Sengigucuke ngaba ngumnakabomphungutja, ngaba ngumngani wetahhukulu.
Nome ngihamba esigodzini lesinelitfunti lekufa, angesabi lutfo lolubi, ngobe wena unami; intfonga yakho neludvondvolo lwakho kuyangivikela.
Ngibutsakatsaka, ngidvubuteke kabi, ngiyabubula ngenca yekutfutfumela enhlitiyweni yami.
Ngigcwalise ngekujabula lokujulile, kuze kutsi ematsambo ami lephukile atfokote.
Ngalelo langa Simakadze uyawujezisa ngenkemba yakhe leyesabekako, lenkhulu nalenemandla lamakhulu, uyawujezisa Leviyathani, inyoka lenyelelako, yebo, Leviyathani, inyoka letibutsako; yena uyawubulala silo saselwandle.
Sihlabatsi lesishisako siyawuba sitiba, umhlabatsi lowomile uphetfuke tiyalu. Nalapho kwake kwahlala timphungutja khona, kuyawumila tjani nemhlanga, kanye nemhlanga iphaphira.
“Khuluma lamavi kubo utsi: “ ‘Emehlo ami akagobhote tinyembeti busuku nemini, angakhawuli; ngobe indvodzakati yami leyintfombi sibili, sive sami, igwazwe linceba lelibi, yalinyatwa kakhulu.
Khuluma kuyo utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: “ ‘Ngimelene nawe, Faro, nkhosi yaseGibhithe, wena nyokangwenya lenkhulu, wena locambalele emkhatsini wemifudlana yakho. Ukhuluma utsi: “INayili yami, ngatakhela yona mine.”
sive lebesihleti ebumnyameni, nikubonile kukhanya lokukhulu; nine, lebenihleti eveni nasetfuntini lekufa, kuphumele kini kukhanya.”
Nyokangwenya lomkhulu walahlelwa phansi, leya nyoka yasemandvulo, lebitwa ngekutsi nguMhlebi nome nguSathane, uMkhohlisi wemhlaba wonkhe. Wajikijelwa phansi emhlabeni kanye netingilosi takhe.
Lesilo sasifanana nengwe, tinyawo taso tatifanana netelibhele, umlomo waso wawufanana newelibhubesi. Nyokangwenya wasinika emandla akhe, nesihlalo sakhe sebukhosi, nemagunya akhe lamakhulu.
Ingilosi yesihlanu yatfululela sitja sayo esihlalweni sebukhosi sesilo; umbuso waso wehlelwa bumnyama, bantfu batiluma tilwimi ngenca yebuhlungu.