13 Shangatsi labo labafuna kuphila kwami bangadliwa ngemahloni babhubhe; shangatsi bangasibekelwa bubi nelihlazo labo labacondze kungilimata.
EmaJuda abutsana ndzawonye etidzidzini tawo letatisemadolobheni kuto tonkhe tifundza tenkhosi Ahashiveroshi, entela kutsi ativikele kulabo lababengahle bawahlasele. Kwabate umuntfu lowaba nemandla ekuwahlasela, ngobe bonkhe bantfu baletinye tive bese bawesaba kakhulu.
Shangatsi labangimangalelako bangahlazeka, shangatsi emahloni angabambonya njengengubo.
Titsa takhe ngiyawutembesa ngelihlazo, kodvwa umbuso wakhe uyawuphumelela uchume.”
Bonkhe labatsakasela kuhlupheka kwami abahlazeke, badliwe ngemahloni, abembatsiswe emahloni nelihlazo labo labangicoloshelako.
Shangatsi bangajabha, bahlazeke, labo labafuna umphefumulo wami; shangatsi bangahlakateka labo labacondze kungicitsa.
Tonkhe titsa tami tiyawuhlazeka titfutfumele kakhulu, tidliwe ngemahloni, tibaleke masinyane.
Labo labangicoloshelako batsi: “Walayeka!” Shangatsi bangancandvwa ngemahloni.
Lulwimi lwami luyawukhuluma ngekulunga kwakho lonkhe lilanga. Ngobe labo bebafuna kungilimata bahlazekile bajabhiswa.
“Bonkhe labakubhavumulelako, impela, bayakudliwa ngemahloni, bahlazeke; labo labemelene nawe bayawuba lite, babhubhe baphele.
Kodvwa Simakadze ume ngakimi njengelichawe lemphi lelinemandla; ngako-ke bahluphi bami bayawukhubatela, ngeke baphumelele. Batakwehluleka batseleke ngalelikhulu lihlazo, badliwe ngemahloni langayiwuphindze akhohlakale.
Nani-ke, labasha, batfobeleni babonisi. Nonkhe yembatsani kutfobeka, nitfobelane, ngobe: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kodvwa labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”