8 Ungasibeki licala ngebubi babokhokho betfu, sheshisa usihlangabete ngesihawu sakho, ngobe sesidzangele kakhulu.
Lesitukulwane siyawuphindze sibuye lapha sesingesesine, ngobe bubi ba-Amori abukapheli.”
Lomfelokati wakhuluma ku-Elija, watsi: “Ngoneni kuwe, muntfu waNkulunkulu? Kantsi lapha kami utele kutangikhumbuta sono sami, ubulale nendvodzana yami.”
Wabakhulula emahlandla lamanyenti, kepha batimisela kumelana naye, bawiswa phansi ngebubi babo.
Simakadze uyamlondvolota londzindzako; ngangisengotini wangisindzisa.
Kube wena, Simakadze, bewusibalela tono tetfu, ngubani labengaphunyula, angalahlwa?
Vani kukhala kwami, ngobe ngicindzeteleke kakhulu. Ngephule kulabo labangitingelako, ngobe banemandla kunami.
Uyihlangabete ngetibusiso letinalokuhle, wayetfwesa enhloko yayo umchele wegolide lecengekile.
Ungatikhumbuli tono tami, netiphambuko tebusha bami, kodvwa ngikhumbule ngekwemusa wakho, Simakadze, ngikhumbule ngekulunga kwakho.
Hamba-ke uyewuhola labantfu ubayise kulendzawo lengikhulume ngayo kuwe, ingilosi yami itawuhamba embikwakho. Kodvwa siyeta sikhatsi lapho ngitawubajezisa ngenca yekona kwabo.”
Awu Simakadze, ungatfukutseli kwekwengca, ungatikhumbuli tono tetfu phakadze naphakadze. Awu, siyakuncusa, sibuke, ngobe sonkhe sibantfu bakho.
Watsi: “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ngikutfumela kuma-Israyeli, esiveni lesihlubukako nalesingihlubukile; bona naboyise solomane bayangihlubuka kuze kube ngulamuhla.
Awu Simakadze, ngako konkhe kulunga kwakho mane ugucule intfukutselo yakho nelulaka lwakho kuyo iJerusalema, lidolobha lakho, leliyintsaba yakho lengcwele. Tono tetfu nekona kwabobabe sekwente iJerusalema nesive sakho kwaba lihlazo kubo bonkhe labakhelene natsi.
Banikela ngemihlatjelo lenikwe mine, bese badla lenyama, kodvwa Simakadze akajabuli ngayo. Manje sewutabukhumbula bubi babo, abajezisele tono tabo: Bayawubuyela eGibhithe.
Bonakele ngalokujulile njengasetikhatsini taseGibeya. Nkulunkulu uyawubukhumbula bubi babo, abajezisele tono tabo.
“Betive labahlala emkhatsini wenu bayawukhula ngetulu kwenu baye ngekuya benyuka, kodvwa nine niyawushona phansi, niye ngekuya, nehle.
Ngobe tono tayo timponge tancwabelana, taze tefika etulu esibhakabhakeni, naNkulunkulu uwakhumbulile emacala ayo.