1 Awu, Nkulunkulu! Ungathuli, utente simungulu. Ungatsalalisi, Nkulunkulu.
Ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, Dvwala lami. Ungabi sihhulu kimi, ngobe nangabe ungangiphendvuli, ngitawufana nalabaya ethuneni.
Nawe, Simakadze, wakubona lokwenteka; ngako-ke phutfuma ungabindzi, ungakhweshi kimi, Simakadze.
Hhawu, Simakadze, phaphama! Ulaleleni? Vuka, ungasiyekeleli kokuphela.
Nkulunkulu wabonkulunkulu unguSimakadze lokhulumako. Umemetela emhlabeni wonkhe, kusukela emphumalanga kuye enshonalanga.
Nkulunkulu wetfu uyeta, angeke abindze. Embikwakhe kunemlilo locotfulako, utungeletwe sivunguvungu lesesabekako.
Simakadze utsi: “Sesikhatsi lesidze ngibindzile, bengibindzile, ngitibambile. Kodvwa nyalo, njengemfati nakabeleka, ngiyakhala, ngiyacucumuka.