1 Simakadze ubeke likhaya lakhe etikwentsaba lengcwele.
Solomoni wase uyacala-ke kwakha lithempeli laSimakadze eJerusalema, eNtsabeni yaseMoriya, lapho Simakadze atibonakalisa khona kuyise Davide. Kwakungusebaleni lekubhulela kolo laka-Arawuna, umJebhusi, indzawo leyayilungiswe nguDavide.
Ngiphakamisela emehlo ami etintsabeni; lusito lwami luyawuchamuka kuphi?
Sesime emkhatsini wemasango akho, Jerusalema!
Njengendluzele yomele emanti emfula, kanjalo nemphefumulo wami ulangatelela wena, Nkulunkulu.
Wena ntsaba leneticongo letinyenti, uyibukelani ngeliso lelibi lemona, lentsaba lekhetfwe nguNkulunkulu, watsandza kutsi ibe likhaya lakhe? Simakadze uyawuhlala kulo kuze kube phakadze.
Wayakha indlu yakhe lengcwele, leyayiphakeme kakhulu njengemhlaba lawusekela, kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.
“Sitawuphendvula sitsini kuletitfunywa letiphuma kulesive? Sitawusho, sitsi: Simakadze sewuyakhile yatinta iSiyoni, ngulapho sive sakhe lebesihlushwa sitawuphephela khona.”
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Buka la, ngibeka litje eSiyoni, litje lelihloliwe, litje leliligugu lekusimisa indlu, lelisisekelo lesetsembekile sendlu; lowo lowetsembele kimi ngeke ajabhe.
labo ngiyakubayisa entsabeni yami lengcwele, ngibanike kujabula endlini yami yekukhuleka. Iminikelo yabo yekushiswa nemihlatjelo yabo iyakwemukeleka elatini lami, ngobe indlu yami iyawutsiwa yindlu yemkhuleko yato tonkhe tive.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ngiyawubuyela eSiyoni, ngihlale eJerusalema. Lapho-ke iJerusalema sekuyawutsiwa Lidolobha Lekwetsembeka, nentsaba yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawubitwa ngekutsi yiNtsaba Lengcwele.”
Nami-ke ngitsi: UnguPhetro . Etikwalelidvwala ngiyakulakha libandla lami, nemandla ekufa angeke alehlule.
Tsine sasinaye entsabeni lengcwele, nakuvakala lelivi liphuma ezulwini, saliva ngetetfu tindlebe.