13 Ngako Simakadze wakhuluma emavi lamnandzi ekudvudvuta kulengilosi leyayikhuluma nami.
Sengitibonile tindlela takhe, kodvwa ngitamphilisa, ngimhole, ngibuyisele indvudvuto kuye,
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: ‘Naseyiphelile iminyaka lengema-70 yeBhabhulona, ngitawufika kini ngitewugcwalisa setsembiso sami semusa kutsi nginibuyise kulendzawo.
Lomunye wabo wakhuluma kulona labembetse telineni, labesetikwalamanti alomfula, watsi: “Kuyawuze kube ngunini, solomane tingakagcwaliseki tonkhe letintfo letimangalisa kangaka?”
Ngabuta ngatsi: “Nkhosi yami, bayini laba?” Bekunengilosi lebeyikhuluma nami, yaphendvula, yatsi: “Ngitakubonisa kutsi bayini.”
Lengilosi leyayikhulume nami yabuya, yangivusa, njengemuntfu nakavuswa ebutfongweni.
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: ‘Lokuzila kudla kwenyanga yesine, neyesihlanu, neyesikhombisa, neyelishumi sekuyawuba ngemalanga enjabulo, nekutsakasa, nemadzili ekutijabulisa akaJuda. Ngako-ke litsandzeni liciniso nekuthula.’ ”