12 Simakadze uyakudla lifa lelinguJuda libe sabelo sakhe eveni lelingcwele, aphindze akhetse iJerusalema.
Kodvwa nyalo sengikhetse iJerusalema kutsi Libito lami libe lapho, ngakhetsa naDavide kutsi abuse sive sami, ema-Israyeli.’
Wafike walandzisa umkakhe nebangani bakhe bonkhe lokwase kumehlele. Umkakhe Zereshi nalabangani bakhe bamtjela batsi: “Nangabe Modekhayi aliJuda, wena sewucalile kuwa, futsi ungeke umkhone. Nakanjani utakwehlula.”
Watsi: “Ningabatsintsi labagcotjiwe bami, ningacali nilimate baphrofethi bami.”
Ngobe Simakadze uyikhetsile iSiyoni, kutsi ibe likhaya lakhe, watsi:
“Lena yindzawo yami yekuphumula, ngiyawuhlala kuyo phakadze naphakadze; lena yindzawo lengifuna kuyibusa.
Ngobe Simakadze utikhetsele Jakobe kutsi abe wakhe, ukhetse Israyeli kutsi abe lifa lakhe.
Sibusisiwe leso sive lesiNkulunkulu waso kunguSimakadze, sive latikhetsele sona kutsi sibe lifa lakhe.
Vuka-ke, Nkulunkulu, wehlulele umhlaba, ngobe nguwe umnikati wetive tonkhe.
Simakadze utawubonakalisa sihawu sakhe kuJakobe, utawuphindza futsi akhetse ema-Israyeli, awabuyisele eveni lawo. Betive batawutihlanganisa nawo, batihlanganise nendlu yaJakobe.
Kutsi kungahlwa, bahlanyele budlova! Kutsi kusa, babe bangasekho! Lesi sabelo salabo labaphanga tsine, likoyi lalabo labasiphangako.
ngakutsatsa emaphetselweni emhlaba, ngakubita emagunjini awo lakhashane. Ngakubita ngatsi: ‘Wena uyinceku yami,’ ngikukhetsile, ngangete ngakwala.
Lowo Losabelo sakaJakobe akafanani naleti, ngobe yena unguMenti wato tonkhe tintfo, wamenta na-Israyeli, sive lesilifa lakhe, nguSimakadze Somandla libito lakhe.
“ ‘Kodvwa bonkhe labakushwabudzelako bayawushwabudzelwa nabo. Tonkhe titsa takho tiyawuyiswa ekutfunjweni. Labo labakuphangako nabo bayawuphangwa. Bonkhe labenta wena imphango, nami ngiyawubenta baphangwe.
Lowo Losabelo sakaJakobe akafanani naleti, ngobe yena unguMenti wato tonkhe tintfo, ngisho newesive lesilifa lakhe. Libito lakhe nguSimakadze longuSomandla.
“Chubeka umemetele utsi: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze Somandla, utsi: ‘Emadolobha ami ayawuphindze aphuphume ngemnotfo, Simakadze aphindze ayidvudvute iSiyoni, akhetse iJerusalema.’ ”
Simakadze wakhuluma kuSathane, watsi: “Simakadze uyakwekhuta wena Sathane! Simakadze, lokhetse iJerusalema, uyakukwekhuta! Lendvodza ayisiso sikhuni lesivutsako yini lesephulwe emlilweni?”
“Eveni lelisehlane, lapho amtfola khona, esikhotseni kalashameshame, wamvikela wamnakekela; wamlondvolota njengenhlavu yeliso lakhe,
Ngobe sabelo saSimakadze sive sakhe, Jakobe losabelo lesilifa lakhe.