7 Inkhosi yatfukutsela kakhulu, yaze yakhipha imphi yemasotja leyafike yabulala bonkhe labo babulali, yashisa nelidolobha labo.
Emvakwetikhatsi letingema-62, Logcotjiwe uyawuncanyulwa, akayiwuba nalutfo. Bantfu bembusi lomunye loyawufika, bayawulibhubhisa lelidolobha kanye nelithempeli. Siphetfo siyawufika njengesihhuhhula semvula. Kuyawuchubeka kulwa kuze kube ngusekugcineni, kuyawube kwehle incitsakalo.
Simakadze uyabhavumula embikwalemphi yakhe. Emabutfo akhe manyenti ngalokungabaleki; banemandla labo labalalela umyalo wakhe. Lilanga laSimakadze likhulu, liyesabeka. Ngubani nje longemelana nalo?
“Ngitanikhokhela kuloko lokudliwe sikhonyane ngaleyo minyaka, loko lokwadliwa tibotfo nesigegedlana, nelifu letinkumbi, imphi yami lengayitfumela emkhatsini wenu.
ngiyawubutsa tonkhe tive ngitehlisele eSigodzini sakaJehoshafati. Lapho-ke ngulapho ngiyawutehlulela khona ngenca yelifa lami, sive sami saka-Israyeli, ngobe tasakata sive sami, tasifaka kuto tonkhe tive, talidzabudzabula live lami.
Letinye timenywa tabamba letisebenti, tatiphatsa dlephu, tatishaya, tatibulala.
Ngako yatsi etisebentini tayo: ‘Lidzili selilungile, kodvwa labo labebamenyiwe abakalifaneli.
Njengamanje nje, tonkhe letitsa tami betingafuni kutsi ngibe yinkhosi yato, tiletseni la nitibulale embikwami.’ ”
Labo labaseJudiya babalekele etintsabeni, kutsi labo labakulelo dolobha babaleke, bese kutsi labo labasetigangeni bangabe basangena kulelo dolobha.
bayawubulawa ngenkemba, batsatfwe bentiwe babe titfunjwa etiveni tonkhe; nebetive bayakuyigcobagcoba iJerusalema, kuze kugcwaliseke sikhatsi sabo.”
Adzimate asivimbela nekutsi sishumayele insindziso kubetive. Ngaloko-ke imihla nemalanga atengetela tono. Kodvwa ekugcineni lulaka lwaNkulunkulu seluze lwabehlela.