6 Bonkhe lobucwebecwebe sebunyamalele kuyo iNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni. Babusi bayo bafanana netinyamatane letilambako; letibaleka ngekutayiya, natibalekela batingeli bato.
Nali-ke livi lelikhulunywe nguSimakadze lelimelene naye, litsi: “ ‘Indvodzakati yaseSiyoni iyakwedzelela, ikubukela phansi. Indvodzakati yaseJerusalema igencetisa inhloko yayo, nawubaleka.
Lubondza-ke lwalelidolobha lwase luyafohlwa, imphi yonkhe yabhuza ebusuku seyibaleka, yaphuma ngelisango lelisemkhatsini wetibondza letimbili letatingasengadzeni yenkhosi, lite nome emaBhabhulona abelitungeletile lelidolobha. Yabaleka yabhekisa emabombo ngase-Arabha,
kodvwa emabutfo emaBhabhulona acosha Sedekiya, inkhosi, aze amkhandza etsafeni laseJerikho. Onkhe emasotja akhe esuswa kuye asakatwa,
ESiyoni lenebuhle lobuphelele, kulapho Nkulunkulu akhatimula khona.
Khotsamani nikhuleke kuSimakadze, nembatse bungcwele, nitfutfumele embikwakhe, mhlaba wonkhe.
Ase nibuke kutsi lelidolobha lebeletsembekile seligucuke laba yingwadla kanjani! Lona lake lagcwala umtsetfocotfo, belilikhaya lekulunga, kodvwa manje seligcwele babulali!
Memetani kakhulu, nihlabele ngenjabulo, nine bantfu baseSiyoni, ngobe mkhulu lowo Longcwele waka-Israyeli losemkhatsini wenu.”
Ngako Simakadze uyawudala lifu emini, intfutfu nelilangabi lemlilo ebusuku, lisibekele iNtsaba yonkhe iSiyoni nabo bonkhe labahlanganela kuyo; etikwayo yonkhe lenkhatimulo kuyawuba nempheme.
Khuluma enkhosini nasendlovukazini, utsi: “Yehlani etihlalweni tenu tebukhosi, ngobe lemichele yenu lemanyatelako itawudzilika lapha etinhloko tenu.”
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, kubo bonkhe labo lengabatfumba ngabesusa eJerusalema baya eBhabhulona, utsi:
nabeva umsindvo wetinselo temahhashi akhe, nebukhehlekhehle betincola takhe temphi, nemsindvo wemasondvo ato. Boyise bangeke baphendvuke babasite bantfwababo, ngobe tandla tabo tiyawulenga.
Emadolobha atawutfunjwa, kudliwe netinqaba tawo. Ngalelo langa tinhlitiyo tetihlabani takaMowabi tiyawufanana nenhlitiyo yemfati nasaphetfwe ngumhelo.
Yase ikupuluta emehlo aSedekiya, yambopha ngetinketane telitfusi, yamtsatsa yamyisa eBhabhulona lapho yefika yamvalela ejele kwaze kwaba lilanga lakhe lekufa.
Walumeka umlilo ethempelini laSimakadze nasesigodlweni senkhosi, nakuto tonkhe tindlu taseJerusalema; tonkhe letatibalulekile watishisa.
‘Khuluma kulendlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Indzawo yami lengcwele sengitayingcolisa, lenqaba lenitigcabha ngayo, injabulo yemehlo enu, intfo lehawukelwa ngumphefumulo wenu. Emadvodzana nemadvodzakati lenawashiya emuva atawubulawa ngenkemba.
“Wena-ke, ndvodzana yemuntfu, ngalelilanga lengiyawutsatsa ngalo inqaba yabo, kujabula kwabo neludvumo lwabo, injabulo yemehlo abo, nesifiso senhlitiyo yabo, kanye nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati abo,
“Simakadze uyakunenta nehlulwe titsa tenu. Niyakuta kuto nitetihlasela ngendlela yinye, kodvwa niyawubaleka seninhlanhlatsela niphume ngetindlela letisikhombisa; niyawuba yintfo yekwesatjiswa emkhatsini wayo yonkhe imibuso emhlabeni.
Kodvwa indvodza yinye ingawacosha kanjani emadvodza layinkhulungwane, nome-ke lamabili acoshe emadvodza latinkhulungwane letilishumi, ngaphandle kwekutsi Lidvwala labo libatsengisile, ngaphandle kwekutsi Simakadze ubanikele kubo?