14 Abaphathi basukile ebandla, amasokana akasalilisi iinara.
Kodwana gadesi bahlekisa ngami, ngitjho nabantu abancani kimi ngeminyaka! Iye, abantwana balabo egade ngingabatjheji kobana ngingabahlalisa nezinja zomhlambami.
Iharibha lami liphenduke isililo nenghwani lami isirhahlawulo.
Ngambala nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini, uMninimandlawoke, uZimu wakwa-Israyeli, ‘Emihlenenu, iye phambi kwenu, ngizakuphelisa amatjhada wethabo nokujabula kanye namaphimbo wabakhwenyana newabomalukazana endaweni le.’
“Ngizakususa phakathi kwabo itjhada lokujabula nokujekezela, ilizwi lomkhwenyana nephimbo lomlobokazi, itjhada lamatje wokugaya kanye nomkhanyo wesibani.
Ngizakuphelisa itjhada lokujabula nokuthaba, nephimbo lomlobokazi nomkhwenyana emadorobheni wakwaJuda neendledlaneni zeJerusalema ngombana inarha izabe inganamuntu.”
Ngabiza iinthandwa zami kodwana zona zangihlamuka. Abaphristi nabaphathi bami babhubhela ngedorobheni nabasazifunela kokugoma kobana bavuselele umphefumulwabo.
Iindlela eziya eZiyoni ziyalila ngombana akakho oza eminyanyeni; woke amasangwalo akanabantu, abaphristi balo bayaquma, amatlawanalo ayabubula, nalo linobumunyu.
Abaphathi bendodakazi yeZiyoni bahlezi equlwanini bathulile, bazithele ngethuli eenhloko bembatha iinzilo. Amatlawu weJerusalema ahlome iinhloko phasi.
Ngizakuthulisa umvumo weengoma zakho nomkenenezo wamaharibhanakho angekhe usezwakala.
Ngizamhlawulisela amalanga agade atjhisela ngawo aboBhali itjhwalo: Amalanga azimomonda ngawo ngobuphaziphazi, walandelana neenthandwa zakhe. Kodwana mina wangikhohlwa.” Kutjho uSomnini.
Khethani abagwebi neenkhulu kiwo woke amadorobhenu uSomnini uZimenu anipha wona ukuya ngeenkoro zenu bese bagweba abantu ngeengwebo ezinokulunga.
Umkenenezo wombethi weharibha nabakhaleli, wabavuthela iimfudu neempalapala, awusoze usazwakala kuwe nososino wananyana ngiliphi irhwebo, akasoze asafunyanwa kuwe; ngitjho itjhada elibangwa lilitje lokusila angekhe libuye godu lizwakale ngaphakathi kwakho.