16 Ngulowo-ke umuntfu lotawuhlala ekuphakameni, losiphephelo sakhe kutawuba yinqaba yemadvwala. Uyakunikwa sinkhwa sakhe, angawesweli emanti ekunatsa.
Wacalata ndzawo tonkhe, kwatsi lapha ngasenhloko yakhe wabona licebelengwane lesinkhwa litfoswe emalahleni, eceleni kwalo kunendzebe lenemanti. Wadla, wanatsa, waphindze walala futsi.
Kodvwa waphakamisa labamphofu wabakhipha elusizini, wenta imindeni yaba njengemihlambi yetimvu.
Ubapha kudla labo labamesabako, sivumelwane sakhe uyasikhumbula phakadze naphakadze.
Simakadze! Ngubani longaba nemvume yekungenisa ahlale ethempelini lakho, acabe umuti wakhe entsabeni yakho lengcwele?
Wenta tinyawo tami tibe lula njengetenyamatane, angente ngiphephele ekuphakameni.
Empeleni liso laSimakadze likulabo labamesabako, yebo labo labetsemba umusa wakhe,
Ngisho nemabhongwana emabhubesi ayeswela alambe, kodvwa labo labafuna Simakadze bangeke beswele lutfo loluhle.
Tsemba kuSimakadze, wente lokuhle, uhlale eveni, uve bumnandzi bekudla emadlelweni laluhlata.
Insindziso yami neludvumo lwami kusetandleni taNkulunkulu. Nkulunkulu usiphephelo sami nelidvwala lami lelicinile.
Yebo, Simakadze! Wena ube siphephelo setfu etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
Nkulunkulu yena utsi: “Njengobe naku ubambelele kimi ngelutsandvo, ngitamephula ngimbeke endzaweni lephakeme, ngimvikele ngobe alati libito lami.
Kodvwa lowo lolalela mine utawuhlala aphephile, akhululeke, angesabi lutfo lolubi.”
Umuntfu lowetsembekile uhamba aphephile; kodvwa lokhetsa tindlela letimagiligombo uyawugcina atfolakele.
Libito laSimakadze liyinqaba lecinile, lapho kungabalekela khona bantfu labalungile basindze.
Bewusiphephelo salabamphofu, siphephelo salabeswele elusizini lwabo, siphephelo sekuvikela etivunguvungwini, nemtfunti ekushiseni kwelilanga. Ngobe kuphefumula kwalabanelunya kufanana nesivunguvungu lesitimukula elubondzeni;
Naloku Simakadze anipha sinkhwa sekuhlupheka nje, nemanti etinhlungu, bafundzisi benu abasayikufihlakala, seniyakubabona ngemehlo enu enyama.
Sive sami siyawuhlala etindzaweni tekuthula, emakhaya laphephile, etindzaweni tekuphumula letite lokuphatamisako.
Abaseyikulamba, abaseyikoma; nekushisa kwaselugwadvule nekwelilanga akuseyikubashaya. Lowo lonesihawu nabo uyakubahola, abahambise ngasemitfonjeni yemanti.
ngulapho uyawutfola khona-ke kujabula kwakho kuSimakadze, ngiyawukwenta ukhuphukele eticongweni telive, ube nenala udle nelifa leyihlomkhulu Jakobe.” Umlomo waSimakadze sewukhulumile.
Inkhosi Sedekiya yase ikhipha umyalo kutsi Jeremiya akabekwe esibuyeni sabogadzi anikwe sinkhwa lesibuya esitaladini sebabhaki onkhe emalanga, size siphele sonkhe sinkhwa edolobheni. Ngako Jeremiya wahlala esibuyeni sabogadzi.
Simakadze utawubhodla aseSiyoni, abhavumule eJerusalema, umhlaba nesibhakabhaka kutfutfumele. Kodvwa Simakadze utawuba siphephelo esiveni sakhe, abe yinqaba yesive saka-Israyeli.
Simakadze loyiNkhosi ungemandla ami; wenta tinyawo tami tibe njengetenyamatane, ungenta ngihambe ngiphephile etindzaweni letiphakeme. Lemhlabelisi wetemiculo. Elugujini lwami lolunetintsambo.
Siphe lamuhla kudla kwetfu njengasemalangeni onkhe.
Ubusisiwe wena, Israyeli! Ngubani lofanana nawe, sive lesisindziswe nguSimakadze? Nguye losihlangu sakho nemsiti wakho, nenkemba yakho yeludvumo. Titsa takho tiyawutiletsa kuwe, wena uyakutigcobagcoba tindzawo tato letiphakeme.”