46 “Nangabe bona kuwe, ngobe kute longoni, wena bese uyabatfukutselela, ubanikele etitseni tabo letiyawubatsatsa tibatfumbele eveni lato lelikhashane nome lelisedvute,
ubobe sewuyayiva imithandazo yabo usezulwini lakho uve nekuncusa kwabo, ucolele indlela yabo.
Simakadze wase uyabatfukutselela baka-Israyeli, wabesusa ebukhoneni bakhe, kwasala kuphela sive sakaJuda;
waze wabesusa Simakadze ebukhoneni bakhe, njengobe abevele abecwayisile ngato tonkhe tinceku takhe baphrofethi. Ngako-ke bantfu baka-Israyeli batsatfwa emitini yabo naseveni labo, bayiswa ekutfunjweni e-Asiriya; basesekhona lapho nalamhlanje.
Kwatsi ngemnyaka wemfica wekubusa kwaHosheya, inkhosi yase-Asiriya yatfumba iSamariya, yase itfumba baka-Israyeli yabayisa e-Asiriya. Yabeka labanye eHala, labanye eGozani ngasemfuleni iHabori, nalabanye emadolobheni emaMede.
Lapha eRibla, eveni laseHamathi, inkhosi yafike yababulalela khona. Ngako-ke sive sakaJuda satfunjelwa khashane nelive laso.
“Nangabe bona kuwe, ngobe kute longoni, wena bese uyabatfukutselela, ubanikele etitseni tabo letiyawubatsatsa tibatfumbele eveni lelikhashane nome lelisedvute,
Ngubani longakhipha lokuhlantekile kulokungakahlanteki? Kute!
Kube wena, Simakadze, bewusibalela tono tetfu, ngubani labengaphunyula, angalahlwa?
Kodvwa wena uyasitsetselela, kuze sitewuhlala ngekukwesaba.
Ungangibeki licala mine, nceku yakho, ngobe kute umuntfu lomsulwa kuwe.
Ngubani nje longabona tiphosiso takhe? Simakadze, ngikhulule etonweni letifihlekile.
Ngubani longasho atsi: “Inhlitiyo yami ngiyigcine imsulwa, ngihlantiwe esonweni sami”?
Kute nome munye umuntfu lolungile emhlabeni lowenta lokuhle kuphela, kubete lakonako.
Tsine sonkhe sedukile njengetimvu, ngulowo nalowo utihambele ngendlela yakhe, Simakadze wayetfwesa kona kwetfu sonkhe.
Sonkhe sesifanana nebantfu labangcolile, nato tonkhe tento tetfu letinhle setifanana netidvwedvwe letingcolile. Sonkhe siyabuna njengelicembe, njengemoya tono tetfu tiyasiphephula.
Ngiyawunisakatela kuletinye tive, nginicoshe ngenkemba yami. Live lenu liyawuphundleka nemadolobha enu abe tindzala.
bayawubulawa ngenkemba, batsatfwe bentiwe babe titfunjwa etiveni tonkhe; nebetive bayakuyigcobagcoba iJerusalema, kuze kugcwaliseke sikhatsi sabo.”
Siyati kutsi konkhe lokusemtsetfweni kucondzene nalabo labangephansi kwawo, khona kutewuvinjwa tonkhe taba tebantfu, nemhlaba wonkhe utfolakale unelicala kuNkulunkulu.
Bonkhe bantfu bonile, bakhashane kakhulu nenkhatimulo yaNkulunkulu.
Kodvwa umBhalo utsi bonkhe bantfu bangephansi kwemandla esono, kuze kutsi loko lokwetsenjiswa ekukholweni nguKhristu Jesu kuniketwe labakholwako.
“Simakadze uyawunicosha kanye nenkhosi yenu lenitibekele yona, niye esiveni leningasati nine kanye naboyihlomkhulu. Ngulapho niyawufike nikhonte labanye bonkulunkulu khona, bonkulunkulu labentiwe ngetigodvo nangematje.
Ngekuvutsa kwentfukutselo nangebumatima belulaka lwakhe Simakadze wabasiphula eveni labo waya wayawubatsela kulelinye live, njengobe kunjalo nje lamuhla.’
Ngobe sonkhe siphosisa ngetindlela letinyenti; nakukhona longaphosisi ngekukhuluma, lowo uphelele ngempela, ngobe uyakwati kubamba ngisho nemtimba wakhe wonkhe shangatsi ngematomu.