15 BaseBhabhulona babadvonsa bonkhe ngemadweba, bababamba ngemanetha abo, bababutsele ndzawonye, enetheni labo lekuhudvula; bajabula ngaloko, futsi batsakasa.
Uyalala abhace njengelibhubesi, nalibhacela kubamba inyamatane; ubamba labo labehlulako, ahudvule losihlupheki ngelinetha lakhe.
Badwebi betinhlanti bayawukhala, balile, bonkhe labajika emahhuka abo emfuleni iNayili, labo labajika emanetha abo emantini, yebo, bayawujabha baphelelwe ngemandla.
“Kodvwa nyalo sengitawutfumela badwebi babe banyenti, futsi batababamba baka-Israyeli. Emvakwaloko ngitawutfumela batingeli babe banyenti, batawubatingela yonkhe indzawo, ngisho nasetintsabeni, nasemagcumeni, nasemifantfwini yemadvwala,” kusho Simakadze.
“Emkhatsini wesive sami kukhona emadvodza lamabi labahlala bagadzile njengebantfu labetsiya tinyoni, nanjengalabo lababekela bantfu tingibe tekubabamba.
“Njengobe nijabula futsi nitsakase, nine leniphanga lifa lami, njengobe niyatjakadvula njengesitfokati nasibhula kolo, ninhinhile njengetinkunzi temahhashi,
Ngobe naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Njengobe ushaye tandla takho wagidza ngetinyawo takho, wajabula ngabo bonkhe bubi benhlitiyo yakho umelene nelive laka-Israyeli,
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, njengobe iThire seyikhulume ngeJerusalema, yatsi: ‘Hha! Lisango lebetive selephukile, netivalo talo setigedvukele kimi, njengaloku seyibhidlikile iJerusalema, mine Thire sengitawuphumelela.’
Njengobe wajabula ngesikhatsi lifa lendlu yaka-Israyeli liba lihlane, nami-ke ngiyawukuphatsa kanjalo. Uyawuba lihlane, wena live letintsaba taseSeyiri, yebo, wena nalo lonkhe laka-Edomu. Ngulapho-ke bayawukwati khona kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’ ”
INkhosi Simakadze ifungile ngebungcwele bayo, yatsi: “Lalelani la: Siyeta sikhatsi lapho niyawutsatfwa khona ngemadweba, ngisho nebekugcina benu bayawutsatfwa ngemahhuka ekudweba tinhlanti.
Bantfu ubaphatselani njengetinhlanti taselwandle, babe njengetilwanyakatana letinwabutelako letingenambusi?
Yebo, liwayini liyamyenga, ungumuntfu lotigcabhako, futsi akasenakuphumula. Njengobe ungugubhela kusakhe njengelidliza nanjengekufa akaze eneliseke, utibutsela kuye tonkhe tive, atfumbe bonkhe bantfu, babe bakhe.
Bantfu labatsi nabeva livi lembuso kepha bangete balicondza, bayaye befikelwe nguLomubi, abemuke loko bekuhlanyelwe etinhlitiyweni tabo: loko-ke kusho inhlanyelo leyayihlanyelwe endleleni.
Kodvwa-ke kuze singabakhubi, hamba uye elwandle ufike ujike lidweba lakho udwebe. Leyo nhlanti lotayibamba kucala emlonyeni wayo uyawukhandza luhlavu lwemali; ulutsatse, ubanike, utselele mine nawe, sobabili.”
Bantfu labahlala emhlabeni bayawukutsakasela kufa kwabo labo bofakazi. Bayawugubha imikhosi, bephane netipho, ngobe phela labaphrofethi lababili bese babahluphile emhlabeni.