18 “Nabakubuta bantfu bakini, batsi: ‘Ungete wasitjela yini kutsi usho kutsini ngaloku?’
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ayikakubuti yini lendlu yaka-Israyeli lehlubukako, kutsi: ‘Wentani?’
“Khuluma kulendlu lehlubukako, utsi: ‘Anati yini kutsi tisho kutsini letintfo?’ Shano kubo utsi: ‘Inkhosi yaseBhabhulona yaya eJerusalema yatsatsa inkhosi yakhona nalabahloniphekile bakhona, yeta nabo eBhabhulona.
Ngase ngitsi: “Awu, Nkhosi, Simakadze! Bakhuluma ngami batsi: ‘Utsi akakhulumi tinganekwane nje yena lo?’ ”
Bantfu bangibuta, batsi: “Ungete wasitjela yini kutsi letintfo tiphatselene ngani natsi?”
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, khuluma kubantfu bakini, utsi: ‘Nase ngiletsa inkemba ngimelana nelive lelitsite nebantfu balo, bese bakhetsa indvodza ibe yinye emkhatsini wabo bayente ibe ngumlindzi wabo,
ubobatjela kutsi mine, iNkhosi Simakadze, ngitawutsatsa lomzaca lomelele baka-Israyeli ngiwubeke kanyekanye nalona lomelele bakaJuda. Ngalemizaca lemibili ngitakwenta umzaca ube munye lengitawuphatsa ngesandla sami.