20 Bafa ngekushesha lokukhulu, ekhatsi nebusuku, bantfu bayatfutfumela bafe, labanemandla besuka bangakatsintfwa ngumuntfu ngisho nangesandla sakhe.
Ngenca yebudli babo bayawutsengiselana ngani ngemavi ebucili. Kusukela emandvulweni kulahlwa kwabo akulibali, nekubhujiswa kwabo akweteli.
Ngobe nine ngekwenu nati kahle kamhlophe kutsi lilanga leNkhosi liyawufika, njengelisela lifika ebusuku.
Khona lapho ingilosi yeNkhosi yashaya Herodi, ngobe abengamniki Nkulunkulu ludvumo. Wadliwa tibungu waze wafa.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuso: ‘Silima! Kulobusuku balamuhla umphefumulo wakho uyabitwa kuwe; pho, letintfo lesewutilungisile titawuba tabani?’
Ngabo bona lobo busuku Bhelshasari, inkhosi yemaBhabhulona, wagwazwa wafa.
Utsite usabukile, kwahleshulwa lidvwala, kodvwa alihleshulwanga tandla temuntfu. Lelidvwala lashaya lesitfombe etinyaweni taso letatitensimbi nelibumba, latiphihlita.
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga aselibele kukhonta ethempelini lankulunkulu wakhe Nisroki, kwesuka emadvodzana akhe, bo-Adrameleki naShareseri, bamjuba ngenkemba, besuka lapho babalekela eveni lase-Ararathi. Esahadoni, umsa wakhe, waba yinkhosi yase-Asiriya esikhundleni sakhe.
Ngako ingilosi yaSimakadze yaphuma yabhubhisa emadvodza lati-185 000, labesenkambu yema-Asiriya. Batsi bantfu nabavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, bakhangwa lucaca lwetidvumbu!
lesono lesi siyawuba ngangelubondza loluphakeme kini, loseluklatuka ekhatsi selugobana, lona lolusuke selutawuhhibika masinyane.
Maye! Bacitfwa ngekucwabita kweliso, bakhukhulwe tinhlupheko letesabekako.
Ungabukhaleli busuku kutsi buyawufika nini, sikhatsi lapho tive tonkhe tiyawubhubha tiphele.
Wenta baphristi bahambe bate tembatfo, aketule bantfu bebasetikhundleni sikhatsi lesidze.
Ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze kutsi nguSimakadze cobo lwakhe lotakumshaya. Loko kuyakwenteka ngekutsi kufike sikhatsi sakhe sekufa, nome atsi uye emphini afike afele khona.
“Kwatsi ekhatsi nebusuku kwevakala umsindvo kumenyetwa kutsiwa: ‘Nangu umyeni! Phumani, nimhlangabete!’
Ngako yakhuluma kimi, yatsi: “Leli livi laSimakadze leliya kuZerubhabheli, litsi: ‘Akuyi ngetikhwepha nangemandla, kodvwa kuya ngaMoya wami,’ kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Kutfutfumela kumgabadzela njengetikhukhula, sivunguvungu simkhukhule sihambe naye ebusuku.
Ngobe uyakunaka lokwenta kwabo, ubaketula ngebusuku bunye nje kube bayaphela njalo.
Iyawuphumelelisa lokungemanga, ititsatse ngekutsi yona ingulongetulu. Bayawutsi nasebativela kutsi bavikelekile, ibabhubhise linyenti labo, imelane nembusi webaphatsi. Noko yona iyawubhujiswa, kodvwa hhayi ngemandla ebantfu.
Utsatsa tikhulu atente lite, ehlise babusi bakulomhlaba babe lite.