28 Babangela kutsi lokukhala kwalabamphofu kufike etindlebeni takhe, wadzimate wakuva kukhala kwalabeswele.
Ase nibuke la, emaholo etisebenti letavuna emasimi enu leniwagodlile ayanimangalela anilahle ngelicala; nekukhala kwebavuni sekungenile etindlebeni teNkhosi Sebawothi.
“Bantfu bakhala bumayemaye ngaphansi kwemtfwalo wekucindzetelwa, bancusa kukhululwa kuwo umkhono walabanemandla.
Simakadze wakhuluma watsi: “Sengikubone ngempela kuhlushwa kwebantfu bami labaseGibhithe. Sengikuvile nekukhala kwabo ngekucindzetelwa nguletindvuna tabo temisebenti. Ngiyakwati kuhlupheka kwabo.
Simakadze-ke yena utsi: “Njengobe timphuya setichwagiwe, nanjengobe tihlupheki timpintjekile, ngitakuta ngimephule lowo lofuna lusito, bese ngimbeka endzaweni lengenangoti.”
Sengikuvile kukhala kwebantfu bami, sengikubonile nalokucindzetelwa kwabo ngemaGibhithe.
Phela, sivini saSimakadze longuSomandla yindlu yaka-Israyeli, kantsi sive sakaJuda sona sititfombo tekujabula kwakhe. Abebheke umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa wakhandza kucitfwa kwengati, wabheka kulunga, kodvwa weva kukhala kwelusizi.
Kuquma kwalabafako kuvakala edolobheni, nemiphefumulo yalabalimele ikhalela kusitwa. Kodvwa Nkulunkulu kute lambeka licala ngaloko lokubi lokwentiwe.
Nicaphele kutsi ningawufukameli lomcabango lomubi lotsi: ‘Umnyaka wesikhombisa lekungumnyaka wekwesulwa kwetikwelede sewusondzele,’ nize nikhombise inhlitiyo lembi kumnakenu lonesidzingo ngekungamniki lutfo. Ngobe angahle akhale ngani kuSimakadze, bese-ke nine nitfolakala ninelicala lesono.
Usindzisa labeswele emlonyeni wekufa, abasindzise nasetidladleni talabo labanemandla sebababambile.
futsi nangabe wena umsulwa ungcwele, ngisho nanyalo angasukuma yena akumele, akubuyisele endzaweni yakho lefanele wena.
Uyawuthandaza kuye, naye akuve, bese ugcwalisa tetsembiso takho.
Uyathandaza kuNkulunkulu atfole umusa kuye; ubona buso baNkulunkulu ajabule aze amemete. Nkulunkulu umbuyisela esimeni sakhe sekulunga.
Kodvwa kube uthulile, ngubani labengamsola? Nakangafihla buso bakhe, ngubani longambona? Noko ubusa etikwemuntfu netive ngalokufananako,
Wakuva kuncusa kwami: “Ungativali tindlebe takho ekukhaleni kwami; ngicela kuphunyutwa.”
Ningamphatsi dlephu umfelokati nome intsandzane.
Simakadze, nakudzabuka kusa, uyaliva livi lami; nakudzabuka kusa, ngihlela ticelo tami kuwe, bese ngiyema ngilindzela wena.