¹ Livi laSimakadze lefika kimi, litsi, ² '' Ndvodzana yemuntfu, tfula kungacondzeki bese ukhuluma umfanekiso kulendlini yakaIsrayeli. ³ Tsani, 'Nkulunkulu Simakadze utsi: Iusweti lelikhulu leli netimphiko letigcwele kanye netinsiba letinyenti, naleto letatinemibala leminyeti taya eLebanoni bese lwatsatsa kubamba sihloko sesihlahla semsedari. ⁴ Lwagamuka ticu temagala lwabese lwatsatsa tona lwatiyisa kulelive lase Canaan; wakuhlanyela edolobheni lebatsengisi. ⁵ Waphindze watsatsa letinye tinhlanyelo talelive wayotihlanyela emhlabatsini lovundzile. Wayibeka eceleni kwemanti lamanyenti nje ngemnyetane. ⁶ Ngako yachuma yabese iba ngumvini lowandzako phansi emhlabatsini. Emagala ayo agucukela kuye, kanye netinphandze tayo takhula ngaphansi kwaso. Ngako kwaba ngumvini phindze kwatsela emagala kwase kukhiphela ngephandle emahlumela. ⁷ Kodvwa bekunalelinye lelikhulu lusweti leli netimphiko letinkhulu ne tinsiba letinengi. Bheka! Lomvini ujikise timphadze tawo wabheka kulolusweti, kwase kwandzisa emagala awo kulolusweti kusukela kulendzawo lapho beyihlanyelwe khona kute itawuniseleka. ⁸ Beyihlanyelwa emhlabatsi lomuhle celeni kwemtimba lomkhulu wemanti kute kutawu khicita emagala bese kuhluma titselo, kutewuba ngumvini lobukekako; ⁹ Tsani kulabantfu, 'Inkhosi Simakadze isho loku; Ngabe kute wuphumelela yini? Ngeke yini kuzuphunwe phidze kukhiwe letitselo khona kutobuna, nako konkhe lokusha lokukhulako kutewubuna? Kute umkhono lonemandla nome bantfu labanyenti labatodzingeka kukuzuphula kuphume netimphandze tato. ¹⁰ Ngako bheka! Emva kwekube sihlanyelwe, kutawumila yini? Ngeke yini kubune uma umoya waseMphumalanga ukutsindza? Vele kutewubuna ngalokuphelele bucalu kulengadze lapho kwakuhlanyelwe khona.'' ¹¹ Ngako livi laSimakadze lefika kimi,litsi, ¹² ''khuluma kulendlu lelihlongandlebe, 'awati yini kutsi letintfo leti tishoni? Bheka! Inkhosi yaseBhabhiloni yefika eJerusalema yatsatsa inkhosi yayo nenkosana yabese ibaletsa kuye eBhabhiloni. ¹³ Ngako watsatsa situkulwane sebukhosi, wenta sivumelwano naye, wase umletsa ngaphansi kwesifungo. Watsatsa bantfu labanemandla balelive, ¹⁴ ngako lombuso ungabamncane bese akasakhoni kutiphakamisa. Ngekugcina setsembiso sakhe kulelive litawusindza. ¹⁵ Kodvwa inkhosi yaseJerusalema yala kumelana naye ngekutfumela emancusa eGibhithe atawucela emahashi kanye nelibutfo. Ngabe utawuphumelela yini? Ngabe lona lowenta letintfo leti uyawuphunyula yini? Uma ephula lesivumelwano, ngabe utawuphunyula yini? ¹⁶ Njengoba ngiphila!- nguloku lokushiwo nguSimakadze- noma kannjani utawufela eveni lenkhosi leyamenta abe yinkhosi, lenkhosi leyafungo aseyenyanya, kanye nalesivumelwano sabani lasephula. Utewukufa emkhatsini weBhabhilona. ¹⁷ Faro nemabutfo akhe lanemandla kanye nemadvodza lamakhulu lampheketela ngeke msite emphini, uma emadvundvu akhiwa kanye netibondza tetingotjwana letakhelwa etulu kubulala timphilo talabanyenti. ¹⁸ Ngoba inkhosi yenyanya sifungo sayo ngekwephula sivumelwano. Bheka, wafinyelela ngesandla sakhe kwenta setsembiso kepha wenta tonkhe leti tintfo. Ngeke aphunyule. ¹⁹ Ngako ke iNkhosi Simakadze isho loku: Njengoba ngiphila,kwakungesiso yini lesifungo sami lebekasenyanya nesivumelwano sami lasephula? Ngako ngitewuletsa sijeziso sakhe enhloko yakhe! ²⁰ Ngitawelula emanethi ami ngetulukwakhe kanye uyawubantjwa ngekutingelwa ethin lami. Ngako ngitewumuletsa eBhabhilona bese ngehlise kwehlulela kuye ngalelicala lalentile uma angijikela! ²¹ Tonkhe letikhoseli takhe kulelibutfo lakhe batokuwa ngenkemba, nalabo labatosala batosakateka kutotonkhe tindlelo. Ngako utokwati kutsi nginguSimakadze wakho; Ngikukhulumile loku kutsi kutawukwenteka.'' ^{22 23} Inkhosi Simakaze usho loku, 'Ngako mine cobolwami ngitosusa lokuphakeme kwelesihlahla umsedari, futsi ngitokuhlayela kashane emagaleni lasetulu.Ngitogamula, bese mine lucobolwami ngikuhlanyele etulu entsabeni lephakeme. Ngitokuhlanyela etulu entsabeni yakaIsrayeli khona kuyewumila emgala kukhicita titselo, futsi kutokuba ngumsedari lomuhle .kute yonkhe inyoni lendizako itewuhlala ngaphansi kwaso.Itowakhela tidleke emtfuntini walamagala. ²⁴ Ngako tonkhe letihlahla tensimu titokwati kutsi nginguSimakadze .Ngehlisala phansi tihlahla letiphakeme bese ngenyusela tihlahla letiphansi. Ngibunisa tihlahla letiniselwe futsi ngente tihlahla letomile tichakaze.NginguSimakadze,Ngimemetele kutsi loku kutokwenteka; futsi sengikwentile.''''