¹ Leli livi laSimakadze lelefika ku Jeremiya mayelana nesomiso, ² ''Vumela Juda atile, vumela emasango akhe awe. Bayakhala bakhalela lendzawo, tikhalo tabo nge Jerusalema tinyanyuka. ³ Labamasetulu batfumela tisebenti tabo kuyokha emanti. Uma bahamba baya kuyokha emanti, abawatfoli emanti. Bonkhe babuyela bangaka phumeleli; bavala tinhloko tabo ngemahloni futsi baswabile. ⁴ Ngenca yaloku umuhlaba uchekekile, ngoba kute litulu kulendzawo. Balimi banemahloni bafihl tinhloko tabo. ⁵ Ngoba netimpunzi tishiya emazinyane emasimini tiwalahle, ngoba kute tjani. ⁶ Timbongolo tasendle tima emabaleni bese tima njengabo nkalwane. Emehlo ato ahluleka kusebenta, ngoba kute titselo.'' ⁸ Naloku tento tetfu, tifakazela ngatsi, Simakadze, salewentela ligama lakho. Ngoba tento tetfu letingena kholo tiyakhula; sonile kuwe. ⁷ Nguwe Litsemba laka Israyeli, loyo lomusindzisa ngesikhatsi seku khatsateka, leni nje ufanane nesihambi kulendzawo, njenge sivakashi siyingayinga sitilule bese sicitsa busuku bunye? ⁹ Leni nje ufanane nemuntfu lomangele, noma nelichawe lelite emandla lekusindzisa? Usemukhatsisini kwetfu, Simakadze, phindze ligama lakhe lisetukwetfu. Ungasishiyi! ¹⁰ Simakadze usho loku kulabantfu: ''Ngoba batsandza kuyingangayinga, abaka tibambeli emuva tinyawo tabo ekwenteni loku.'' Simakadze akajabuli ngabo. Nyalo uyabakhumbuta ngetento tabo phindze uyaba jezisa ngetono tabo. ¹¹ Simakadze utse kimi, ''Ungathantazeli lokuhle umelela laba bantfu. ¹² Ngoba uma batila, angeke ngikulalele kulila kwabo, futsi uma banikela umunikelo wekushiswa kanye nemunikelo wekudla, angeke ngijabule kiko. Ngoba ngitawuphetsa ngabo ngenkemba, indlala, netifo.'' ¹³ Ngabese ngitsi ''Nkhosi Simakadze buka! Baprofethi batsi kubantfu, ''Angeke niyibone inkemba; kutawubabete somiso kini, ngoba ngitani niketa kuphepha lokuliciniso kulendzawo.'' ¹⁴ Simakadze watsi kimi, ''Baprofethi baprofetha emanga ngelibito lami. Angoka batfumeli ngaphandle, noma ngiba nikete umuyaleto noma ngikhulume nabo. Kepha imibono lekhohlisako, nalengena musebenti, inkhohliso lehlukanisako ichamuka emicondvweni yabo ngiko labaku profetha kini.'' ¹⁵ Ngakoke Simakadze usho loku, ''Bonkhe baprofethi labaprofetha ngeligama lami kepha mine ngingaka batfumeli ngaphandle-labo labatsi kutawuba bete inkemba noma indlala kulendzawo. ¹⁶ Laba profethi laba batawu bhubhiswa inkemba nendlala. Beseke labantfu lababa profethele batawukhishwa etitaladini tase Jerusalema ngenca yendlala nenkemba, ngoba kute lotawuba ngcwaba-, bafati babo, emadvodzana abo, noma emadvodzakati abo-ngoba ngitawutsela kukhohlakala kibo. ¹⁷ Ubosho loku kibo: 'Vumelani emehlo ami agelete tinyembeti busuku nemini. Ungaba vumeli beme, ngoba kutawuba nekuwa lokukhulu kwendvodzakati lelitjitji yebantfu bami-linceba lelikhulu nalelingapholi. ¹⁸ Uma ngiphuma ngiya emasimini, naba laba bulawa yinkemba! Uma ngita edolobheni, kunetitfo letibangwa yindlala. Bobali baprofethi kanye neba phristi bayaluka kulendzawo, phindze abati.'' ¹⁹ Ngabe senimuphike ngaloku phelele Juda? Niyayinyanya iZayoni? Leni nisilwise kani kute nekuphiliswa kwetfu? Besitsembele kuthula, kepha bekute lokuhle-kanye nesikhatsi sekupholiswa, kepha bona kune kuhlukumeteka kuphela. ²⁰ Siyavuma, emacala etfu, tono tabo khokhomkhulu betfu, ngoba sonile kuwe. ²¹ Ungasilahli! Ngenca yebuhle beligama lakho, ungenti sihlalo sakho lesikhatimulako sihlazeke. Khumbula bese awuphuli sivumelwano sakho natsi. ²² Ngabe kute ngisho sinye kuletithico letingena musebenti letiniletsela litulu? Noma tibhakabhaka tona licobo lato tingatfumela litulu? Ngabe awusuye yini Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu? Silindza wena, ngoba nguwe lowenta leti tintfo.