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Simakadze uyawukuhola njalo, uyakwenetisa tidzingo takho, eveni lapho libalele likhipha inhlanti emantini, uyakucinisa ematsambo akho. Uyawuba njengengadze leniseleke kahle, nanjengemtfombo lapho emanti akhona angomi.

“Ngiyo lena yini inhlobo yekuzila kudla lengiyikhetsile? Akusiko yini kutfukulula tibopho tebubi, nekukhumula tintsambo telijoko, nekukhulula labacindzetelwe, nekwephula onkhe emajoko? Akusiko yini kuhlephulelana kudla kwakho nalabalambile, nekulalisa tihambi endlini yakho, nekutsi nawubona lohlubulile umembulele, ungagucukeli labo labayinyama nengati yakho?

Ngulapho-ke kukhanya kwakho kuyawugcama njengekukhanya kwekusa, nekuphiliswa kwakho kuyawuvela masinyane, kulunga kwakho-ke kuyawube sekukuhambela embili. Bukhosi baSimakadze buyawuba sivikelo sakho lesingemuva kwakho.

Uyawumemeta, Simakadze akuphendvule, uyawukhala ucele lusito, atsi yena: ‘Ngilapha.’ “Nawususa lijoko lekucindzetela, nemino lekhombako, nekukhuluma ngenzondo

nawutinikela ekondleni labalambile, wenetise tidzingo talabacindzetelwe, ngulapho-ke kukhanya kwakho kuyawuphuma ebumnyameni kukukhanyisele, nebusuku bakho buyawufanana nasemini kala bha.

Bantfu bakini bayakutivusa tindzala takadzeni, bayawumisa tisekelo tasendvulo, wena uyawubitwa ngekutsi unguMvusi Wetindvonga Letiwile, uMlungisi Wetitaladi kutsi tibuye tibe nemakhaya.”

“Nawugcina tinyawo takho tingalephuli liSabatha, ungakwenti loko lokutsandvwa nguwe ngelilanga lami lelingcwele, nawubita liSabatha ngekutsi lilanga lenjabulo nelilanga lelingcwele laSimakadze lelihloniphekile, futsi nawulihlonipha ngekungahambi ngendlela yakho, ungenti njengekutsandza kwakho, ungakhulumi emavi lalite, ngulapho uyawutfola khona-ke kujabula kwakho kuSimakadze, ngiyawukwenta ukhuphukele eticongweni telive, ube nenala udle nelifa leyihlomkhulu Jakobe.” Umlomo waSimakadze sewukhulumile.

Kuzila kwenu kudla kugcina sekuyimphi nemphikiswano, nishayane ngetibhakela tekonakala. Kungeke kulunge kutsi nizile kudla njengobe nenta lamuhla, bese nibheka kutsi livi lenu livakale ezulwini. Ngiyona leyo yini inhlobo yekuzila kudla lengiyikhetsile mine, lilanga linye nje kutsi indvodza ititfobe? Lokuzila kwekutsi umuntfu akhotsame nje kuphela yini, ngekubhekisa inhloko phansi njengemhlanga, nekutsi embatse emasaka atitsele ngemlotsa? Nguloko-ke yini nine lenitsi kuzila kudla, lilanga lelemukelekile kuSimakadze?