Ningagucukeli etithicweni letingenamsebenti. Tingeke tinisite ngalutfo, tingeke tinisite nekunisita nato, ngobe atinamsebenti walutfo.
Batala timiso takhe nesivumelwane sakhe labesente naboyisemkhulu, kanye neteluleko labebeluleke ngato. Balandzela tithico letingenamsebenti walutfo, nabo bagcina sebangenamsebenti walutfo. Basuke balingisa letive letatakhelene nabo, kantsi Simakadze abebayalile watsi: “Ningabalingisi.” Benta kona kanye loko Simakadze labetsite bangabokwenta.
Bukani la, bonkhe balite! Tento tabo tilite; titfombe tabo tingumoya nesiphitsiphitsi.”
“Butsanani ndzawonye, nite; hlanganani, nine lenibaleke etiveni. Abati lutfo labo labetfwala tithico tetingodvo, bathandaze etithicweni letingeke tisindzise.
Basibeka emahlombe abo basetfwale, basibeke endzaweni yaso, bese siyema kuleyo ndzawo, asikwati nekutsi khushu. Nome umuntfu angamemeta kanjani kuso atikhalela, asikwati kumphendvula; singeke simsindzise umuntfu etinhluphekweni takhe.
Atinamsebenti walutfo, tintfo nje tekuhlekisa, kuyawutsi nakufika kwehlulelwa kwato, tibhubhe.
Tonkhe atinangcondvo tetfwele bulima, tifundziswa tithico letingenamsebenti tetigodvo.
Sikhona yini sona sinye setithico tebetive letingenamsebenti lesiletsa imvula? Tona tibhakabhaka ngekwato tiyatehlisa yini tihlambi temvula? Cha, nguwe, lowenta loko, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu. Ngako-ke litsemba letfu likuwe, ngobe nguwe lowenta konkhe loku.
Awu Simakadze, mandla ami nesiphephelo sami, nqaba yami ngesikhatsi sekuhlupheka, tive tiyakuta kuwe tisuka emikhawulweni yonkhe yemhlaba, titsi: “Bobabe betfu babengenalutfo ngaphandle kwabonkulunkulu labalite, tithico letingenamsebenti letingazange setibentele lutfo loluhle.
“Sive sami sente tono letimbili: Singishiyile mine, mtfombo wemanti ekuphila, satimbela ticojana taso emadvwaleni, ticojana letinetimbobo letingeke tiwemise emanti.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Cala lini boyihlo labalitfola kimi, kutsi bangaze baphambuke kangaka kimi? Balandzela tithico letingenamsebenti, nabo sebagucuka baba lite.
Labo labakhonta bonkulunkulu labalite bamshiyile Nkulunkulu sibili lophatsana ngemusa.
Kepha mine ngiyawuhlabela kuwe ngelivi lekubonga, nginikele ngemihlatjelo; loko lengikufungele ngiyawukufeza. Insindziso ivela kuSimakadze.”
“Sinamsebenti muni sithico, njengaloku sibatwe ngumuntfu nje? Yebo, sisitani sitfombe lesifundzisa emanga? Ngobe lowo losibatako wetsembela emsebentini wetandla takhe, wakha tithico letingeke tize tikhulume.
“Madvodza, nikwentelani loku? Natsi sibantfu nje, labafanana nani! Site lapha kuniletsela liVangeli, kuze nigucuke nisuke kuletintfo letingenamsebenti niye kuNkulunkulu lophilako, lowenta lizulu, nemhlaba, nelwandle, nako konkhe lokukuko.
Ngako-ke macondzana nekudla kudla lokuhlatjelwe tithico siyati kutsi: “Kute sithico lesiphilako,” nekutsi: “Nkulunkulu munye kuphela, kute lomunye.”
“Caphelani-ke kutsi tinhlitiyo tenu tingayengeki bese niyaphambuka nikhonte labanye bonkulunkulu nikhotsamele bona.
“Kodvwa nanijikisa tinhlityo tenu ningete namlalela, nidvonseleke ekukhotsameleni labanye bonkulunkulu,
Bangenta ngaba nesikhwele ngalokungesiye nkulunkulu. Bangitfukutselisa ngetithico tabo letingenamsebenti. Ngiyawubenta babe nemona ngalabo labangesiso sive. Ngiyawubatfukutselisa ngesive lesingenakucondza.