Babe wanetfwesa lijoko lelimatima, mine-ke ngitalenta libe matima kakhulu. Babe abenibhacabula ngetiswebhu, mine-ke ngitanibhacabula ngetiswebhu letinetipikili.’ ”
1 Samuweli 8:18 - Siswati 1996 Bible Nakufika lelo langa, niyawukhalela kwephulwa kuleyo nkhosi leniyawube niyikhetsile; Simakadze angeke aniphendvule ngalelo langa.” |
Babe wanetfwesa lijoko lelimatima, mine-ke ngitalenta libe matima kakhulu. Babe abenibhacabula ngetiswebhu, mine-ke ngitanibhacabula ngetiswebhu letinetipikili.’ ”
Ngobe liyini litsemba lalongamesabi Nkulunkulu, nangabe asasusiwe, naNkulunkulu asatsatsa kuphila kwakhe?
Bakhala, bacela lusito, kodvwa kwabate lobasindzisako; bahlaba inyandzaleyo kuSimakadze, kodvwa akazange abaphendvule.
Umuntfu longafuni kulalela sikhalo salomphofu, naye angeke aphendvulwe nakakhalela lusito.
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Nembala, ingalo yaSimakadze ayiyimfisha kangako kutsi ingete yasindzisa, nendlebe yakhe ayisiso sihhulu kutsi ingete yeva.
Bayawukwehla benyuka eveni bajabhile futsi balambile, ngesikhatsi sebahwaywe yindlala, bayawuvutsa ngelulaka, babuke etulu, bacalekise inkhosi yabo kanye naNkulunkulu wabo.
Ngako-ke ngitawubesukela ngente kubo njengekwentfukutselo yami; ngingeke ngibabuke ngemehlo esihawu, futsi ngeke ngibayekele. Nome bangamemeta badzatimule etindlebeni tami, ngingeke ngibeve.”
Siyeta sikhatsi lapho nitawukhala khona kuSimakadze, kodvwa angeke aniphendvule. Angeke ayilalele imithandazo yenu, ngobe nente lokubi kuye.
“Umnikati wendlu nasekasukumile wavala umnyango, niyakuma ngephandle ninconcotse nitsi: ‘Nkhosi, sivulele umnyango!’ Uyakuniphendvula atsi: ‘Anginati lapho niphuma khona!’
Itawutsatsa kwelishumi kwetimbuti nekwetimvu tenu, bese-ke nine inenta niba tigcili tayo.