Imihlatjelo lenikelwa ngulababi isinengiso kuSimakadze; kodvwa imithandazo yebantfu labetsembekile iyamjabulisa.
Hezekeli 20:3 - Siswati 1996 Bible “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, khuluma kulabaholi bema-Israyeli, utsi kubo: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Nitele kutawubuta mine yini? Ngifunga kuphila kwami, ngingeke nginivumele kutsi nibute lutfo kimi, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.’ |
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa ngulababi isinengiso kuSimakadze; kodvwa imithandazo yebantfu labetsembekile iyamjabulisa.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa bantfu lababi isinengiso, ikakhulu nayinikelwe ngetinjongo letimbi.
Nangabe umuntfu angafuni kugcina umtsetfo, ngisho nemithandazo yakhe iyenyanyeka kuNkulunkulu.
Nisuke nicelwe ngubani kutsi ningiletsele leminikelo, nanitengikhonta? Ngubani lonicele kutsi nitekudzidzitela lapha ethempelini?
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Ngobe bangifuna onkhe emalanga, babonakala shangatsi banenshisekelo yekwati tindlela tami, kube shangatsi basive lesenta lokulungile, lesingakayishiyi imiyalo yaNkulunkulu waso. Babuta kimi tehlulelo leticotfo, babonakale shangatsi bashisekela kutsi Nkulunkulu asondzele kubo.
Nanetfula tipho tenu, imihlatjelo lengemadvodzana enu emlilweni, nichubeka nekutingcolisa ngato tonkhe letithico tenu kuze kube ngulamuhla. Mine-ke sekufanele nginivumele yini kutsi nibute kimi, ninendlu yaka-Israyeli? Kona ngifunga kuphila kwami, ngingeke nginivumele nibute kimi, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
“Wena-ke, ndvodzana yemuntfu, bantfu bakini bakhuluma ngawe ngasetindvongeni nangaseminyango yetindlu, bakafana imilomo ngawe, batsi: ‘Wotani nitekuva livi leliphuma kuSimakadze.’
Bantfu bayawuyendza kusukela elwandle kuye kulolunye, bazulazule kusukela enyakatfo kuye emphumalanga, bafunana nelivi laSimakadze; kodvwa bangeke balitfole.
Labo lababona lokutako kusengakefiki bayawuhlazeka bative badliwa ngemahloni ngenca yekwehluleka kwabo. Bayawujabha, ngobe Nkulunkulu angasabaphendvuli.
Kepha watsi nakabona labanyenti bebaFarisi nebaSadusi beta embhabhatisweni, wababuta watsi: “Ntalo yetinyoka, ngubani lonitjele watsi: ‘Balekelani lolulaka lolutako’?
Ticumbi tebantfu teta kutakubhajatiswa nguJohane. Watsi kubo: “Tinyoka-ndzini! Nitjelwe ngubani kutsi ningalubalekela lolulaka lwaNkulunkulu lolutako?
Sawula wase ubuta kuSimakadze, kodvwa Simakadze akazange amphendvule ngisho nangemaphupho, nome nge-Urimu, nome ngebaphrofethi.