Ngako-ke ngabayekelela enkhanini yetinhlitiyo tabo, kuze batihambele ngekutsandza kwabo.
Isaya 44:18 - Siswati 1996 Bible Abati lutfo, abacondzi lutfo; emehlo abo abhadziwe, kuze bangetiwubona, netingcondvo tabo tivaliwe, khona bangetiwucondzisisa. |
Ngako-ke ngabayekelela enkhanini yetinhlitiyo tabo, kuze batihambele ngekutsandza kwabo.
Bantfu lababi abacondzi kahle lokulungile kutsi kuyini; kodvwa labo labakhonta Simakadze bakucondzisisa kahle konkhe.
Inkhabi iyamati umniyo, nembongolo sibaya semniyo, kodvwa Israyeli akati lutfo, sive sami asicondzi.”
Simakadze, sandla sakho siphakamele etulu, kodvwa noko abasiboni. Bente babone inshisekelo yakho ngesive sakho, batewudliwa ngemahloni. Akutsi umlilo lowugcinele titsa takho udle bona ubacedze.
Kuyawutsi emagala akhona nasomile, ephulwe, kufike bafati bawatfote, bayekuwabasa. Ngobe lesi sive lesingeva emadlebeni, ngako, uMenti waso akasenamunyu ngaso, uMdali waso akasenasihawu ngaso.
Simakadze wehlisele etikwenu butfongo lobukhulu: Uwavalile emehlo enu, baphrofethi, utimbonyile tinhloko tenu, baboniswa.
Kute loke eme, acabangisise. Kute namunye lonelwati; kute nalonekucondza lotsi: “Incenye yalolukhuni ngiyibasile, ngidzimate ngapheka nesinkhwa kulamalahle alo, ngose inyama, ngayidla. Pho, ngingayenta yini intfo lesinengiso ngalolukhuni lolusele? Ngingasikhotsamela yini lesizemuzemu selugodvo?”
Utondla ngemlotsa, edukiswe yinhlitiyo lekhohlisiwe; angeke atisindzise nome atsi: “Lentfo lesesandleni sami sangesekudla ayisiwo yini emanga?”
Bonkhe labenta tithico balite, naletintfo letiligugu kangaka kubo tilite. Labo lababetikhulumela batimphumphutse, futsi abati lutfo, lokulihlazo kubo.
“Butsanani ndzawonye, nite; hlanganani, nine lenibaleke etiveni. Abati lutfo labo labetfwala tithico tetingodvo, bathandaze etithicweni letingeke tisindzise.
Batinja letitsandza kakhulu kudla, abesutsi. Babelusi labangenakucondza, bonkhe bajikela etindleleni tabo, ngulowo nalowo bese utifunela kwakhe.
Bonkhe abanangcondvo, futsi abanalwati, bonkhe babumbi betegolide bahlazekile ngetithico tabo. Titfombe tabo tiyinkhohliso, atinamphefumulo.
Lalelani naku, nine bantfu labatilima nalabangenangcondvo, labatsi banemehlo kodvwa babe bangaboni, labatsi banetindlebe kodvwa babe bangeva:
“Wonkhe umuntfu akanangcondvo, futsi akanalwati; wonkhe umbumbi wetegolide unemahloni ngetithico takhe. Titfombe takhe tiyinkhohliso nje, atinamphefumulo.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, uhlala emkhatsini wesive lesihlubukako. Banemehlo ekubona kodvwa ababoni, banetindlebe tekuva kodvwa abeva, ngobe basive lesihlubukako.
Labanyenti bayawuhlanjululwa babe msulwa, bacengisiswe kahle bangabi nasici, kodvwa lababi bayawuchubeka babe babi kakhulu. Kute namunye walababi loyawukuvisisa, kodvwa laba labahlakaniphile bayawukuvisisa kahle.
Ngubani lohlakaniphile? Uyawutibona letintfo. Ngubani lokwati kubona tintfo letifihlakele? Utaticondza kahle letintfo. Tindlela taSimakadze tilungile, labalungile bahamba ngato, kodvwa labahlubukako bayakhubeka kuto.
Nine, ntalo yetinyoka, ningakukhuluma kanjani lokuhle nine nibabi kangaka nje? Ngobe umlomo ukhuluma loko lokugcwele enhlitiyweni.
Ningakholwa kanjani nine nidvumisana nodvwana nje, ningalufuni ludvumo loluvela kuNkulunkulu, lokunguye yedvwa?
Nentiwa yini kutsi ningete nayivisisa lenkhulumo yami? Kungobe niyehluleka kuliva livi lami.
Njengobe abafunanga kumati Nkulunkulu, ngako wababukelela, tingcondvo tabo taba butsakatsaka, netimilo tabo tonakala.
Emehlo abo agcwele buphingi, anamatsele esonweni; baholela labo lababutsakatsaka elugibeni; tinhlitiyo tabo tetayele bukhali. Bangaphansi kwesicalekiso.