Esawu watsi uyabuka wabona bafati nebantfwana, wabuta watsi: “Bobani laba lohamba nabo?” Jakobe wamphendvula watsi: “Laba-ke bantfwana Nkulunkulu layiphe bona inceku yakho.”
Isaya 8:18 - Siswati 1996 Bible Ngilapha mine kanye nalabo bantfwana Simakadze langiphe bona. Sitibonakaliso netimangaliso taSimakadze longuSomandla, esiveni sema-Israyeli, yena lohlala eNtsabeni iSiyoni. |
Esawu watsi uyabuka wabona bafati nebantfwana, wabuta watsi: “Bobani laba lohamba nabo?” Jakobe wamphendvula watsi: “Laba-ke bantfwana Nkulunkulu layiphe bona inceku yakho.”
Davide phela abetsite: “Njengobe Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, asaletse kuthula esiveni sakhe futsi asatewuhlala eJerusalema kokuphela,
Titukulwane takusasa titawumkhonta, bantfu bayawusala balandzise ngaSimakadze etitukulwaneni nasetitukulwaneni.
Yena ungumenaneli kulabacitsa ingati, uyabakhumbula labahluphekile, akakukhohlwa kukhala kwalabasenhluphekweni.
Memetani kakhulu, nihlabele ngenjabulo, nine bantfu baseSiyoni, ngobe mkhulu lowo Longcwele waka-Israyeli losemkhatsini wenu.”
“Sitawuphendvula sitsini kuletitfunywa letiphuma kulesive? Sitawusho, sitsi: Simakadze sewuyakhile yatinta iSiyoni, ngulapho sive sakhe lebesihlushwa sitawuphephela khona.”
Simakadze wase utsi: “Njengobe inceku yami, Isaya, beyihamba ngcunu ingakafaki lutfo nasetinyaweni iminyaka lemitsatfu, lokusibonakaliso nemhlolo kwalokutawuvelela iGibhithe neSudani,
Inyanga iyawufiphala, lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni; ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.
Simakadze utsi: “Noko kwaba yintsandvo yaSimakadze kutsi ayinyatsele, ayente ihlupheke, nome Simakadze enta kuphila kwayo kwaba ngumhlatjelo welicala, iyawubona situkulwane sayo, yandzise nemalanga ekuphila kwayo, intsandvo yaSimakadze iyawuphumelela ngesandla sayo.
Kodvwa kuyawutsi lomfana asengakakwati kwala lokubi akhetse lokuhle, lelo live lalamakhosi lamabili lowesabako, liyawube selingasenalutfo.
Simakadze wakhuluma ku-Isaya, watsi: “Phuma wena nemsa wakho Sheyari Jashubi niyewuhlangabeta Ahazi ngasemseleni wesitiba lesisenhla, emgwacweni loya eNsimini yeMgezi Wetingubo.
Ngabe sengiya kumphrofethikati, wase uyakhulelwa, watala indvodzana. Simakadze wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Metse libito utsi nguMaheri Shalali Hashi Bazi.
“ ‘Loku kuyawuba sibonakaliso kini kutsi ngiyawunijezisa kulendzawo, khona nitewukwati kutsi kusonga kwami ngani nakanjani kuyakuma kungagucuki,’ kusho Simakadze.
Tetjatse ehlombe lakho babukile uhambe nato nakucala kuhwalala, buso bakho ubumbonyile, khona ungetulibona live, ngobe sengikwente sibonakaliso kuyo indlu yaka-Israyeli.”
Ngiyawubhekisa buso bami ngakulowo muntfu, ngimente abe sibonelo nentfo yekuhlekisa. Ngiyakumncuma esiveni sami. Ngulapho-ke niyawungati khona kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.
ubobe sewutsatsa lipani lensimbi ulibeke libe njengelubondza lwensimbi emkhatsini wakho nalelidolobha, bese uyagucuka uyalibuka. Liyawube selivimbetelekile, futsi uyawulivimbetela. Loku kuyawuba sibonakaliso kuyo indlu yaka-Israyeli.
“ ‘Lalela, wena mPhristi Lomkhulu Jeshuwa, kanye nalabo bangani bakho labahleti embikwakho, labangemadvodza lasibonakaliso setintfo letitako: Ngitawuletsa inceku yami, Ligala.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ngiyawubuyela eSiyoni, ngihlale eJerusalema. Lapho-ke iJerusalema sekuyawutsiwa Lidolobha Lekwetsembeka, nentsaba yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawubitwa ngekutsi yiNtsaba Lengcwele.”
Simeyoni wababusisa, wase utsi kuMariya, unina: “Lalela, lomntfwana ukhetfwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi abe kuwa nekuvuka kwalabanyenti esiveni sema-Israyeli, uyawuba luphawu loluphikiswa ngulabanyenti,
Ngaletinye tikhatsi nanetfukwa nihlukumetwe emkhatsini webantfu, nangaletinye tikhatsi nanitfwalisana nalabo bebaphetfwe ngaleyo ndlela.
Kodvwa, esikhundleni saloko, nite entsabeni, Siyoni, ekhaya laNkulunkulu lophilako, eJerusalema yasezulwini, esibhimbini setingilosi letingenawubalwa,