Ngobe mine ngisihlupheki nalomphofu, inhlitiyo yami idzabukile.
Watsi kube efike kulomuntfu waNkulunkulu entsabeni, wabamba tinyawo ta-Elisha. Gehazi weta kuye wafike wamfuca, amkhweshisa; kodvwa lomuntfu waNkulunkulu watsi: “Myekele! Uselusizini lolukhulu, kodvwa Simakadze ungifihlele loko, futsi nami abesengakangitjeli.”
Imicibisholo yaSomandla ingekhatsi, ingihlabile, umoya wami sewunatse shevu wayo. Tesabiso taNkulunkulu ticondzane nami ngco.
Inhlitiyo yami ihashukile yabuna njengetjani. Angisadli, nekudla akusangeni, ngobe inhlitiyo yami imnyama.
“Ngobe lomuntfu akazange akhumbule kwenta umusa, kodvwa labamphofu, nalabandzindzako, nalabanetinhlitiyo letidzabukile wabahlupha kwaze kwabasekufeni kwabo.
Kepha mine angisesiye muntfu walutfo, sengaba ngumbungu nje, ngisetfuko sebantfu, nenhlekisa esiveni.
Gucukela kimi, Simakadze, ube nemusa kimi, ngobe nginesitunge, ngihluphekile.
Nome ngihlupheka ngimphofu, kepha iNkhosi iyanginakekela. Wena ungumsiti wami nemkhululi wami; Nkulunkulu wami, ungalibali.
Awu, Simakadze! Beka indlebe yakho, ungiphendvule, ngobe ngiselusizini nginguloweswele.
Yedzelelwa yaliwa bantfu, umuntfu wetinsizi labekwetayele kuhlupheka. Njengemuntfu bantfu labangafuni kumbuka, yedzelelwa, asizange siyishaye mkhuba.
Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Timphungutja tinemigodzi, netinyoni tinetidleke, kodvwa iNdvodzana yeMuntfu ite indzawo yekulala iphumule.”
Inhlitiyo yakhe yayilusizi; wathandaza ngekuciniseka lokukhulu, titfukutfuku takhe taze taba njengematfonsi engati, atfontsela phansi.
“Manje inhlitiyo yami ilusizi. Ngitawutsini nje? Ngitsi: ‘Babe, ngisindzise kulomzuzu’? Cha, phela lapha emhlabeni ngetela lomzuzu.
Ngobe niyawati umusa weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, kutsi nome abecebile, kodvwa ngenca yenu waba luphuya, kuze kutsi ngebuphuya bakhe anente nicebe.