“Zebuloni uyakwakha elusentseni lwelwandle; lusentse lwakakhe luyawuba sikhumulo semikhumbi, umnyele wakakhe ubeseSidoni.
Tihlabelelo 25:3 - Siswati 1996 Bible Yebo, labo labetsembele kuwe kute namunye loyawuhlazeka; kepha bayawuhlazeka labo labakuhlubuka ngelite. |
“Zebuloni uyakwakha elusentseni lwelwandle; lusentse lwakakhe luyawuba sikhumulo semikhumbi, umnyele wakakhe ubeseSidoni.
Sawula wafa, ngobe abengaketsembeki kuSimakadze; akazange aligcine livi laSimakadze, wadzimate wayawufuna indlela nasesangomeni imbala,
Shangatsi labatigabatisako bangahlazeka, ngobe bangicindzetela ngaphandle kwesizatfu; kepha mine ngiyawuzindla ngetimiso takho.
Yebo, njengobe inceku yencike enkhosini yayo, nanjengobe umzanyana encike kumphatsi wakhe, natsi-ke sincike kuSimakadze, longuNkulunkulu wetfu, aze abe nesihawu kitsi.
Kepha mine angisesiye muntfu walutfo, sengaba ngumbungu nje, ngisetfuko sebantfu, nenhlekisa esiveni.
Simakadze, ungangidvumati nangikubita, lababi abadliswe ngemahloni. Abavalwe imilomo baye ekufeni.
Shangatsi imilomo lecala emanga ingabindziswa, ngobe ihlambalata lolungile, ikhulume ngekutigcabha nangekwedzelela.
Bonkhe labatsakasela kuhlupheka kwami abahlazeke, badliwe ngemahloni, abembatsiswe emahloni nelihlazo labo labangicoloshelako.
Tsemba Simakadze, ugcine indlela yakhe, yena uyawukuphakamisa udle lifa lemhlaba ubone kushabalaliswa kwalababi.
Tonkhe titsa tami tiyawuhlazeka titfutfumele kakhulu, tidliwe ngemahloni, tibaleke masinyane.
Banyenti kunetinwele tenhloko yami badlanga ngemandla labafuna kungibulala, labo labangitondza ngelite. Ngiphocelelwani kutsi ngikhishiswe intfo lengingakayebi?
Shangatsi labo labetsembele kuwe bangete behlelwa ngemahloni bajabhiswe ngenca yami. Hhawu, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wemabandla, shangatsi labo labafuna wena bangete bahlazeka, badvumale ngenca yami, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Shangatsi labo labafuna kuphila kwami bangadliwa ngemahloni babhubhe; shangatsi bangasibekelwa bubi nelihlazo labo labacondze kungilimata.
Ngalelo langa bayakutsi: “Ngempela, lona nguNkulunkulu wetfu, besetsembela kuye, naye wasisindzisa. Lona nguSimakadze lebesetsembele kuye; asijabule sitfokote ngensindziso yakhe.”
kodvwa labo labetsembele kuSimakadze batfola emandla lamasha. Bayawukhuphuka ngemaphiko njengetinsweti, bayawugijima bangadzinwa, bayawuhamba bangaphelelwa ngemandla.
Emakhosi ayawuba bacizeli bakho, nemakhosikati awo amunyise bantfwabakho. Bayawuguca embikwakho, buso babo bubheke phansi emhlabatsini, bayawukhotsa lutfuli lwetinyawo takho ngelulwimi. Uyawube sewuyati-ke lapho kutsi mine nginguSimakadze. Labo labetsembela kimi bangeke bajabhiswe.”
Kodvwa Simakadze ume ngakimi njengelichawe lemphi lelinemandla; ngako-ke bahluphi bami bayawukhubatela, ngeke baphumelele. Batakwehluleka batseleke ngalelikhulu lihlazo, badliwe ngemahloni langayiwuphindze akhohlakale.
Kodvwa mine ngitakwetsembela kuSimakadze, ngilindzele Nkulunkulu ngesibindzi, ngobe nguye lotangiphephisa. Nkulunkulu wami utangiva.
Kodvwa noko, loko bekufanele kwenteke, kuze kutewugcwaliseka loko lokwabhalwa emtsetfweni wabo kwekutsi: ‘Bangitondza ngaphandle kwesizatfu.’