Siphetfo salabo labacindzetela labamphofu1 Maye kulabo labacabanga imicabango lemibi, labo labatsi balele babe bangakalali bacabanga emasu ekwenta bubi! Kutsi kungasa bakwente loko bebakuhlosile, ngobe banemandla ekukwenta loko. 2 Nabafuna emasimi, bavele bawatsatse ngendlovuyangena; nabafuna tindlu, bavele batidle. Kute namunye lonemndeni lovikelekile, nome lonelutfo loluphephile. 3 Ngako Simakadze utsi: “Ngitanehlisela sehlakalo, futsi kuyawubate loyawuphepha kuso. Niyawutikhandza senisekhatsi elubishini, lapho ningaseyiwuhamba ngekutigabatisa lokungaka. 4 Mhlazana kufika leso sikhatsi, tive tiyawubekiselana ngalendzaba yenu yesehlakalo, tiyawuhlabela ingoma ngelusizi lwesehlakalo lesiyawube sinehlele, titsi: ‘Sibhujisiwe sacedvwa, Simakadze ulitsetse live letfu, walinika labo labasitfumbile.’ ” 5 Ngako-ke nasesifikile sikhatsi sekutsi live libuyiselwe esiveni saNkulunkulu, kute namunye wenu loyawuba nesabelo kulo. 6 Lesive saphrofetha kimi, satsi: “Ungasiphrofethi, ungasishumayeli ngaloko. Nkulunkulu angeke asihlazise. 7 Ucabanga kutsi sive saka-Israyeli singaphansi kwesicalekiso yini? Kungabe Nkulunkulu sewulahlekelwe kubeketela kwakhe yini? Angayenta kambe intfo lenje? “Akakhulumi kahle yini kulabo labenta lokuhle?” 8 Simakadze waphendvula watsi: “Itolo loku sive sami sisukume phansi njengesitsa. Nihlubula tembatfo letinhle tebunjinga kulabo labendlulako, banganaki njengemabutfo labuya emphini. 9 Nicosha bafati besive sami emakhaya abo labawatsandzako, nemuke nebantfwababo tibusiso tami taphakadze. 10 Sukumani nihambe, lena akusiyo indzawo lapho ningabalekela khona, ngobe ingcolile; lendzawo itawubhujiswa ngelulaka lolukhulu. 11 Lesive sifuna luhlobo lwebaphrofethi labaphrofetha emanga nenkhohliso, batsi: ‘Ngiphrofetha kutsi liwayini netjwala kuyawuba ngimifula yenu yekunatsa.’ 12 “Kodvwa ngiyakunibutsela ndzawonye, nonkhe nine sive saka-Israyeli lenisasele. Ngiyawunibutsela nonkhe ndzawonye njengetimvu tibuyela esibayeni sato; nanjengelidlelo leligcwele timvu, live lenu lisetawubuye ligcwale bantfu labanyenti.” 13 Nkulunkulu uyawubavulela indlela yabo, abuye abahole abakhiphe ekutfunjweni kwabo. Bayawufohla, baphume emasangweni elidolobha bahambe bakhululekile. INkhosi yabo, Simakadze cobo lwakhe, uyawubahambela embili abakhiphe. |
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