23 Kwatsi etfukwa, wangete waphindzisela ngenhlamba; kwatsi ahlushwa, wangete wasongela. Kodvwa watinikela kuNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngekulunga.
Akube khashane nawe kwenta intfo lenje! Ungababhubhisi labalungile kanye nalababi, bese labalungile baba njengalabangakalungi! Akube khashane nawe loko. Angeke yini umehluleli wemhlaba wonkhe ente kulunga?”
Kantsi wena uyabona, ngobe tinhlupheko netinsizi uyakunaka, kuze ukufumbatse ngetandla takho. Lohluphekile utinikela kuwe, ngobe wena ungumsiti wetintsandzane.
Nginikela umoya wami esandleni sakho, ungihlengile wena Simakadze; unguNkulunkulu lowetsembekile.
Nikela indlela yakho kuSimakadze, umetsembe, yena-ke uyawukutsatsela tinyatselo.
Nkulunkulu ungumehluleli lolungile, yena unguNkulunkulu lophambana nebubi onkhe emalanga.
embikwaSimakadze, ngobe uyeta, yebo, uyeta kutakwehlulela umhlaba. Uyakwehlulela umhlaba ngekulunga, yebo, ehlulele tive ngekwetsembeka kwakhe.
Yacindzetelwa, yahlushwa, kodvwa ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo; yaba njengelizinyane lemvu leliyiswa ekuhlatjweni, nanjengemvu lebindzile embikwebahhuli bayo, nayo ayizange iwuvule umlomo wayo.
Noko, setfu silungile, ngobe sitfola loko lokusifanele ngalesikwentile; kodvwa yena kute lakonile.”
Jesu wakhala ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Babe! Ngibeka umoya wami etandleni takho!” Wakusho loko wase uyafa.
Ngako-ke Herodi wabuta Jesu imibuzo leminyenti, kodvwa Jesu akazange atsi vu.
ngobe umisile lilanga lapho ayakwehlulela khona umhlaba wonkhe ngeliciniso lelimsulwa ngemuntfu munye lamkhetsile; ngaye sewuvete siciniseko kubantfu bonkhe ngekutsi amvuse kulabafile.”
“Manje-ke, Nkhosi, ake ubukisise lokusesabisa kwabo bese uyasivumela, tsine tinceku takho, kutsi sikhulume livi lakho ngaso sonkhe sibindzi.
Basachubeka bamgcoba ngematje Stefano, wakhala ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Nkhosi Jesu, yemukela umoya wami.”
Ngaso lesikhatsi Sawula abesachubeka ngekusongela nekubulala bafundzi beNkhosi. Waya kumPhristi Lomkhulu.
Kodvwa ngebulukhuni nangenkhani yekungaphendvuki kwenhlitiyo yakho, utibekela lulaka lube lukhulu ngelilanga lelulaka. Ngalelo langa iyawukhanya indlela Nkulunkulu lehlulela ngayo kutsi imsulwa.
Baphatsi, nani yentani njalo kuto tisebenti tenu, niyekele kutisongela, nati kutsi iNkhosi yenu neyato isezulwini, nekutsi yona ayikhetsi muntfu.
Loku kusibonelo lesikhanyako ngekwehlulela kwaNkulunkulu lokunekulunga, nize nitfolakale ningulabafanele umbuso waNkulunkulu wona lowo leniwuhluphekelako.
kungako nje ngihlupheka nanyalo. Kodvwa ngite emahloni, ngobe ngiyamati lengetsembele kuye, futsi ngineliciniso kutsi yena unawo emandla ekukulondvolota loko lakubeke kimi, kuze kube ngalelo langa.
Manje sengihlalelwe kutfola umchele wekulunga, lengibekelwe wona yiNkhosi, uMehluleli lolungile. INkhosi iyawunginika lowo mchele ngalelo langa, hhayi mine kuphela kodvwa bonkhe labetsabele kubuya kwayo.
Mkhumbuleni yena lowo lowacinisela, nome toni setimhlukumeta ngenca yenzondo. Nanimkhumbula-ke, ningeke nidzinwe nome nidzangale etinhlitiyweni tenu.
Ningaphindziseli lokubi ngalokubi, nome inhlamba ngenhlamba; kodvwa esikhundleni saloko busisani, ngobe nabitelwa loko kutsi nidle lifa lekubusiswa.
Ngako-ke labo labahlupheka ngekwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu abachubeke bente lokuhle, babeke imiphefumulo yabo kuMdali lowetsembekile.
Ngase ngibona lizulu livulekile, bekunelihhashi lelimhlophe. Lona bekaligibele abebitwa ngekutsi nguLotsembekile naLiciniso; umsulwa ekwehluleleni kwakhe nasekulweni kwakhe.