7 Siphetfo sato tonkhe tintfo sesisondzele. Ngako-ke tibambeni, nititsibe khona nitekwati kukhuleka.
Ngako-ke baphindza bamnatsisa uyise nakubo lobo busuku wadzakwa. Lona lomncane wahamba wafike walala neyise. Loti akamvanga nakangena nome asaphuma, ngobe bekadzakwe kakhulu.
Nkulunkulu watsi kuNowa: “Sengincume kutsi ngibacedze bonkhe bantfu; ngobe umhlaba ugcwele budlova ngenca yabo. Ngitawubabhubhisa, ngibesuse bonkhe emhlabeni.
Kuncono kuya endlini lapho kulilwa khona kunekuya endlini lapho kunelidzili khona, ngobe kufa kusiphetfo sabo bonkhe bantfu; labo labaphilako kufanele bakufake enhlitiyweni yabo loko.
Baphrofethi baphrofetha emanga, baphristi baphetse ngeligunya labo, nebantfu bami bakutsandza ngaleyo ndlela. Kodvwa nitakwenta njani ekupheleni?”
Kuphela sekufikile! Kuphela sekufikile! Sekufikile kulwa nawe. Sekufikile!
Ngako-ke caphelani, ngobe anilati lilanga iNkhosi yenu leyawubuya ngalo.
“Ngako-ke lindzani, ngobe lilanga nemzuzu ningakwati.”
“Ticaphelisiseni! Ningatifaki kakhulu emadzilini nasekunatseni lokudzakanako, nasekunakeni tintfo talomhlaba, funa lelo langa linitume;
Lindzani nithandaze onkhe emalanga, khona nitawuba nemandla ekuphunyula kuletintfo letitakwenteka nitekwati kuma embikweNdvodzana yeMuntfu.”
Watsi kubo: “Nilaleleni? Vukani nithandaze kuze ningangeni ekulingweni.”
Tfokotani etsembeni, nibeketele elusizini, nicinisele njalo emthandazweni.
Emvakwaloko kuyawufika kuphela, mhlazana anikela umbuso kuNkulunkulu uYise, nasacitse yonkhe imibuso, nebukhosi bonkhe, nemandla onkhe.
Bazalwane, ngitsi: Sikhatsi sesinciphile; kusukela nyalo nalabanebafati ababe njengalabate bafati,
Khulekani ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi nikuMoya ngekukhuleka konkhe nekuncenga. Nilindzele ngesineke sonkhe, nangekuncusela labangcwele bonkhe.
Kubeketela kwenu ngebumnene akwatiwe bantfu bonkhe, iNkhosi isedvute.
Ciniselani ekuthandazeni, nilindze kuko ngekubonga.
Kodvwa wena, zitsa etintfweni tonkhe, ubeketele ekuhluphekeni, wente umsebenti webuvangeli, utifeze tonkhe timfanelo telubito lwakho.
Lomusa usifundzisa kutsi sikudzele kungakholwa, nekutsi sitilumule etinkhanukweni telive, bese siphila ngekuzitsa, nangekulunga, nangekumesaba Nkulunkulu kulomhlaba,
Singakuyekeli kuhlangana ndzawonye, njengobe labanye sebanemkhuba wekungahlangani; kodvwa asikhutsatane kakhulu, njengobe nani niyabona kutsi lilanga selisondzele.
Kube Khristu akangenanga kanye, bekuyawudzingeka kutsi ahlupheke kanyenti kusukela ekusekelweni kwendalo yonkhe. Kodvwa esikhundleni saloko, ubonakaliswe kwaba kanye, kwenela, ekugcineni kwetikhatsi, kuze asuse sono ngenhlawulo lenguye cobo lwakhe.
Ngaloko-ke bophani tinkhalo tengcondvo yenu, nititsibe, netsembe ngalokuphelele umusa lenitakwabelwa wona ekwembulweni kwaJesu Khristu.
Ngalokufananako nani, madvodza, hlalisanani kahle nebafati benu, nati kutsi umuntfu lomsikati unjengesitja lesibutsakatsaka; nibahloniphe, ngobe batindlalifa temusa wekuphila kanye nani; loku nikwente, khona ingetiwuvimbeleka imithandazo yenu.
Zitsani, nilindze. Sitsa senu, Sathane, siyajangaza emkhatsini wenu njengelibhubesi lelibhodlako, sitfungatsa lesingahle simmite.
“Lalelani! Ngiyawufika njengelisela! Ubusisiwe lolindzile, agcine tingubo takhe kutsi angahambi ngcunu, kudzimate kubonakale lihlazo lakhe.”