18 Nako kini nine lenifisa lilanga laSimakadze! Nilifiselani lilanga laSimakadze? Lelo langa liyawuba bumnyama, lingabi kukhanya.
“Lilani, ngobe lilanga laSimakadze selisondzele, litawufika liyimbhubhiso levela kuSomandla.
Lowo lobalekela umsindvo wekwesabisa, uyakuhholokoshela emgodzini; lowo loyawukhuphuka kulomgodzi, uyawubanjwa lugibe. Tivalo temanti emazulwini tivuliwe, tisekelo temhlaba tiyanyikatiswa.
maye kulabo labatsi: “Nkulunkulu akasheshise, akaphangise umsebenti wakhe, khona sitewubona. Longcwele waka-Israyeli akakwente masinyane loko latimisele kukwenta, khona sitekwati.”
Ngalelo langa bayawubhodla etikwa-Israyeli njengekubhodla kwelwandle. Umuntfu uyawutsi nakabuka live, abone bumnyama lobesabekako; ngisho nekukhanya imbala emafu ayawukwenta kube bumnyama.
Ngobe bangifuna onkhe emalanga, babonakala shangatsi banenshisekelo yekwati tindlela tami, kube shangatsi basive lesenta lokulungile, lesingakayishiyi imiyalo yaNkulunkulu waso. Babuta kimi tehlulelo leticotfo, babonakale shangatsi bashisekela kutsi Nkulunkulu asondzele kubo.
Bayawube sebabuka phansi emhlabatsini babone inhlupheko yodvwa nebumnyama nelitfunti lelesabekako, nabo bayawulahlelwa ebumnyameni lobesabekako.
Ngelulaka lwaSimakadze longuSomandla live liyawugagadzeka, nebantfu bayawuba tinkhuni temlilo; kute loyawuphephisa umnakabo.
Mnikeni ludvumo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, asengakabuletsi bumnyama, tinyawo tenu tisengakakhubateli emagcumeni lahwalalisako. Netsembele ekukhanyeni, kodvwa utakugucula, akwente kube bumnyama lobuphatsekako, yebo, akwente kube lusizi lolujulile.
Balibala kungibuta batsi: “Liphi livi laSimakadze? Aligcwaliseke-ke nyalo!”
Maye, liyesabeka lelo langa, kute leliyawuse libe njengalo. Kuyawuba sikhatsi senhlupheko kaJakobe, kodvwa uyawusindziswa kuso.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, saga sini lesi leninaso lapha eveni laka-Israyeli, lesitsi: ‘Emalanga ayendlula, yonkhe imibono igucuka ibe lite’?
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, indlu yaka-Israyeli itsi: ‘Lombono lawubonako ngeweminyaka leminyenti kusukela nyalo, futsi uphrofetha ngetintfo letiyakwenteka kadzeni.’
Maye, lilanga lelesabekako! Ngobe lilanga laSimakadze lisedvute, lilanga Somandla layawuletsa ngalo imbhubhiso.
Embikwaso umhlaba uyatamatama, kutsi sibhakabhaka sitfutfumele, lilanga nenyanga kube mnyama, kutsi tinkhanyeti tingabe tisakhanya.
Simakadze uyabhavumula embikwalemphi yakhe. Emabutfo akhe manyenti ngalokungabaleki; banemandla labo labalalela umyalo wakhe. Lilanga laSimakadze likhulu, liyesabeka. Ngubani nje longemelana nalo?
Lilanga liyawuba mnyama, inyanga ibe bovu njengengati, lingakefiki lilanga lelikhulu nalelesabekako laSimakadze.
“Lilanga laSimakadze lekwehlulela tonkhe tive selisondzele. Njengobe wentile nawe Edomu kuyakwentiwa njalo nakuwe; tento takho tiyawuphindziselwa kuwe.
“Impela lilanga liyeta; liyawushisa njengemlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako. Bonkhe labatigcabhako bangangihloniphi nalabenta lokubi bayawuba tinhlanga, lelo langa lelitako liyawubalumekela ngemlilo,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Kute imphandze nome ligala leliyawusala kubo.
Ngiyawubahlasela ngendlala lephundlako, namashaya acotfule wetifo letibulalanako, kanye netijeziso letibulalako. Ngiyawubahlasela ngetidladla tetilwane tesiganga, nangesihlungu setindlondlo letintjuma elutfulini.
Kepha lilanga leNkhosi liyawufika njengelisela, mhlazana emazulu ayakwendlula ngekuhlokoma; tonkhe tisekelo temkhatsi tiyakusha tincibilike, umhlaba nemisebenti lekuwo kuyawusha.
batsi: “Uphi-ke loJesu lowanetsembisa kutsi uyabuya? Ngobe seloku kwalala bobabemkhulu, tonkhe tintfo tihamba njengobe tatinjalo kusukela ekucaleni kwendalo.”