26 Kute umfati lotawuphunyelwa sisu nalotawuba yinyumba eveni lenu, ngitanipha imphilo lendze.
Abrahama wafa asamdzala kakhulu asenelisekile emphilweni; walandzela bokhokho bakhe.
Wafa asamdzala kakhulu, walandzela bokhokho bakhe. Wangcwatjwa bo-Esawu naJakobe, emadvodzana akhe.
Kwatsi Davide nasakhulile kakhulu asalikhehla, wase ubeka Solomoni, umsa wakhe, kutsi abe yinkhosi yema-Israyeli.
Tinkhomati tabo atilatelwa, ngobe tinkunzi tabo tiyatalisa.
Jobe wafa asamdzala, asakhulile ngeminyaka.
Uyawuya ethuneni ugcwele emandla, wenelisekile ngebudzala njengetitfungo letibutfwa ngesikhatsi sato lesifanele.
Wababusisa, bandza kakhulu, netifuyo tabo tandza kakhulu.
Shangatsi tinyango tetfu tingagcwaliswa ngesivuno sekudla lokunhlobonhlobo. Kanjalo netifuyo tetfu shangatsi tingandza, titalane ngetinkhulungwane nangemashumi etinkhulungwane.
Wena Simakadze nguwe loyawubajikijela phansi, emgodzini wekufa. Bantfu bengati nenkhohliso bangeke baphile, ngisho nencenye yemphilo yabo. Kodvwa mine ngiyakwetsembela kuwe.
Iminyaka yekuphila kwetfu ingiminyaka lengemashumi lasikhombisa, nangabe sisacinile iba ngiminyaka lengemashumi lasiphohlongo; noko linyenti laleyo minyaka seliphetse kuhlupheka nelusizi. Kuphila kwetfu kwendlula ngekushesha, yebo, siyandiza sihambe.
“Kungeke kuphindze kube nemntfwana kuyo loyawuphila emalangana lambalwa, nome kube nelichegu lelingeke likhule lize likhokhobe. Umuntfu loyakufa aneminyaka lelikhulu ngebudzala uyawutsatfwa ngekutsi abesemusha, lowo longayiwufika eminyakeni lelikhulu budzala uyawutsatfwa ngekutsi ucalekisiwe.
Simakadze, banike! Kodvwa utabanikani? Banike titalo letingabambi, ubanike nemabele late lubisi.
“Sitselo sesisu senu siyawubusiswa, nesivuno selive lenu, nemazinyane etifuyo, nemankhonyane emihlambi yenu, nemazinyane etimvu tenu newetimbuti tenu.
Gcinani timiso takhe nemiyalo yakhe lengininika yona lamuhla, kuze kulungele nine nebantfwabenu, khona nitewuphila siphelane kulelo live Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu lanipha lona.”
Niyawubusiswa kwendlula tonkhe tive; kute lomdvuna nome lomsikati longeyiwutala umntfwana, ngisho netifuyo tenu tingeke tibe tinyumba.