17 Ema-Israyeli lenkhatimulo yaSimakadze leyayembese leNtsaba ayibona ayifanisa nemlilo locotfulako.
Ebukhatikhatini bebukhona bakhe kwaphambana imibane nemalahle lavutsako.
Emakhala akhe akhafula intfutfu; umlomo wakhe wakhephuta umlilo locotfulako, kuwo kwakhehleka emalahle labovu.
ngemhlomunye babe sebalungele, ngobe ngalelo langa ngitakwehlela entsabeni iSinayi bonkhe bantfu babuka.
Yonkhe leNtsaba iSinayi yasibekelwa lifu, ngobe Simakadze abesehlele etikwayo ngemlilo. Intfutfu yenyuka njengentfutfu yembutfuma yemlilo; yonkhe intsaba yatamatama.
Ingilosi yaSimakadze yabonakala kuye iselangabini lemlilo ekhatsi nekhatsi esihlahleni. Watsi uyabuka, wabona lesihlahla sivutsa kodvwa singashi.
Ngabona kutsi kusukela kuloko lokwakubonakala shangatsi kulukhalo lwakhe kuya ngenhla kwalo abefanana nelitfusi lelimanyatelako, kube shangatsi ligcwele umlilo, bese kutsi kusuka elukhalweni kuye phansi abefanana nemlilo. Abetungeletwe kukhanya lokumanyatelako.
Lokukhanya kwakumtungeletile njengemushi wenkosazana ubonakala emafini, ngelilanga lekuna kwemvula. Loku bekukubonakala lokwakubonakalisa bukhosi baSimakadze. Ngatsi kube ngikubone konkhe loku, ngawa ngibhekise buso bami phansi, ngase ngiva livi lalokhulumako.
Ngubani nje longamelana nentfukutselo yakhe? Ngubani longabhekana nelulaka lwakhe lolwesabeka kangaka? Nakacitsa intfukutselo yakhe lenjengemlilo, emadvwala agayeka phansi abe tincetu embikwakhe.
Ngobe Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu ungumlilo locotfulako, unguNkulunkulu lonesikhwele.
Wanenta neva livi lakhe asezulwini kutsi atenicondzisa kahle. Emhlabeni wanikhombisa umlilo wakhe, naweva emavi akhe aphuma emlilweni.
Kodvwa banini nesiciniseko lamuhla kutsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu nguye lohamba embikwenu njengemlilo locotfulako. Utababhubhisa, abehlule embikwenu nibuka. Nitawubakhipha nibacedze ngekushesha, njengobe Simakadze anetsembisa.
Aniketi entsabeni longayitsintsa, levutsa umlilo nalenebumnyama lobumnyamakati, nesivunguvungu,
ngobe loNkulunkulu wetfu ungumlilo locotfulako.