16 Nkulunkulu wenta tibane letikhulu taba tibili: lesikhulu kutsi sibuse imini, lesincane kutsi sibuse busuku. Wenta netinkhanyeti futsi.
Atibe tibane temkhatsi wesibhakabhaka tikhanyisele umhlaba.” Kwase kuba njalo.
nangabe nganaka lilanga ekukhanyeni kwalo nome inyeti ekuhambeni kwayo lokumangalisako,
ngesikhatsi tinkhanyeti tentsatsakusa tihlabela kanyekanye, netingilosi tonkhe tihlatjeleliswa kujabula?
Mdvumise wena langa, nawe nyanga, nimdvumise nani nonkhe tinkhanyeti letikhatimulako!
Konkhe akudvumise libito laSimakadze, ngobe wakhuluma kwadaleka.
Liphuma ngale kwemaphetselo elizulu, litungelete lize liyewumbamba unina; kute lokusitsakele ekushiseni kwalo.
Imini yakho, nebusuku bakho, nguwe lowenta kukhanya nelilanga.
Nangibuka etulu esibhakabhakeni sakho ngibona umsebenti wetandla takho, inyanga netinkhanyeti lotimisile, ngitsi:
Umtsentse welizulu kanye nato tonkhe tinkhanyeti ngemabutfo ato kungeke kukuvete kukhanya kwako. Lilanga leliphumako litakwentiwa libe mnyama, ngisho nenyanga iyakwehluleka kukhanyisa.
Inyanga iyawufiphala, lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni; ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.
Phakamiselani emehlo enu ezulwini: Ngubani lowadala konkhe loku? Nguye lokhipha emabutfo etinkhanyeti ngayinye ngayinye, atibite tonkhe tinkhanyeti nguleyo naleyo ngelibito layo. Ngenca yemandla akhe lamakhulu nangebukhulu bemandla akhe, kute nome yinye lesilelako.
Ngenta kukhanya, ngidale bumnyama, ngiletsa lokuhle, ngidale lokubi, mine Simakadze, ngitenta tonkhe letintfo.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, lowo lowabeka lilanga kutsi likhanyise emini, wamisa inyanga netinkhanyeti kutsi tibokhanyisa ebusuku, lowo lotamatisa lwandle kuze emagagasi alo abhodle, nguSimakadze longuSomandla libito lakhe, utsi:
Lilanga nenyanga kwema emazulwini ngekumanyatela kwemicibisholo yakho legijimako nangekubaneka kwekumanyatela kwesikhali sakho.
“Kepha masinyane nje emvakwaleto tinhlupheko, “ ‘lilanga liyawufiphala, nenyanga iyawubate kukhanya, netinkhanyeti tidzilike esibhakabhakeni, nemandla emkhatsi ayawunyakatiswa.’
Kepha kusukela ngeli-awa leli-12 emini umhlaba wonkhe waba mnyama, kwaze kwaba li-awa lesitsatfu.
Iyodvwa inkhatimulo yelilanga, iyodvwa inkhatimulo yenyanga, iyodvwa nenkhatimulo yetinkhanyeti; yebo, nguleyo nkhanyeti inekukhatimula lokwehlukile kukwalenye.
Nicaphele ningatikhonti tinkhanyiso lenitibona esibhakabhakeni njengelilanga, nenyanga, netinkhanyeti. Ningacali niwungeke ngekutikhotsamela nikhonte leto tintfo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu latabela tonkhe tive ngephansi kwelizulu.
Lelo khaya alilidzingi lilanga nenyanga, kutsi kulikhanyisele, ngobe inkhatimulo yaNkulunkulu iyalikhanyisela, nesibane salo liWundlu.