7 Wotani, sehle, siyewusanganisa lulwimi lwabo, khona bangetiwuvana.”
Nkulunkulu wase utsi: “Asente bantfu, babe ngumfanekiso wetfu, basifute; babuse etikwetinhlanti taselwandle, nasetikwetinyoni tasemoyeni, nasetikwetifuyo, nasetikwemhlaba wonkhe, nasetikwato tonkhe tilwane letihamba ngesisu netilwanyakatana.”
Ngito leto-ke titukulwane taHhamu, ngemindeni yato, netilimi tato, emaveni ato, nasetiveni tato.
Ngiyo-ke le imindeni yemadvodzana aNowa ngetitukulwane tawo nangetive tawo. Tive tesukela kuwo, emvakwazamcolo, tandza nemhlaba wonkhe.
Bavela kulabo-ke labantfu labahamba bayawuhlala emaveni langaselwandle. Babehlala ngemindeni yabo etiveni tabo, bakhuluma tilimi tabo emaveni abo.
Simakadze wehla atewubona lelidolobha nalombhoshongo lowawakhiwa bantfu.
Nkulunkulu Simakadze watsi: “Ase nibuke, Adamu sewunjengatsi, sewuyakwati lokuhle nalokubi. Angahle akhe kulesihlahla sekuphila adle, bese uphila kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.”
Babengati kutsi Josefa abeluva lolulwimi lwabo, ngobe kwakukhona labemhumushela.
Ubindzisa beluleki labetsembekile, esuse inhlakanipho yebaholi.
Losesihlalweni sebukhosi ezulwini ubahleka bulima; yebo, Simakadze ubenta inhlekisa.
Simakadze ucitsa emacebo etive; ushabalalisa imicabango yebantfu.
Hhawu, Simakadze, citsa lusongo lwabo, uphambanise inkhulumo yabo, ngobe ngibona umbango nekuphikisana kulelidolobha.
Simakadze watsi kuye: “Ngubani lowanika umuntfu umlomo? Ngubani lowenta umuntfu abe simungulu, nome sihhulu? Ngubani lowenta umuntfu abone nome abe yimphumphutse? Akusimi yini, mine Simakadze?
Ungeke uphindze usibone lesive lesinebudlova, labo bantfu belulwimi lolungatiwa kahle, labalulwimi lwabo lungatiwa futsi lungevakali.
Ngase ngiva livi laSimakadze litsi: “Ngitawutfuma bani? Ngubani lotasiyela?” Ngase ngitsi: “Nangu mine, tfuma mine!”
Yebo, wenandlu yaka-Israyeli,” kusho Simakadze, “ngitawuletsa sive lesikhashane sitekulwa nani, sive sasendvulo lesicinile, sive lesikhuluma lulwimi leningalwati, yebo, lesikhuluma lulwimi leningaluva.
Libandla nalingahlangana ndzawonye lisuke lonkhe likhulume ngetilimi, bese kungena labangativa nome emahedeni, bangete basho yini kutsi niyahlanya?
“Simakadze uyawuletsa sive lesiyawumelana nani, lesisuka khashane, emaphetselweni emhlaba sinihlwitse njengelusweti lolundizako, sive lesikhuluma lulwimi leningalwati,