9 Batsi kube befike kulendzawo Nkulunkulu labemlayele yona, Abrahama wakha lilati walungisa tinkhuni, wabopha Isaka, umsa wakhe, wambeka etinkhunini etikwelilati.
Simakadze wabonakala ku-Abrama, watsi: “Lelive ngiyawulinika titukulwane takho.” Abrama wakhela Simakadze lilati, ngobe abebonakele lapho kuye.
Wesuka waya etintsabeni tangasemphumalanga neBetheli, wafike wemisa lithende lakhe khona; iBetheli beyingasenshonalanga, i-Ayi beyingasemphumalanga. Nakhona lapho wafike wakhela Simakadze lilati; wakhuleka kuSimakadze.
Ngako-ke, Abrama walitfutsa lithende lakhe walimisa ngasetihlahleni tema-okhi eMamre, leseHebroni; wafike lapho wakhela Simakadze lilati.
Abrahama welula sandla sakhe, watsatsa umukhwa asatawuhlaba umsa wakhe.
Abrahama waphendvula watsi: “Ndvodzana yami, Nkulunkulu utatibonela yena lizinyane lemhlatjelo wekushiswa.” Ngako-ke bachubeka solomane bahamba bobabili.
Nowa wakhela Nkulunkulu lilati, watsatsa kuto tonkhe tifuyo letihlambulukile nakuto tonkhe tinyoni letihlambulukile, wanikela kuNkulunkulu umnikelo wekushiswa elatini.
Wabeka letinkhuni etikwalo, wacoba lenkunzi wayibeka etikwaletinkhuni. Wabe sewukhuluma kubo utsi: “Gcwalisani timbita letine ngemanti, bese niwatsela etikwalomnikelo kanye naletinkhuni.”
Simakadze nguNkulunkulu, wasipha kukhanya, wasikhanyisela. Hlabani lihele leMkhosi, niphatse emacembe ngetandla tenu, nize nifike etimphondvweni telilati.
Bambopha, bamtsatsa, bammikisa kuLusibalukhulu Philatu.
Kwanelela kwasa nje kwabutsana lonkhe Liqoqo, baphristi labakhulu, netibondza, netati, kanye nalamanye emalunga alo, bahlanganisa inkhulumo. Babopha Jesu bamchuba bayawumetfula kuPhilatu.
Abefundza indzawana emBhalweni lapho kutsi: “Njengemvu ilandzelwe kuyawuhlatjwa, nome lizinyane lemvu embikwemhhuli walo lithulile, akazange awuvule umlomo wakhe.
Khristu wasihlenga esicalekisweni lesasiletfwe ngumtsetfo, ngekutsi abe sicalekiso endzaweni yetfu; ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Ucalekisiwe wonkhe umuntfu lolenga emtsini.”
Niphile imphilo yelutsandvo, njengobe naKhristu asitsandza watinikela ngenca yetfu, waba ngumnikelo nemhlatjelo loliphunga lelimnandzi kuNkulunkulu.
Kanjalo-ke naKhristu, asatinikele kanye kwetfwala tono talabanyenti, uyawubonakala ngekwesibili, asangaseteli sono, kodvwa asetele kuyawusindzisa labo labahlala bamlindzele.
Khokho wetfu Abrahama ngesikhatsi anikela nga-Isaka, umsa wakhe, elatini, akazange yini emukelwe nguNkulunkulu ngekutsi ulungile ngemisebenti?
Khristu cobo lwakhe wetfwala tono tetfu emtimbeni wakhe, emtsini, kuze kutsi tsine singabe sisabuswa tono kodvwa siphile ekulungeni. “Niphiliswe ngemivimbo yakhe.”