11 Bomnakabo baba nemona, kodvwa uyise wawagcina engcondvweni yakhe lamaphupho.
Wafike watsi: “Ngena, wena lobusiswe nguSimakadze, umeleni ngaphandle? Ngobe indzawo sengiyilungisile endlini, ngisho nendzawo yemakamela imbala.”
BomnakaboJosefa bahamba baya eShekhemu bayakwelusa timvu netimbuti teyise.
Josefa wawakhumbula emaphupho akhe ngabo, wase utsi kubo: “Nine nitinhloli, nitewuhlola tikhala leningalingenela ngato lelive letfu.”
Basesendleleni baba nemona naMosi kanye na-Aroni, longcwele waSimakadze.
Ngabona kutsi wonkhe umshikashika nako konkhe kuphumelela kwemuntfu kusukela ekuhawukeleni kwakhe lutfo kumakhelwane wakhe. Nako loko kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Umona wa-Efrayimu uyawunyamalala, titsa takaJuda ticedvwe nya; Efrayimu angeke aphindze abe nemona ngaJuda, naJuda angeke aphindze abe nebutsa ku-Efrayimu.
Simakadze, sandla sakho siphakamele etulu, kodvwa noko abasiboni. Bente babone inshisekelo yakho ngesive sakho, batewudliwa ngemahloni. Akutsi umlilo lowugcinele titsa takho udle bona ubacedze.
“Loku-ke kuphela kwendzaba yonkhe. Mine Danyela, ngakhatsateka kakhulu ngimicabango yami, buso bami baze baphaphatseka, kodvwa lendzaba yaba sifuba sami ngedvwa.”
Abati kahle kamhlophe kutsi Jesu babemletse ngobe babenemona naye.
Philatu abesabonile kutsi baphristi labakhulu babephetfwe ngumona nje lokutsi baze baletse Jesu la kuye.
Yena-ke Mariya watikhumbula tonkhe leto tintfo, wazindla ngato enhlitiyweni yakhe.
Noko Jesu wahamba nabo waya eNazaretha; lapho wafike watitfoba, waba ngephansi kwabo; kodvwa unina watigcina enhlitiyweni yakhe tonkhe leto tintfo.
Lapho emaJuda abona ticuku, aba nemona; aphikisa Pawula kuloko abekusho, ametfuka.
“Bokhokho baba nemona ngaJosefa, bamtsengisa njengesigcili eGibhithe. Kodvwa Nkulunkulu waba naye,
nekuhawukela, nekudzakwa, nebudli, naletinye tintfo letifanana naleti lenganitjela ngato kucala, kutsi labo labenta letintfo bangeke balidle lifa lembuso waNkulunkulu.
Ngobe natsi matfupha sake saba tilima, singalaleli, sidukiswa, sitigcili tato tonkhe tinkhanuko nekutamasa. Besiphila ebubini nasemoneni, sitondzekile, sitondzana.
Nome-ke nicabanga kutsi kulite yini loku lokushiwo ngumBhalo, kutsi: “LoMoya, lambeka kitsi Nkulunkulu uyafutselana, kantsi futsi unesikhwele ngatsi”?
Sawula watfukutsela wabila; lesigiyo sabo samkhuba, watsi: “Davide bamnika emashumi etinkhulungwane, kodvwa mine banginika tinkhulungwane nje. Yini-ke lokunye langaphindze akutfole ngetulu kwaloko, ngaphandle kwembuso?”