12 Ngabuye ngabanika emaSabatha ami abe sibonakaliso emkhatsini wetfu, kuze bati kutsi mine Simakadze ngimi lengabenta baba ngcwele.
Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu walibusisa lilanga lesikhombisa, walingcwelisa; ngobe ngalo waphumula emsebentini wakhe wonkhe wekudala.
Wabatisa liSabatha lakho lelingcwele, wabanika imiyalo, netimiso kanye nemitsetfo ngenceku yakho Mosi.
Bukani la! Mine Simakadze ngininike liSabatha, ngiko nje ngelilanga lesitfupha ngitaboninika kudla lokwanele emalanga lamabili. Ngulowo nalowo kufanele ahlale endlini kakhe angaphumi, ngalelilanga lesikhombisa.”
Kufanele nente imisebenti yenu emalanga lasitfupha, kodvwa lilanga lesikhombisa nilingcwelise kube liSabatha, lilanga lekuphumula, lilanga lelinikelwe kuSimakadze. Losebenta ngalelo langa kufanele abulawe.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lokwentako loko, umuntfu lobambelela kuko, lowo logcina liSabatha angaloni, abambe sandla sakhe singakwenti lokubi.”
Ningayetfwali imitfwalo niphume nayo etindlini tenu, nome-ke nente leminye nje imisebenti ngeliSabatha, kodvwa gcinani lilanga leliSabatha libe ngcwele, njengaloku ngayala boyihlomkhulu.
Gcinani emaSabatha ami angcwele, kuze abe sibonakaliso emkhatsini wetfu. Ngulapho-ke niyakwati khona kutsi nginguSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wenu.”
ngabenta baba ngulabangcolile ngekwemtsetfo ngenca yetipho tabo, umhlatjelo wako konkhe lokulitubulo, khona ngitekubesabisa, kuze batekwati kutsi mine nginguSimakadze.’
Ngulapho-ke tive tiyawukwati khona kutsi mine Simakadze ngenta Israyeli kutsi abe ngcwele, ngesikhatsi indzawo yami lengcwele iyawuba kubo phakadze naphakadze.’ ”
“ ‘Kuyo yonkhe imibango, baphristi kufanele babe behluleli, bakhiphe sincumo lesihambisana netimiso tami. Kufanele bayigcine imitsetfo yami netimiso tami tayo yonkhe imikhosi yami lebekiwe, bagcine nemaSabatha ami angcwele.
Gcinani imitsetfo yami, niyilandzele, ngobe ngimi loningcwelisako.
khona angeyiwungcolisa bantfwabakhe besive sakubo. NginguSimakadze lomngcwelisako. ’ ”
kodvwa ngenca yesici sakhe akayiwusondzela endvwangwini nome elatini kutsi ahlazise indzawo yami lengcwele. NginguSimakadze lobangcwelisako.’ ”
Ma-Israyeli, batiseni kutsi bangcwele, ngobe banikela ngekudla kwaNkulunkulu wenu. Bangcwele ngobe mine, Simakadze, lenginingcwelisako ngingcwele.
“Shano kuma-Israyeli utsi: ‘Ngelilanga lekucala enyangeni yesikhombisa niyawuba nelilanga lekuphumula, umkhosi loyawumenyetelwa ngekukhaliswa kwemacilongo, umhlangano longcwele.
Ninemalanga lasitfupha leningasebenta ngawo nente umsebenti wenu, kodvwa lilanga lesikhombisa liSabatha lekuphumula, lilanga lekukhonta. Akukafaneli nente nome ngumuphi umsebenti lapho nihlala khona. Lelo liSabatha laSimakadze.
Lelo kuyawuba liSabatha kini lekuphumula leniyawutitfoba ngalo; ngelilanga lemfica kuleyo nyanga kusukela nakuhwalalako kuze kube ngunakuhwalalako ngelilanga lelishumi kuyo leyo nyanga, niyawulitsatsa ngekutsi lilanga lekuphumula lelimcoka, ningenti lutfo.”
“ ‘Ngelilanga leli-15 lenyanga yesikhombisa, nase nibutse sonkhe sivuno selive lenu, niyawugcina lomkhosi waSimakadze emalanga lasikhombisa. Lilanga lekucala liyawuba lekuphumula, kodvwa nangelilanga lesiphohlongo ningenti lutfo.
Kodvwa ngemnyaka wesikhombisa emasimi enu kufanele abe neliSabatha lekuphumula, liSabatha kuSimakadze.
Ngako-ke akubete umuntfu lonilahla ngekudla nangekunatsa, nome ngemikhosi, nangekwetfwasa kwenyanga, nome ngemaSabatha.
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu wekuthula anganingcwelisa ngalokuphelele, agcine umoya wenu, nemphefumulo wenu, nemtimba wenu, kungabi nasici ekubuyeni kweNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu.
Lencwadzi iphuma kumnakaboJakobe longuJuda, sisebenti saJesu Khristu. Iya kulabo lababitwe nalabatsandvwe nguNkulunkulu longuBabe, labalondvolotelwe Jesu Khristu.