13 Imihelo yemfati nasatawubeleka iyamfikela, kodvwa ungumntfwana lote kuhlakanipha; kutsi nakufika sikhatsi sakhe, angete eta ngasemnyango wesibeletfo.
Bamtjela batsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguHezekiya, utsi: ‘Lelilanga lalamuhla lilanga lenjabhiso, nekutsetsiswa nelihlazo, njenganakufika tikhatsi tekubelekwa kwebantfwana kube kute emandla ekubabeleka.
Agcwala emanti emadvolweni, efikelwa buhlungu lobukhulu, njengebemfati lobelekako.
Umuntfu lohlakaniphile ingoti uyibona iseta, bese uyayibalekela; kantsi longenangcondvo ucondza ngco kuyo, bese utisola emvakwesikhatsi.
kutfutfumela kubabambe, tinhlungu nekucacamba kubantfonye, bajilajileke njengemfati aphetfwe ngumhelo. Bayawubukana ngekumangala, buso babo buvutse emalangabi.
Nginelusizi ngalombono lengiwubonile, buhlungu bungibambile, njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka. Kuyangetfusa loko lengikuvako, ngiyamangala ngaloko lengikubona ngemehlo ami.
Njengemfati lokhulelwe nasatawubeleka, uyajilajileka, akhale ngenca yemihelo, natsi sasinjalo ebukhoneni bakho, awu, Simakadze!
Bamtjela batsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguHezekiya, utsi: ‘Lelilanga lalamuhla lilanga lenjabhiso, nekutsetsiswa, nelihlazo, njenganakufika tikhatsi tekubelekwa kwebantfwana kube kute emandla ekubabeleka.
Simakadze utsi: “Ngiyasiletsa yini mine sikhatsi sekubeleka ngingabe ngisakufikisa kubeleka? Ngiyasivala yini sinye nase ngifikise ekubelekeni?” kusho Nkulunkulu wakho.
Uyawutsini-ke ngesikhatsi Simakadze asabeka etikwakho labo lebewubetayeta kutsi babe bangani bakho? Buhlungu bungeke yini bukubambise kwemfati nakabeleka?
Wena lohlala ‘eLebanoni,’ lotitfukuse etindlini temisedari, maye uyawufa kuquma kanjani nase wehlelwa tinhlungu, tinhlungu letifanana netemhelo wemfati nakabeleka!”
Butani nibone: Umuntfu lomdvuna wake wamtala yini umntfwana? Manje-ke kwenteka kanjani lokutsi ngibone onkhe emadvodza lanemandla abambe tisu njengemfati nakaphetfwe ngumhelo, onkhe anebuso lobugcungce kwekufa?
Ngiva kukhala lokunjengekwemfati lophetfwe ngumhelo, kuquma lokunjengekwalowo lobeleka litubulo lakhe, kukhala kweNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni, lephefumulela etulu, leyelula tandla tayo itsi: “Maye, ngiyacaleka, kuphila kwami kunikelwe etandleni tebabulali.”
IDamaseko seyibutsakatsaka, seyigucukele kubaleka, nekutfutfumela kuyibambile, kudzabuka kwenhlitiyo neminjunju kuyibambile, iminjunju lenjengeyemfati, nakaphetfwe ngumhelo.
“Tento tabo atibavumeli kutsi babuyele kuNkulunkulu wabo. Umoya webugwadla usetinhlitiyweni tabo, abamhloniphi Simakadze.
Nangabe umfati asatawubeleka, ubaselusizini, ngobe sikhatsi sebuhlungu sesifikile. Kodvwa nasambelekile umntfwana, ubukhohlwa bonkhe lobo buhlungu, ngobe ujatjuliswa kutalwa kwemntfwana.
Bekuvame njalo kutsi kwehle ingilosi yeNkhosi, ifike iwatamatamise lamanti. Bekutsi lowo longene kucala emuva kwekutanyatanyiswa kwemanti, aphile esifeni sakhe, nome ngabe saluphi luhlobo.]
Kodvwa asachubeka achaza ngekutiphatsa kahle, kutibamba nangekugwetjwa lokuseta, Feliksi wetfuka watfutfumela wadzimate watsi: “Kwamanje ase uhambe. Ngitawuphindze ngikubite, nase ngitfole lesinye sikhatsi.”
Ngobe utsi: “Ngikuvile ngesikhatsi lesifanele; ngakusita ngelilanga lensindziso.” Lalelani la, “sikhatsi lesifanele” ngiso lesi; “lilanga lensindziso” ngilo lona leli.
Kungabe lena nguyona ndlela yini lenibonga ngayo kuSimakadze, nine sive lesilibele nalesingakahlakaniphi? Akusiyena yini longuyihlo, uMdali wenu, lowo lowanenta wanibumba?
Ngesikhatsi bantfu batsi: “Kunekuthula nenhlalakahle,” ngekushesha lokukhulu kubhujiswa kuyawubatuma njengemhelo ufikela umfati nasatawubeleka; futsi kute loyawusindza.