14 “Ngiyawubahlawulela yini emandleni elithuna ngibahlenge ekufeni? Ye Kufa, tiphi tifo takho letibulalanako? Ye Thuna, kuphi kubhubhisa kwakho? “Ngiyawubate sihawu.
ibe nemusa kuye itsi: ‘Mane umvikele angayi emgodzini. Sengimtfolele inhlawulo,’
Emandla ahlala entsanyeni yakhe, tesabiso timhambela embili.
Ngobe ungeke uvume kungiyekelela endzaweni yalabafile, nome-ke ungeke umvumele lotsandzekako wakho kutsi abole ethuneni.
Yebo, Simakadze, ungikhiphile endzaweni yalabafile, waphephisa kuphila kwami emkhatsini walababange ekufeni.
Kodvwa, Nkulunkulu, umphefumulo wami uyakuwuhlenga emandleni ekufa ngobe uyawungemukela. Cabanga.
Ungesabi lutfo, nakanjinga umuntfu, lapho bunjinga bakhe sebandza;
Nguwe lowentile kutsi ngibone tinsizi letinyenti naletibuhlungu, wangihlumelelisa futsi; wabuye wangimonyula ekujuleni kwemhlaba, wangikhiphela ngetulu kwawo.
Ngobe umusa wakho mkhulu kimi, uwephulile umphefumulo wami ekujuleni kwekufa.
amite kufa phakadze naphakadze. Somandla longuSimakadze uyawukwesula tinyembeti kubo bonkhe buso; uyawususa lihlazo lesive sakhe emhlabeni wonkhe. Simakadze sewukhulumile.
Kodvwa labafile bakho bayawuphila; imitimba yabo iyawuvuka. Nine lenihleti elutfulini lwemhlaba, vukani nimemete ngenjabulo. Ematolo akho anjengematolo asekuseni laphilisako, umhlaba uyawubakhipha labafile bawo.
Simakadze utsi: “Ungilahlile mine. Ulibele kuchubeka nekuhlubuka. Ngako ngitawubeka tandla tami etikwakho, ngikubhubhise, ngingeke ngisaba nesihe kuwe.
Lowo muntfu akafanane nemadolobha labhidlitwa nguSimakadze angasenasihawu nawo. Akeve sililo ekuseni, nenhlabamkhosi emini.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, lowo lowabeka lilanga kutsi likhanyise emini, wamisa inyanga netinkhanyeti kutsi tibokhanyisa ebusuku, lowo lotamatisa lwandle kuze emagagasi alo abhodle, nguSimakadze longuSomandla libito lakhe, utsi:
Wakhuluma kimi, watsi: “Phrofetha emphefumulweni, phrofetha, ndvodzana yemuntfu, ukhulume kuwo, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Wena mphefumulo, chamuka emimoyeni yomine, uphefumulele kulaba lababulewe, khona batewuphila.’ ”
Emvakwemalanga lamabili utasiphilisa, ngelilanga lesitsatfu utasivusa, khona sitewuphila ebukhoneni bakhe.
Kutigcabha kwa-Israyeli kubufakazi lobumelene naye, kodvwa etikwako konkhe loko akabuyeli kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakhe, nome-ke amfune.
“Mine, Simakadze, angigucuki. Ngako nani titukulwane taJakobe, anikabhujiswa.
Nkulunkulu akasiye umuntfu kutsi angacala emanga, futsi akasiyo indvodzana yemuntfu legucukako engcondvweni yayo. Uyakhuluma yini angabe asenta? Uyetsembisa yini angabe asasifeza setsembiso sakhe?
Ngobe nangabe kulahlwa kwabo bekukubuyisana kwaNkulunkulu nemhlaba wonkhe, pho, kwemukelwa kwabo kungaba yini, nakungesiko kuphila kulabafile?
Phela Nkulunkulu akakuguculi kwephana kwakhe kwamahhala nekubita kwakhe.
Ngobe nasisekulo lelidlangala lelingumtimba wetfu, siyabubula sikhale ngaphansi kwemtfwalo. Asifuni kuwushiya lomtimba lomdzala, kodvwa sifuna kwemukela kuphephela kulomusha, kuze kutsi loko lokubhubhako kumitwe kuphila.
Nguye loyawugucula simo sebuphansi bemtimba wetfu, ufane nemtimba wakhe wenkhatimulo, ngemandla akhe langahlela ngawo konkhe ngephansi kwakhe.
Njengobe sikholwa kutsi Jesu wafa waphindze wavuka, kanjalo nalabo labafe bakuJesu: Nkulunkulu uyawubavusa ekufeni abaletse kanye naJesu.
Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela ngetulu, tiphuma kuBabe uMdali wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni, lote kugucugucuka, njengobe tona tigucuka, tibohle tisishiya ebumnyameni.
Lwandle lwakhipha labafile lababekulo, kufa nendzawo yalabafile kwaniketa labafile lababekuko; bonkhe bantfu behlulelwa ngekwemisebenti yabo.
Uyakwesula tonkhe tinyembeti emehlweni abo, sekuyawubate kufa, nekulila, nekukhala, nebuhlungu, ngobe kwakucala sekwendlulile.”
Kwatsi chamu lihhashi lelimphofu, libito lemgibeli walo bekunguKufa, iHayidesi yamlandzela. Banikwa emandla etikwencenye yesine kukwemhlaba, kutsi bayibulale ngenkemba, nangendlala, nangesifo lesingelapheki, nangetilwane tesiganga.
Lowo Loyinkhatimulo yema-Israyeli akawacali emanga nome agucule umcondvo wakhe; ngobe akasiye umuntfu kutsi angaze agucule umcondvo wakhe.”