18 Nome ngabe tinatfo tabo setiphelile, bayachubeka nebugwadla babo; baholi babo batitsandza kakhulu tindlela tabo telihlazo.
Emvakwetinyanga letintsatfu wabikelwa Juda kwatsiwa: “Thamari, malukatana wakakho ugwadlile, manje nje sewutetfwele.” Juda waphendvula watsi: “Mkhipheni, nimshise aze afe.”
Tikhulu tetive tibutsene ndzawonye njengesive saNkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, ngobe tihlangu temhlaba taNkulunkulu. Waphakanyiswa, ubabateka kakhulu!
Ungadizelwa, ngobe kudizelwa kwenta bantfu bavaleke emehlo bangete babone, kuphambukise labacotfo ekukhulumeni liciniso.
Bengikuhlanyele njengemvini welikhetselo, weluhlobo lolucinile nalolwetsembekile. Pho, ungigucukele kanjani lokutsi bese uba ngumvini lokhohlakele longewesiganga?
“ ‘Kodvwa wena wesuke wase wetsembela kulobuhle bakho, lelidvumela lakho lakwenta waba yingwababane. Watfululela konkhe kukhanuka kwakho kunome ngubani labendlula ngendlela, buhle bakho baba bake.
“Bayakudla tabelo tabo temihlatjelo, kodvwa bangeke besutse; bayawungenela bugwadla, kodvwa bangandzi, ngobe bamshiyile Simakadze,
Lokukhona ticalekiso kuphela, nekucala emanga, nekugwazana, nekweba kanye nebuphingi; bephula tonkhe tikhonkhwane teminyele letibekiwe; kucitsa ingati kulandzela kucitfwa kwengati.
“Ngesikhatsi nangitfola Israyeli, bekungatsi ngitfola emagelebisi elugwadvule; ngesikhatsi ngibona boyihlo, bekungatsi ngibona titselo tekucala esihlahleni semakhiwa. Kodvwa kwatsi nabefika eBhali Pheyori, batehlukanisela leso sithico lesilihlazo, nabo baze benyanyeka njengalentfo bebayitsandza.
Ngobe ngiyati kutsi mangaki emacala enu nekutsi tono tenu tikhulu kangakanani. Niyabacindzetela labalungile, nitsatse imidizo, nemuke labamphofu emalungelo abo etinkhundleni.
Babusi balamadolobha bawabusa ngekudizelwa, kanjalo nebaphristi bayatsengwa kuze bachaze bahumushe nemtsetfo, nebaphrofethi imibono netembulo tabo batichaza ngekudizelwa; noko basajinge bachoshe ngekutsi Simakadze unabo, batsi: “Kute lokutasehlela, ngobe Simakadze unatsi.”
Bonkhe batingcweti ekwenteni lokubi. Tiphatsimandla nebehluleli bacela kudizelwa. Umuntfu lomkhulu uvele atjele labantfu loko lakufunako, bese babopha lisu.
Kufanele ningawephuli umtsetfo, futsi ningabakhetsi bantfu. Akukafaneli nemukele umdizo, ngobe uphumphutsekisa emehlo alabahlakaniphile, uphambukise nemavi alabalungile.
Kodvwa lamadvodzana akhe akazange ahambe etinyatselweni takhe. Aphambuka angete etsembeka, emukela imidizo, agwegwisa umtsetfo.