20 Batsi kube bamuve bonkhe, badvumisa Nkulunkulu. Base batsi kuPawula: “Uyabona-ke, mzalwane, kukhona tinkhulungwane temaJuda letikholwako, bonkhe babambelele kakhulu emtsetfweni.
“Nine lenesaba Simakadze, mdvumiseni! Nani nonkhe madvodzana aJakobe, mtuseni! Nonkhe nine ntalo ya-Israyeli, mhlonipheni!
Umhlaba wonkhe uyakukhumbula ugucukele kuSimakadze, yonkhe imindeni netive temhlaba tiyawukhotsama embikwakhe,
Bantfu batsi kube bakubone loko, betfuka badvumisa Nkulunkulu lonika bantfu emandla lanjalo.
Tatsi lapho ticumbi tebantfu tisondzela madvutane, bantfu banyatselana ngenca yebunyenti, Jesu wase utsi kubafundzi bakhe kucala: “Caphelani imvubelo yebaFarisi yekutentisa.
Kepha kusifanele kutsi sijabule sidle ngekutfokota, ngobe umnakenu abefile, kepha manje sewuyaphila; abelahlekile, kepha manje sewutfolakele.’ ”
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Inhlanyelo yakolo nayiwela emhlabatsini ingete yafa, ihlala iyodvwa; kepha nayifa, itsela titselo letinyenti.
Batsi nabeva loko, babindza, base badvumisa Nkulunkulu batsi: “Nembala Nkulunkulu sewunike nebetive litfuba lekuphendvukela ekuphileni.”
Lamanye emadvodza laphuma eJudiya aya e-Antiyokhi acala afundzisa bazalwane atsi: “Ningeke nisindziswe naningakasoki njengekusho kwelisiko laMosi.”
“Sivile kutsi labanye betfu befike lapho banikhatsata banidzidza tingcondvo ngetimfundziso tabo; noko abakatfunywa ngitsi kutsi bakwente loko.
Kepha lamanye emakholwa elicembu lebaFarisi asukuma atsi: “Kufanele basoke, batjelwe kutsi bagcine umtsetfo waMosi.”
Labo labalemukela livi lakhe babhajatiswa; babengacishe babe ti-3 000 tebantfu letengetelwa kubo ngalelo langa.
“Mine ngiliJuda lekutalwa, ngatalelwa eThasusi leseSilisiya, kodvwa ngifundze la eJerusalema, ngifundziswa nguGamaliyeli. Ngatfola kuceceshwa lokushubile ngemtsetfo wabokhokho betfu, futsi ngangitinikele ngenshisekelo lenkhulu kuNkulunkulu njengani nonkhe lenilapha embikwami lamuhla.
Liqoqo lelo labaficisisa kakhulu, lase liyabakhulula, ngobe alisitfolanga sizatfu sekubajezisa, ngobe bonkhe bantfu bebadvumisa Nkulunkulu ngaloko lebekwentekile.
Kodvwa labanyenti labaliva livi bakholwa; emadvodza andza acishe aba ti-5 000.
Ngako-ke livi laNkulunkulu lachubeka landza kakhulu. Nebunyenti bebafundzi eJerusalema bandza kakhulu, kantsi nelinyenti lebaphristi lakwemukela kukholwa.
Ngiyabafakazela kutsi banenshisekelo lenkhulu kuNkulunkulu; kodvwa ayikho ekulatini kahle liciniso.
Ngachubeka ngekwenkholo yebuJuda, ngabendlula labanyenti lababebontsanga yetfu esiveni sakitsi ngishisekela kakhulu kugcina timfundziso tabokhokho.
bese badvumisa Nkulunkulu ngami.
Loko kuyakwenteka ngelilanga nayifika kutawudvunyiswa kulabangcwele bayo, bayibabate bonkhe labakholwako; nani niyawube nisemkhatsini wabo, ngobe nani nabemukela bufakazi betfu ngayo.