2 Bantfu bakulesichingi baba nemusa lomkhulu kitsi. Lase licale kuna, ngako kwase kumakhata, base basibasela umlilo, sotsa.
Kwatsi kungakapheli emalanga lamatsatfu, onkhe emadvodza akaJuda newakaBhenjamini ahlangana ndzawonye eJerusalema. Ngelilanga lema-20 enyangeni yemfica, bonkhe base bahleti ebaleni lelithempeli, bakhatsateke kakhulu ngalemvula leyayina, ikakhulu ngesimo salowo mhlangano.
Ungatibuyiseleli nome ube nemagcubu nebantfwana bebantfu bakini, kodvwa uyawutsandza makhelwane wakho njengobe utitsandza wena. NginguSimakadze.
Umchamuki lohlala eveni lakini ubomphatsa njengemuntfu wakini. Umtsandze njengobe utitsandza wena, ngobe nani nake naba tihambi eveni laseGibhithe. NginguSimakadze.
Ngulowo nalowo loyawunatsisa abe munye kulaba labancane nome yinye nje inkomishi yemanti, ngobe angumfundzi wami, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Ngeke alahlekelwe ngumvuzo wakhe.”
Kwakumakhata, ngako-ke tisebenti kanye nabogadzi bese babase umlilo wemalahle bawutungeletile botsa, naPhetro wema kanye nabo, wotsa umlilo.
Ngakusasa sangenisa eSidoni, naJuliyusi wamphatsa kahle Pawula, wamvumela nekutsi ayewubonana nebangani bakhe asho nekusho kutsi abonakekelwa kahle.
Pawula wasabutela tinkhunyana; watsi asatibasa, kwachamuka inyoka, icoshwa kushisa, yaluma Pawula, yaze yanamatsela yalenga esandleni sakhe.
Lesive saseMaltha satsi nasibona lenyoka inamatsele esandleni saPawula, samsola satsi: “Lomuntfu ngumtsakatsi, nome asaphunyulile elwandle nkulunkulu wekujezisa, longuDikhe, akamvumeli kutsi aphile.”
ngobe nginemtfwalo kubo bonkhe, emaGriki nalabangakaphucuki, labafundzile nalabangakafundzi.
Mayelana nalobutsakatsaka ekukholweni, memukeleni kahle, kodvwa hhayi kutsi nitewuphikisana naye inkhani ngemibono.
Lodla konkhe angabombukela phansi longadli konkhe, kantsi nalongadli konkhe angamehluleli lona lodla konkhe; ngobe Nkulunkulu umemukele naye.
Ngako-ke wena mJuda, uyawulahlwa ngumuntfu wetive, ngekutsi yena ugcina umtsetfo nome angazange asasoke enyameni, ngobe wena wephula umtsetfo nome unawo ubhalwe phansi, kantsi futsi usokile.
Kodvwa nangabe ngingalwati lulwimi lolukhulunywa ngulomunye, loko lakukhulumako akuvakali kimi, nami lengikukhulumako akuvakali kuye.
Ngasebenta kakhulu ngidvonsa matima. Bengike ngicwashe ngingalali, ngilambe, ngome, ngeswele kudla, ngiphatfwe lichwa, ngeswele nekwekwembatsa.
Kulabanjalo kute umehluko emkhatsini wemGriki nemJuda, walosokile nalongakasoki, wetive nemSikithi, sigcili nalokhululekile, kodvwa Khristu ungiko konkhe, futsi ukubo bonkhe.
Ningakhohlwa kungenisa tihambi emakhaya enu, ngobe labanye ngekwenta njalo bangenisa tingilosi bangaketeleli.