3 uyawutijabulisa ekwesabeni Simakadze. Angeke ehlulele ngalakubona ngemehlo akhe, nome ente sincumo ngalakuve ngetindlebe takhe;
“Manje-ke incekukati yakho itsi: ‘Shangatsi emavi enkhosi yami, inkhosi, angangiletsela kuphumula, ngobe phela inkhosi yami ifanana nengilosi yaNkulunkulu ekwehlukaniseni lokuhle kulokubi. Shangatsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho angaba nawe.’ ”
Inkhosi yakhuluma kulomfati, yatsi: “Ncandzeka uye ekhaya, ngitawukhipha umtsetfo egameni lakho.”
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi nasiva lesigwebo lesikhishwe yinkhosi, sacalela phansi kuyihlonipha inkhosi, ngobe sabona kahle kutsi inekuhlakanipha kwaNkulunkulu kwekuhola nekwehlulela ngekulunga.
Ngako-ke nika inceku yakho inhlitiyo lehlakaniphile nengcondvo lehlutekile lekwati kwehlukanisa lokuhle nalokubi, kuze yehlulele kahle lesive sakho. Ngobe ngubani nje longakhona kubusa lesive sakho lesikhulu kangaka?”
Indlebe ayikuva yini lokukhulunywako, njengobe nelulwimi lukunambitsa kudla?
Ngobe indlebe iyawavivinya emagama, njengobe nelulwimi lunambitsa kudla.
Nangabe ukwenta konkhe loko, utawucondzisisa kutsi kuyini kwesaba Simakadze, utfole nekutsi kuyini kwati Nkulunkulu.
Ngako, wena utakucondza kulunga, nebumsulwa, nebucotfo, ukwati nalokufanele.
Utawuba sisekelo sakho lesingusonasona ngawo onkhe emalanga akho, abe lifa lakho lensindziso, nelekuhlakanipha, nelwati. Kwesaba Simakadze kungumcebo wakhe.
Lendzawo iyawuba sabelo sembusi lobusako eveni laka-Israyeli, kuze angasayiwuphindza acindzetele bantfu bami, kodvwa uyawuvumela lonkhe leli lelinye live libe letive tema-Israyeli.’ ”
Uyakwehlulela emkhatsini wetive, acatulule imibango yetive letinemandla, edvute nakhashane. Tona-ke tiyawukhandza tinkemba tato, titente tibe ngemakhuba, tikhali tato tibe tikelo tekutsena tihlala. Sive singeke sihlasele lesinye ngenkemba, futsi tive tingeke tisaceceshelwa kulwa imphi.
Jesu wakhula emtimbeni nasengcondvweni, watsandvwa nguNkulunkulu nebantfu.
Futsi-ke sasingekho nesidzingo sekutsi angachazelwa ngulomunye ngebantfu, ngobe yena bekati lingekhatsi lemuntfu.
Ningabokwehlulela ngekubuka kwemehlo enu, kodvwa yehlulelani ngekwehlulela lokulungile!”
Kudla lokucinile kwebantfu lasebakhulile, lasebanemicondvo lehlutekile, leseyikwati kwehlukanisa lokuhle nalokubi.
Kodvwa Simakadze wakhuluma kuSamuweli, watsi: “Ungabheki kubukeka nebudze bakhe, ngobe yena ngimalile. Simakadze akabuki tona tintfo letinakwa ngumuntfu. Umuntfu ubuka lingaphandle lemuntfu, kodvwa Simakadze ubuka inhlitiyo.”