4 kodvwa labeswele uyawubehlulela ngekwemtsetfocotfo, labamphofu belive abehlulele ngekungakhetsi. Uyawushaya umhlaba ngendvuku yemlomo wakhe; ngekuphefumula kwemlomo wakhe uyawubulala lababi.
Davide wawabusa onkhe ema-Israyeli, enta loko lokulungile kubo bonkhe bantfu bakhe.
Angeke abubalekele bumnyama, lilangabi liyakubunisa emahlumela akhe, kuphefumula kwemlomo waNkulunkulu kuyawumtsatsa kumlahle khashane.
Ngekuphefumula kwaNkulunkulu bayabhubha; ngekuvunguta kwentfukutselo yakhe bayaphela.
Intfonga yebukhosi bakho lobunemandla uyawuyelula wena, Simakadze, useSiyoni, utsi: “Busa wena emkhatsini wetitsa takho.”
Emakhala akhe akhafula intfutfu, umlomo wakhe wakheputa umlilo locotfulako kuwo kwakhehleka emalahle labovu.
ubaphahlate ngentfonga yensimbi, ubaphihlite njengeludziwo lwembumbi.”
Ngempela lulaka lwebantfu lwengeta indvumiso yakho, labasindze elulakeni lwakho bayimvunulo yakho.
nifundze kwenta lokulungile! Funani umtsetfocotfo, nikhutsate labacindzetelwe. Vikelani labo labate boyise, niyimele indzaba yemfelokati.”
“Umhlaba ngiyakuwujezisa ngenca yebubi bawo, ngijezise nalababi ngenca yetono tabo. Ngiyakulicedza ligcabho lalabo labatigcabhako, ngikutfobise kutigcabha kwalabo labanelunya.
Timbhukudvu tetimphuya tiyawutfola emadlelo, kutsi labeswele bacambalale phansi baphephile. Kodvwa titukulwane tenu, maFilisti, ngiyakutibhubhisa ngendlala lenkhulu leyawuhhela ngisho nemisalela.
bese sihlalo sebukhosi sima ngelutsandvo; nangekwetsembeka kuyawuhlala umuntfu kuso, umuntfu loyawuvela endlini yakaDavide, umehluleli loyakwehlulela ngekungakhetsi, ayisheshisise indlela yekulunga.
Uyakwehlulela emkhatsini wetive, acatulule imibango yetive letinyenti. Tona-ke tiyawukhandza tinkemba tato, titente tibe ngemakhuba, tikhali tato tibe tikelo tekutsena tihlahla. Sive singeke sihlasele lesinye ngenkemba, futsi tive tingeke tisaceceshelwa kulwa imphi.
Ulenta linyatselwe phansi ngetinyawo, yebo, ngetinyawo talabacindzetelwe, ngetinyatselo talabamphofu.
Labatfobekile bayawubuye bajabule ngaSimakadze; labeswele bayawujabula ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Simakadze ungena ekwehluleleni, wehlulela labadzala nebaholi besive sakhe, utsi: “Ngini lenicedze sivini sami, imphango leniyitsetse kulabamphofu igcwele etindlini tenu.
Kuphefumula kwakhe kunjengesikhukhula semanti lesigeletako, nasikhuphuka size sifike ngasentsanyeni. Unyakatisa tive esisefeni sakhe sembhubhiso; ubeka emihlatsini yebantfu litomu lekubaholela ekwedukeni.
Livi laSimakadze liyawuphihlita i-Asiriya, ngendvuku yakhe yebukhosi uyakuyishaya ayilahle phansi.
IThofethi seyalungiswa kadzeni, yentiwa yalungela inkhosi. Umgodzi wayo wemlilo sewagujwa waba banti wabuye washona, kwatfotwa netinkhuni letinyenti temlilo; kuphefumula kwaSimakadze lokugeleta njengemfula wesibabule lesivutsako kuyakuyilumeka ivutse.
Buka la, inkhosi iyawubusa ngekulunga, nebabusi bayawubusa ngekwemtsetfocotfo.
Emasu asidlani mabi, wakha emacebo ebubi ekubhubhisa labamphofu ngemanga, ngisho nome sikhalo saloweswele sicotfo.
Ngobe Simakadze ngumehluleli wetfu; Simakadze nguyena sishayamtsetfo setfu, Simakadze yinkhosi yetfu, nguye lotasisindzisa.
Tjani buyabuna netimbali tiyahhohloka, ngobe umoya waSimakadze uhhusha etikwako. Ngempela bantfu batjani.
Umlomo wami wawenta waba njengenkemba leloliwe, wangitfukusa emtfuntini wesandla sakhe; wangenta ngaba ngumcibisholo lololongiwe, wangivalela emgodleni wetikhali takhe.
Moya weNkhosi Simakadze ukimi, ngobe Simakadze ungigcobile, kutsi ngishumayele tindzaba letimnandzi kulabamphofu. Ungitfume kutsi ngitewubopha labo labatinhlitiyo tabo tidzabukile. Ungitfume kutawumemetela kukhululwa kulabatfunjiwe, nekukhululwa kulababoshiwe.
Umbuso wakhe uyawukhula, kuthula nenhlalakahle kungeke kuphele. Uyawubusa esihlalweni sebukhosi saDavide, nasembusweni wakhe. Uyakuwumisa awusekele ngekwemtsetfocotfo nangekulunga, kusukela kuleso sikhatsi kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze. Inshisekelo yaSimakadze longuSomandla iyawukwenta loko.
“ ‘Kulawo malanga nangaleso sikhatsi ngiyawuhlumisa Ligala Lelilungile leliyawuhluma elusendvweni lwendlu yakaDavide. Uyakwenta lokubucotfo bemtsetfo nalokulungile eveni.
sebakhuluphele baze bamanyatela. Tento tabo letimbi atinamkhawulo, ababameleli labo labate boyise kutsi bangalahlwa licala, abawalweli nemalungelo alabamphofu.”
Ngako-ke nganishaya nganijuba ticucu ngemavi ebaphrofethi bami, nganibulala ngemavi emlomo wami; tehlulelo tami timanyata njengembane etikwenu, tinehlele nome nini.
Funani Simakadze, nonkhe nine lenitfobekile belive, nine lenenta loko latsi kwenteni. Funani kulunga, nifune kutfobeka, mhlawumbe ningahle nivikeleke ngelilanga lentfukutselo yaSimakadze.
Uyawuguculela tinhlitiyo taboyise kubantfwababo, netinhlitiyo tebantfwana kuboyise; ngaphandle kwaloko ngiyawuta ngitewushaya lelive ngesicalekiso.”
Timphumphutse setiyabona, tinchute netishosha setiyahamba, emalephelo ayahlanteka, tihhulu setiyeva, labafile bayavuswa, neliVangeli seliyashunyayelwa kulabamphofu.
Babusisiwe labamnene, ngobe bayawudla lifa lemhlaba.
Ngaso lesikhatsi Sawula abesachubeka ngekusongela nekubulala bafundzi beNkhosi. Waya kumPhristi Lomkhulu.
Mine, Pawula matfupha, ngiyanincenga ngebumnene nangebubele baKhristu. Nginguye yena loPawula lenimtsatsa ngekutsi uyatikhobosa nasemkhatsini wenu, kodvwa abe nesibindzi kini nangekho embikwenu.
nekutfobeka, nekutibamba; kute umtsetfo lophambene naletintfo.
bese-ke lowo longenamtsetfo uyembulwa; Jesu iNkhosi uyawumbhubhisa ngemoya wemlomo wakhe, amcedze ngekubonakala kwenkhatimulo yekufika kwakhe.
Kubete lokhuluma kabi ngalomunye, bangabi tilwi, babeketele, bakhombise bumnene kubo bonkhe bantfu.
Ngubani lohlakaniphile nalocondzisisako emkhatsini wenu? Akakhombise imphilo yakhe lelungile ngemisebenti yakhe ngekutfobeka lokunenhlakanipho.
Esandleni sakhe sangesekudla abephetse tinkhanyeti letisikhombisa, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma inkemba leyayikhalipha tinhlangotsi totimbili, buso bakhe bumengetela njengelilanga emini.
Ngase ngibona lizulu livulekile, bekunelihhashi lelimhlophe. Lona bekaligibele abebitwa ngekutsi nguLotsembekile naLiciniso; umsulwa ekwehluleleni kwakhe nasekulweni kwakhe.
Emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma inkemba lekhaliphako latawushaya tive ngayo, uyawutibusa ngesandla lesimatima. Uyawunyatsela litje lesikhamo seliwayini. Leliwayini liyintfukutselo yelulaka lwaNkulunkulu Somandla.
Phendvuka-ke. Nakungenjalo, ngitawuta kuwe masinyane, ngilwe nabo ngenkemba yemlomo wami.