27 Ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla sewutimisele ngaloko, ngubani nje longamvimbela kuloko? Sandla sakhe selulekile, ngubani nje longasijikisa?
watsi: “Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabokhokho, wena awusiye yini Nkulunkulu losezulwini? Ubusa yonkhe imibuso yetive temhlaba. Emandla nemagunya kusesandleni sakho, futsi kute longamelana nawe.
“Nangefika lapha akuhhodlele ejele, akubitele ekugwetjweni, ngubani longamelana naye?
“Kodvwa nasancumile yena yedvwa, ngubani longamelana naye? Wenta loko lakutsandzako.
“Ungakukhombisa yini kungalungi kwami? Ungangilahla yini ngelicala mine, khona utetitfola ungenacala wena?
“Ngiyati kutsi wena unemandla ekwenta konkhe, kute muntfu longaphatamisa loko lese uhlose kukwenta.
Nakukhona lamhlwitsako, ngubani longaba nemandla ekummisa? Ngubani kona longambuta atsi: ‘Wentani?’
Emasu aSimakadze ayawuhlala emile kuze kube phakadze; nemicabango yakhe iyawuhlala imile kuto tonkhe titukulwane.
Umuntfu angaba netinhloso letinyenti engcondvweni yakhe; kodvwa kugcina kuphumelele inhloso yaSimakadze.
Kuhlakanipha kwemuntfu, nekucondza kanye nemyalo longiwo sibili kungeke kukusite, nangabe kucondzene nekumelana naSimakadze.
NguSimakadze longuSomandla lokuhlelile kutsi entele phansi ligcabho labo bonkhe bukhatikhati, nekutsi atfobise bonkhe labadvumile emhlabeni.
“Yebo, kusukela endvulo solomane Nginguye. Kute longakhulula esandleni sami. Nangenta lutfo, ngubani longakujikisa loko?”
Ngibita lingce emphumalanga, eveni lelikhashane ngibite umuntfu atewufeza injongo yami. Loko lese ngikushito, nguloko lengiyawukuphumelelisa; loko lese ngikuhlelile, nguloko lengiyawukwenta.
Takheleni emasu enu, kodvwa atakwehlulekiswa; yentani emachinga enu, kodvwa ngeke aphumelele; ngobe Nkulunkulu unatsi.
EmaSiriya ngasemphumalanga nemaFilisti ngasenshonalanga, asakhamisele kushwabudzela ema-Israyeli. Noko ngako konkhe loku lulaka lwakhe alukagucuki; sandla sakhe sisephakeme.
Ngako-ke umhlaba utawulila, nemazulu ngetulu agucuke abe mnyama, ngobe sengikhulumile, futsi ngingeke ngibuye ngigucuke, sengincumile, futsi ngingeke ngijike.”
Labo labayawubalekela inkemba babuyele eveni lakaJuda besuke eGibhithe, bayawuba mbalwa kakhulu. Kuyawutsi-ke yonkhe insali yakaJuda leyeta kutawuhlala eGibhithe iyawukwati kutsi labani livi leliyawuma, lingagucuki, lami nome labo.
Ngako-ke, vanini losekulungiswe nguSimakadze engcondvweni yakhe nge-Edomu, loko lasatimisele kukwenta kulabo labahlala eThemani: Ematfole emhlambi ayawuhudvulwa, uyakuwabhubhisa awacedze emadlelo abo ngenca yabo.
Lona ngumlayeto Jeremiya umphrofethi lawutjela Seraya, umsa waNeriya, umsa waMahaseya, ngesikhatsi aya eBhabhulona, ahamba naSedekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, ngemnyaka wesine wekubusa kwakhe. Seraya abeyindvuna yekulungisa tindzawo tekuphumula neyekwaba kudla netimphahla temabutfo emphi.
Ngiyawukwenta ube lidvwala lelingenalutfo, uyawuba yindzawo yekweneka emanetha ekudweba. Awusayiwuphindza wakhiwe kabusha, ngobe mine Simakadze sengikhulumile, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Siyati kutsi Nkulunkulu usebentisa konkhe kube lusito kulabo labamtsandzako, lababitwe ngekwenjongo yakhe.
Siyawutsini-ke ngaloku? Nangabe Nkulunkulu angakitsi ngubani longamelana natsi?