8 Ngubani lowahlela lokulwa neThire, lidolobha lebukhosi, lelibahwebi balo batikhulu, nebatsengisi balo bahlonishwa emhlabeni wonkhe?
Itsi: ‘Akusito tonkhe yini tindvuna tami lesetingemakhosi?
Ungayeyisa yini yona yinye nje kuto tonkhe tindvuna letincane temphatsi wami, nome ngabe wetsembele eGibhithe ngetincola temphi kanye nebagibeli bemahhashi?
Bayawuphanga bunjinga bakho, batfumbe netimphahla takho letitsengwa titsengiswe, bayawubhidlitela phansi tibondza takho, bahhihlite tindlu takho letinhle, balahle ematje akho, netingodvo leticinile, nayo yonkhe imfuhlululu elwandle.
Bahwebi bakho ubandzise baba banyenti, bendlula tinkhanyeti tesibhakabhaka. Kodvwa nyalo balingise tintsetse ngekutsi bahluphulute live, bese bayabaleka.
IThire yona seyitakhele inqaba; seyicokelele isiliva kwaba shangatsi lutfuli, negolide njengeludzaka lwasesitaladini.
Kungeke kuphindze kubonakale kuwe kukhanya kwesibane. Kungeke kuphindze kuvakale kuwe liphimbo lemyeni nelamakoti. Bahwebi bakho bekutikhulu temhlaba, wedukisa tonkhe tive ngebutsakatsi bakho.
Ngako-ke tinhlupheko tayo tiyawufika ngalanga linye: kufa, lusizi, nendlala. Iyawushiswa ngemlilo, ngobe inemandla iNkhosi Nkulunkulu leyehlulelako.”