22 Nkulunkulu uhleti esihlalweni sebukhosi etikwembulunga lengumhlaba, nebantfu bakhona bafanana netintsetse. Wendlala emazulu njengempheme, awendlale njengeliseyili entele bantfu kutsi batewuhlala kuwo.
Nkulunkulu watsi: “Akube khona umkhatsi emkhatsini wemanti, wehlukanise emanti nemanti.”
Emafu lamnyama ayamsibekela, kuze angasiboni asahamba antontomela etulu emazulwini.’
Wendlala inyakatfo emkhatsini longenalutfo, alengise umhlaba eteni.
Ngubani nje longacondzisisa kutsi uwendlala kanjani emafu? Udvuma kanjani nje endzaweni yakhe yekuhlala?
ungahlanganyela yini naye ekwendlaleni kwakhe sibhakabhaka lesicine njengesibuko selitfusi lelincibilikisiwe?
Yena yedvwa wendlala emazulu, anyatsele emagagasi elwandle.
Kukhanya kuyingubo lotembese ngayo, weneke emazulu njengekumiswa kwelithende;
Wenta bumnyama baba yingubo yakhe, watungeletwa ngemafu lahlomile, lamnyama.
Noko-ke liphimbo lako liphumele emhlabeni wonkhe, nemavi ako aphumele emhlabeni wonkhe. Lilanga ulakhele umpheme ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka.
Losesihlalweni sebukhosi ezulwini ubahleka bulima; yebo, Simakadze ubenta inhlekisa.
Simakadze usesihlalweni sebukhosi, ubusa zamcolo. Simakadze usesihlalweni sebukhosi, kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.
Simakadze ugibela emazulu, wona lawo mazulu asendvulo. Yena uvakalisa liphimbo lelivi lakhe, lona liliphimbo lelinemandla.
Ngangikhona mhlazana amisa emazulu, mhlazana abeka umkhatsi ehlukanisa sibhakabhaka netilwandle,
Livi lesembulo lelimacondzana nelive laseGibhithe: Buka la, Simakadze ugibela lifu leligijima kakhulu, ubange kulaseGibhithe. Tithico taseGibhithe tiyawutfutfumela embikwakhe, netinhlitiyo tebantfu baseGibhithe tiyancibilika ngekhatsi kwabo.
“Awu, Simakadze Somandla, Nkulunkulu wesive sema-Israyeli, wena lohleli emkhatsini wemakherubhi, wena wedvwa unguNkulunkulu etikwayo yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba. Wena wadala lizulu nemhlaba.
Buka, tive tifanana nelitfonsi embiteni, titsatfwa njengelutfuli esikalweni; ukala tichingi kube shangatsi tilutfuli lolucolisakele.
Tonkhe tive tinjengelite emehlweni akhe, kuye titsatseka njengentfo lengenamsebenti, futsi tingaphansi kwelite.
ngeke angabate nome ajabhiswe, aze emise umtsetfocotfo wami emhlabeni. Tichingi tiyawubeka litsemba lato kulomtsetfo wakhe.”
Naku lokushiwo nguNkulunkulu longuSimakadze, yena lowo lowadala emazulu, waweneka, wendlala nemhlaba nako konkhe lokumila kuwo, lonika kuphefumula kubantfu labakuwo, nekuphila kulabo labahamba etikwawo, utsi:
“Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi wakho, lowakubumba esiswini, utsi: NginguSimakadze, lowente tonkhe tintfo, yena yedvwa loweneke emazulu, lowendlala umhlaba ayedvwana,
kutsi ningakhohlwa Simakadze, uMenti wenu, loweneka emazulu, wabeka tisekelo temhlaba, kutsi seningahlala ngekutfutfumela onkhe emalanga ngenca yelulaka lwemcindzeteli, lotilungiselela kunibhubhisa? Ngobe lukuphi nje lulaka lwemcindzeteli?
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Lizulu lisihlalo sami sebukhosi, umhlaba usenabelo setinyawo tami. Iphi-ke lendlu leningangakhela yona? Itawuba kuphi-ke indzawo yami yekuphumula?
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wawudala umhlaba ngemandla akhe lamakhulu; wesekela umhlaba ngekuhlakanipha kwakhe, weneka emazulu ngekucondza kwakhe.
Livi lesembulo: Leli livi laSimakadze nga-Israyeli. Simakadze, lowendlale emazulu, lobeke tisekelo temhlaba, nalowabumba umoya wemuntfu ekhatsi kuye, utsi:
Size sabona ngisho nemaNifilu, emadvodzana a-Anaki layintalelwane yemaNifilu. Sitibone singangetintsetse kubo, nabo futsi basibona singangato.”