31 kodvwa labo labetsembele kuSimakadze batfola emandla lamasha. Bayawukhuphuka ngemaphiko njengetinsweti, bayawugijima bangadzinwa, bayawuhamba bangaphelelwa ngemandla.
Noko, labangcwele batawubambelela etindleleni tabo, nalabo labatandla tabo tingenacala lalutfo batawuchubeka babe nemandla lamasha.
Wenelisa kuphila kwami ngalokuhle, kuvuseleleke emandla ebusha bami, ngivuseleleke ngibe njengelusweti.
Yebo, njengobe inceku yencike enkhosini yayo, nanjengobe umzanyana encike kumphatsi wakhe, natsi-ke sincike kuSimakadze, longuNkulunkulu wetfu, aze abe nesihawu kitsi.
Ngatsi nangikhala kuwe, wangiva wangiphendvula, wanginika sibindzi ngekungicinisa.
Yebo, Simakadze, sindzisa inkhosi, uyiphe kuncoba. Shangatsi Simakadze angasiphendvula, nasikhala kuye.
Shangatsi bumsulwa nebucotfo bungangigcina, ngobe litsemba lami likuwe.
Yebo, labo labetsembele kuwe kute namunye loyawuhlazeka; kepha bayawuhlazeka labo labakuhlubuka ngelite.
Ngihambise ecinisweni lakho, ungifundzise, ngobe wena unguNkulunkulu wensindziso yami. Litsemba lami likuwe lonkhe lilanga.
Tsemba Simakadze, ugcine indlela yakhe, yena uyawukuphakamisa udle lifa lemhlaba ubone kushabalaliswa kwalababi.
Lusito lwaNkulunkulu ngalulindzela ngesineke, wavula indlebe yakhe, wakuva kuncusa kwami.
Bayatfutfuka emandleni baye emandleni; Nkulunkulu wabonkulunkulu uyawubonakala eSiyoni.
Hhawu, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wemabandla, vani, ulalele umthandazo wami, beka indlebe yakho, Nkulunkulu waJakobe! Cabanga.
Kuhle kubonga wena, Simakadze, nekuhlabelela egameni lakho, wena Losetikwako Konkhe,
Labo-ke banjengetihlahla letihlanyelwe endlini yaSimakadze, bachuma etibuyeni taNkulunkulu wetfu.
‘Nakubona kambe loko lengakwenta kumaGibhithe, nekutsi nganetfwala njani ngemaphiko elusweti nganiletsa kimi.
Yindlela yelusweti esibhakabhakeni, nendlela yenyoka edvwaleni, nendlela yemkhumbi elwandle, nendlela yelijaha entfombini.
Ngubani lona lochamuka ehlane eyeme kulamtsandzako? Ngakuvusa ngaphansi kwesihlahla semahhabhula; ngulapho-ke lapho unyoko akwemitsela khona, ngulapho-ke lona labephetfwe ngumhelo, akubelekela khona.
Ngalelo langa bayakutsi: “Ngempela, lona nguNkulunkulu wetfu, besetsembela kuye, naye wasisindzisa. Lona nguSimakadze lebesetsembele kuye; asijabule sitfokote ngensindziso yakhe.”
Naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, utsi: “Ekuphendvukeni nasekuphumuleni ngulapho kunensindziso yenu khona; ekuthuleni nasekwetsembeni ngulapho kunemandla enu khona; kodvwa ningeke nitsandze lutfo lwako.
Noko Simakadze ulangatelela kangaka kutsi abe nemusa kini. Uyaphakama kutsi anihawukele, ngobe Simakadze nguNkulunkulu lowehlulela ngemtsetfocotfo. Babusisiwe bonkhe labalindzela yena.
“Thulani embikwami, nine tichingi! Tive ativuselele emandla ato! Atiphumele ebaleni tikhulume, asihlangane kanyekanye endzaweni yekwehlulela.
Kusukela kadzenidzeni kute lowase weva, kute nendlebe leyase yeva, kute liso lelase labona lomunye Nkulunkulu ngaphandle kwakho, lomelela labo labalindzele yena.
Ngitawulindzela Simakadze lofihla buso bakhe kuyo indlu yakaJakobe. Ngiyawubeka litsemba lami kuye.
Mowabi uyawubhujiswa, nemadolobha akhe ayawuvinjetelwa, emajaha akhona elikhetselo lamahle ayakwehliselwa ekuhlatjweni abulawe, kusho iNkhosi, lelibito layo kunguSimakadze longuSomandla.
Baka-Israyeli ngiyawubacinisa kuSimakadze, nabo bayawuhamba kulo Libito lakhe,” kusho Simakadze.
Jesu wase ubatjela lomfanekiso abafundzisa kutsi kufanele bathandaze sonkhe sikhatsi bangadzinwa.
Kodvwa nasetsemba loko lesingakuboni, sikulindzela ngekubeketela.
Nkulunkulu ngemusa wakhe wasiniketa lenkonzo; ngiko nje singadzinwa.
Ngako-ke asidzinwa; nome lingephandle letfu libhubha, kodvwa lingekhatsi lentiwa libe lisha imihla ngemihla.
Asingadzinwa kwenta lokuhle; ngobe nasingadzinwa, siyawuvuna ngesikhatsi lesifanele.
njengelusweti lolunyakatisa sidleke salo, lundizele etikwemazini alo, lwendlale timphiko talo, kuze luwabambe ngato, luwetfwale ngetingwabha talo.
Imicabo yemasango akho iyawuba ngeyensimbi neyelitfusi, nemandla akho alingane nemalanga akho.
Nonkhe nilindzele kuchamuka kweNdvodzana yakhe ezulwini, layivusa kulabafile. LeNdvodzana nguJesu losikhulula elulakeni lolutako.
Ngako-ke, njengobe situngeletwe sicumbi lesikhulu kangaka sabofakazi, asilahle konkhe lokusindzako, nesono lesigigelana njengelwanca. Asigijime ngekucinisela kulomncintiswano losembikwetfu,
Mkhumbuleni yena lowo lowacinisela, nome toni setimhlukumeta ngenca yenzondo. Nanimkhumbula-ke, ningeke nidzinwe nome nidzangale etinhlitiyweni tenu.
Nalamuhla seloku emtimbeni ngitiva ngisacine njengobe nganginjalo mhlazana Mosi angitfuma. Namanje ngitiva ngicine kangangekutsi nemphi ngisengayiphuma njengobe ngangingenta nangaleso sikhatsi.
Kodvwa lomfati wanikwa timphiko letimbili telusweti lolukhulu, kuze atewundiza abalekele lenyoka aye ehlane endzaweni lapho kufanele ondliwe khona, kuze kube sikhatsi netikhatsi nencenye yesikhatsi.
Ngiyati kutsi uyabubeketelela bulukhuni, uhlupheke kakhulu ngenca yelibito lami; kodvwa awuzange sewudzinwe.
Sidalwa sekucala sasifanana nelibhubesi, sesibili sifanana nelitfole, sesitsatfu sifanana nebuso bemuntfu, sesine sifanana nelusweti lolundizako.
Samsoni wathandaza kuSimakadze, watsi: “Awu, Somandla, Simakadze, ngikhumbule kube kanye. Nkulunkulu wami, ngicinise kwekugcina. Ngivumele ngihlasele kanye ngitiphindzisele kumaFilisti ngenca yemehlo ami lamabili.”