29 Bukani la, bonkhe balite! Tento tabo tilite; titfombe tabo tingumoya nesiphitsiphitsi.”
Ngobe bonkhe bonkulunkulu betive batithico, kantsi nguSimakadze lowenta emazulu.
Bangeke basabuka emalatini, lekungimisebenti yetandla tabo, futsi bangeke basatihlupha ngekunaka tinsika ta-Ashera nemalati emphepho labentiwa ngimino yabo.
Live labo ligcwele tithico; bakhotsamela umsebenti wetandla tabo, loko lokwentiwe ngemino yabo.
Bajikijele bonkulunkulu bato emlilweni, bababhubhisa, ngobe bebangesibo bonkulunkulu sibili, bekutingodvo nje nematje labatwe tandla tebantfu.
Kodvwa nibancane kabi kunelite, nemisebenti yenu ilite nje. Lowo lokhetsa nine unengekile.
Basibeka emahlombe abo basetfwale, basibeke endzaweni yaso, bese siyema kuleyo ndzawo, asikwati nekutsi khushu. Nome umuntfu angamemeta kanjani kuso atikhalela, asikwati kumphendvula; singeke simsindzise umuntfu etinhluphekweni takhe.
Sikhona yini sona sinye setithico tebetive letingenamsebenti lesiletsa imvula? Tona tibhakabhaka ngekwato tiyatehlisa yini tihlambi temvula? Cha, nguwe, lowenta loko, Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu. Ngako-ke litsemba letfu likuwe, ngobe nguwe lowenta konkhe loku.
Baphrofethi bangumoya nje, kute nelivi kubo; ngako akwenteke kubo loko labakushoko.”
“Sinamsebenti muni sithico, njengaloku sibatwe ngumuntfu nje? Yebo, sisitani sitfombe lesifundzisa emanga? Ngobe lowo losibatako wetsembela emsebentini wetandla takhe, wakha tithico letingeke tize tikhulume.
Tithico tikhuluma lokuyinkhohliso, labaphengulako babona imibono yemanga, bakhuluma emaphupho langesilo liciniso. Badvudvutana mahhala nje ngelite. Ngako-ke bantfu bazulazula njengetimvu, bacindzetelekile ngekweswela umelusi.
Lamadvodza lasihlanu labetewuhlola lelive angena ngekhatsi, afike atsatsa lesitfombe lesibatiwe, nalesidziya sebaphristi, nalabonkulunkulu bemindeni kanye nalesithico lesibunjiwe. Lomphristi yena bekasolo emile nalamabutfo langema-600 lapha ngasekungeneni kwelisango.
Ningagucukeli etithicweni letingenamsebenti. Tingeke tinisite ngalutfo, tingeke tinisite nekunisita nato, ngobe atinamsebenti walutfo.