19 Bukani la, ngenta intfo lensha! Manje seyiyavumbuka, aniyiboni yini? Ngenta indlela ehlane, nemifula eveni leligagadzekile.
Wavula lidvwala, kwampompota emanti, ageleta ehlane njengemfula.
Simakadze, sibuyisele eveni lakitsi, njengobe nemvula ibuyisela emanti etihosheni temifula.
Ngitakuma embikwakho edvwaleni leNtsaba iHorebe. Ubolishaya lelidvwala; emanti atawuphuma kulo, bese bantfu bayanatsa.” Mosi wenta njalo embikwebaholi bema-Israyeli.
Ngalelo langa lekuhlaba lokukhulu, ngesikhatsi nakuwa imibhoshongo, imifudlana yemanti iyawugobhota kuto tonkhe tintsaba letiphakeme, nakuwo onkhe emagcuma lamadze.
Ngulowo nalowo wabo uyawufanana nesiphephelo emoyeni, abe ngumkhoselisi kuso sivunguvungu, abe njengemifula yemanti ehlane, afanane nelitfunti lelidvwala lelikhulu eveni lelomele emanti.
Lapho-ke Simakadze uyawuba nguLonemandla wetfu. Kuyawufanana nendzawo lenemifula lebanti nemifudlana. Kute sikebhe lesinetigwedlo lesiyawuhamba kuyo, kute ngisho nemkhumbi lonemandla lotawuntjweza kuyo.
Lihlane nelive lelihamukile kuyawujabula, lugwadvule luyawujabula luchakaze timbali.
Ngiyawukwenta imifula igelete etindzaweni letiphakeme letilugwadvule, netiyalu ekhatsi etihosheni. Ngiyawugucula lihlane libe titiba temanti, nemhlaba logagadzekile ube netiyalu temanti.
Ehlane ngiyawubeka umsedari, nemgamba, nemabovana, nemncumo. Ngiyawumilisa tipheshula eveni leligagadzekile imferi nemsayipuresi kanyekanye,
Buka la, tintfo takucala setentakele, sengimemetela tintfo letinsha; tisengakacali kubonakala ebaleni, senginatisa tona.”
Nginitjele tonkhe-ke letintfo kadzenidzeni, kucala tingakenteki ngatimemetela kini, kuze ningetikusho kutsi: ‘Tithico tami takwenta loku; titfombe tami tetigodvo nabonkulunkulu lababunjwe ngensimbi bakulayeta.’
Nitivile tonkhe-ke letintfo, tibukeni tonkhe. Ningete nativuma yini? “Kusukela nyalo sengitabonitjela tintfo letinsha, tintfo letifihlakele kini, leningatati,
Abaseyikulamba, abaseyikoma; nekushisa kwaselugwadvule nekwelilanga akuseyikubashaya. Lowo lonesihawu nabo uyakubahola, abahambise ngasemitfonjeni yemanti.
“Ngempela, Simakadze uyakuyidvudvuta iSiyoni, uyawutibuka ngesihawu tonkhe tindzala tayo; emahlane ayo uyakuwenta abe njenge-Edeni, tindzawo tayo letilihlane atente tibe njengensimi yaSimakadze. Kujabula nekutfokota kuyawutfolakala kuyo, yebo, kubonga kanye nemsindvo wekuhlabela.
Simakadze utsi: “Ngako-ke ayeta emalanga, lapho bantfu bangeyikube basasho khona, batsi: ‘Kuphila kwaSimakadze, lowakhipha ema-Israyeli eGibhithe,’
Uyawuzulazula kuze kube ngunini, awu, ndvodzakati lengaketsembeki? Simakadze uyawudala intfo lensha emhlabeni, umfati uyakuyivikela indvodza.”
Bayawuta bakhala; bayawuthandaza ngisababuyisela emuva. Ngiyawubaholela ngasemifuleni yemanti endleleni lebekile, lapho bangeyiwukhubatela khona, ngobe mine nginguyise wa-Israyeli, Efrayimu uyindvodzana yami yematubulo.
Ngako Mosi waphakamisa sandla sakhe washaya lelidvwala kabili ngalendvuku, emanti ampompota kulelidvwala, banatsa bona bonkhe kanye netifuyo tabo.
Ngako-ke nangabe umuntfu akuKhristu, usidalwa lesisha; tintfo letindzala setendlulile, konkhe sekwentiwe kwaba kusha.
Wanihola nadzabula ekhatsi lihlane lelikhulukati nalelesabekako, live lelomile nalelite emanti, lelinetinyoka letinesihlungu nabofecela. Wanitfululela emanti edvwaleni lelilukhuni.
Lona bekahleti esihlalweni sebukhosi watsi: “Konkhe sengikwenta kube kusha.” Wachubeka watsi: “Kubhale loku lengikukhulumako, ngobe kungemavi letsembekile nalacinisile.”