11 Ngibita lingce emphumalanga, eveni lelikhashane ngibite umuntfu atewufeza injongo yami. Loko lese ngikushito, nguloko lengiyawukuphumelelisa; loko lese ngikuhlelile, nguloko lengiyawukwenta.
“Naku lokushiwo nguKhuresi, inkhosi yasePheresiya, utsi: “ ‘Simakadze, Nkulunkulu welizulu, unginike yonkhe imibuso yemhlaba, wangiyala nekutsi ngimakhele lithempeli lakhe eJerusalema kulakaJuda.
“Kodvwa nasancumile yena yedvwa, ngubani longamelana naye? Wenta loko lakutsandzako.
Timfundziso takho tikujabula kwami, ngito letibeluleki bami.
Ngempela lulaka lwebantfu lwengeta indvumiso yakho, labasindze elulakeni lwakho bayimvunulo yakho.
Simakadze nase acedzile yonkhe imisebenti yakhe lemelene nentsaba iSiyoni neJerusalema, uyakutsi: “Ngiyakuyijezisa inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngenca yeligcabho layo langemabomu lelisenhlitiyweni yayo nangenca yekutiphakamisa kwayo lokusemehlweni ayo.
Iyawusala yonkhe etulu etintsabeni, idliwe tinyoni tetintsaba netilwane tesiganga. Tinyoni tiyawutondla ngayo lihlobo lonkhe, netilwane tesiganga busika bonkhe.”
Simakadze longuSomandla uyakhuluma utsi: “Ngalelo langa lesipikili besiyawushayelwa sishone sisime, siyawuphuma siwe, bese kutsi lomtfwalo bewuphanyekwe kuso udzilikele phansi emhlabatsini.” Simakadze ukhulumile.
Awu, Simakadze, wena unguNkulunkulu wami, ngiyakukuphakamisa, ngilidvumise Libito lakho, ngobe ngekwetsembeka kwakho lokuphelele wente tintfo letimangalisako, tintfo letahlelwa endvulo.
“Awuzange uve yini? Ngakumisa kadzeni. Ngakuhlela ngemalanga asendvulo, manje sesikhatsi sekutsi kwenteke, kutsi ugucule emadolobha latinqaba, wawaphihlita aba tindvundvuma tematje.
Kodvwa ngingatsini nje? Sewungitjelile, futsi yena cobo lwakhe ukwentile loko. Ngitawuhamba ngekubonyabonyeka yonkhe iminyaka yami, ngenca yalobuhlungu bemphefumulo wami.
Ngubani lochukulute lomunye kutsi esuke emphumalanga, wambitela ekulungeni kutsi ahlangabetane nekuncoba kuso sonkhe sinyatselo? Tive utinikela kuye, atfobise emakhosi embikwakhe. Ngenkemba yakhe uyabagucula babe lutfuli, nangebutjoki bakhe uyabaphephula njengemakhoba.
“Ngivuse longasenyakatfo, futsi uyeta lomunye lophuma ngasemphumalanga lobita Libito lami. Unyatsela etikwebabusi kube shangatsi baludzaka nje, kube shangatsi yena ungumbumbi nakanyatsela libumba.
Ngimi futsi lokhuluma ngaKhuresi atsi: ‘Ungumelusi wami, uyawukwenta konkhe loko lengikutsandzako; uyawukhuluma ngeJerusalema, atsi: “Ayakhiwe kabusha,” nangelithempeli atsi: “Akwakhiwe tisekelo talo.” ’ ”
Ngiyawuvusa Khuresi ngekulunga kwami; ngiyakwenta tonkhe tindlela takhe ticondze. Uyawulakha kabusha lidolobha lami, akhulule labatfunjiwe bami, kodvwa loko akwente ngaphandle kwentsengo nemvuzo, kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.”
Wotani, nonkhe nine tilwane tesiganga, wotani nitewudla, nonkhe nine tilwane telihlatsi!
Labo labayawubalekela inkemba babuyele eveni lakaJuda besuke eGibhithe, bayawuba mbalwa kakhulu. Kuyawutsi-ke yonkhe insali yakaJuda leyeta kutawuhlala eGibhithe iyawukwati kutsi labani livi leliyawuma, lingagucuki, lami nome labo.
“Butsani banembi bamelane neBhabhulona, bonkhe labakwati kujijimeta ngebutjoki, niyitungelete yonkhe, kubete lophunyulako. Yikhokheleni njengetento tayo; yentani kuyo njengobe nayo yenta. Ngobe yedzelele Simakadze, longuLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Njengelibhubesi nalichamuka emahlatsini aseJordane liya eveni lelinemadlelo laluhlata, ngiyawubatuma baseBhabhulona, ngibacoshe eveni labo. Ngubani lokhetsiwe, lengiyawumbekela loku? Ngubani lonjengami? Kona nje ngubani longangicela insayeya? Ngumuphi umelusi longamelana nami?”
Ngako-ke, vanini losekulungiswe nguSimakadze engcondvweni yakhe ngeBhabhulona, loko lasatimisele kukwenta kulabo labahlala eBhabhulona: Ematfole emhlambi ayawuhudvulwa, uyakuwabhubhisa awacedze emadlelo abo ngenca yabo.
Uyakuwa etintsabeni taka-Israyeli, wena kanye nawo onkhe emabutfo akho netive letikanye nawe. Ngiyawukwenta ube kudla kuto tonkhe tinhlobonhlobo tetinyoni letidla letinye tilwane, nasetilwaneni tesiganga.
Nkulunkulu akasiye umuntfu kutsi angacala emanga, futsi akasiyo indvodzana yemuntfu legucukako engcondvweni yayo. Uyakhuluma yini angabe asenta? Uyetsembisa yini angabe asasifeza setsembiso sakhe?
Bahlangana benta konkhe loko, wena ngemandla nentsandvo yakho, wawuvele ukumisenchanti kutsi kwenteke.
kodvwa nangabe kuphuma kuNkulunkulu, ningeke nibehlule. Nitatikhandza kutsi senilwa naNkulunkulu.” Liqoqo lawulalela umyalo waGamaliyeli.
Nkulunkulu wasikhetsanchanti ngaye kutsi sibe lifa lakhe, yena lowenta konkhe ngekwentsandvo yakhe.
Loku wakwenta ngekwenjongo yaphakadze layifeza ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
Ingilosi yesitfupha yatfululela sitja sayo etikwemfula lomkhulu i-Yufrathe. Emanti awo oma, kwavuleka indlela yemakhosi laphuma emphumalanga.