10 Wetsembele ebubini bakho, watsi: ‘Kute namunye longibonako.’ Kuhlakanipha nekwati kwakho kuyakonisa, nawuticabanga utsi: ‘Ngimi ngimi, kute lomunye ngaphandle kwami.’
Lomubi ucabanga enhlitiyweni yakhe utsi: “Nkulunkulu akanendzaba, akanaki, angeke abuke ngakimi kuze kube phakadze naphakadze.”
“Ase nibuke, naso phela sichwaga lesingazange simente Nkulunkulu abe yinqaba yaso, kodvwa setsembela ebunyentini bengcebo yaso, sifuna kuba nemandla ngebunyoka baso.”
Badudana ngekwakha emacebo lamabi; bacebisana ngekubeka tingibe emasitseleni, bacabange batsi: “Ngubani longasibona?”
Kute umuntfu lonemandla ekubamba umoya, futsi kute nalonemandla ekujikisa lilanga lekufa kwakhe. Njengobe kute umuntfu lokhululekile nakuliwa imphi, kanjalo futsi nebubi bungeke bubakhulule labo lababentako.
Niyatigabatisa nitsi: “Sesente sivumelwane nekufa, sente sivumelwane nelithuna. Ngesikhatsi sivunguvungu lesishisako siphephula sendlula kitsi, singeke sisitsintse tsine, ngobe sente emanga aba siphephelo setfu, sente emacebo aba yindzawo yetfu yekubhaca.”
Maye kulabo labaya ematfunjini emhlaba, bayewufihla emasu abo, bawafihlele Simakadze, labentela imisebenti yabo ebumnyameni, bacabange batsi: “Ngubani nje losibonako? Ngubani loyawukwati?”
Utondla ngemlotsa, edukiswe yinhlitiyo lekhohlisiwe; angeke atisindzise nome atsi: “Lentfo lesesandleni sami sangesekudla ayisiwo yini emanga?”
“Nyalo-ke, lalela, wena mtsandzi wekukhibika, wena lotibusa ngekuvikeleka kwakho, ucabange utsi: ‘Ngimi ngimi, futsi kute lomunye. Ngingeke ngize ngibe ngumfelokati, nome ngive kufelwa bantfwana.’
Maye kulabo labatibona bahlakaniphile emehlweni abo, batibone bona kutsi bahlakaniphile.
Kute kini lofuna umtsetfocotfo, kute lowehlulela ngebucotfo beliciniso. Bonkhe betsembele ekuphikisaneni kwelite, bakhuluma emanga, bemitsa inhlupho, batale bubi.
Ukhona yini longabhaca etindzaweni letisitsele, entele kutsi ngingamboni?” kusho Simakadze. “Angikaligcwalisi yini lizulu nemhlaba?” kusho Simakadze.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Lohlakaniphile akangatigabatisi ngekuhlakanipha kwakhe, kanjalo nemuntfu lonemandla akangatigabatisi ngemandla akhe, kanjalo futsi nemuntfu lonjingile angatigabatisi ngebunjinga bakhe.
Watsi kimi: “Ndvodzana yemuntfu, ubonile kambe kutsi bentani baholi bendlu yaka-Israyeli lapha entimeni, nguloyo endvumbeni yesithico sakhe? Batsi: ‘Simakadze akasiboni. Simakadze sewulishiyile lelive.’ ”
Wangiphendvula watsi: “Sono sendlu yaka-Israyeli neyakaJuda sikhulu ngalokwengcile; live seligobhota ingati, nelidolobha seligcwele kungabi namtsetfo. Batsi: ‘Simakadze ulikhohliwe lelive; Simakadze akaboni.’
Ngako-ke, wena waphakathi, asemukeleke kuwe leseluleko sami: Yekela tono takho, wente lokulungile, uyekele nekukhohlakala kwakho, ngekutsi ube nemusa kulabo labacindzetelwe. Kungenteka kutsi kuchubeka kahle kwakho nekuphumelela kwakho kuchubekele embili.”
Leli lidolobha lelinganaki lutfo, lelaliphila liphephile. Latikhulumela lona, latsi: “Ngimi ngimi, kute futsi lelinye ngaphandle kwami.” Maye, imbhubhiso lese lingiyo, seliyindzawo yekubutsanela tilwane tesiganga! Bonkhe labendlula ngakulo bayalishalatelela, balihheletele ngetandla tabo.
Batsi bahlakaniphile, besuka baba tilima;
Ngobe kuhlakanipha kwalomhlaba kubulima kuNkulunkulu; futsi kubhaliwe kutsi: “Ubamba labahlakaniphile ebucilini babo,”