17 kute sikhali lesilolelwa kulwa nawe lesiyawuphumelela, uyakuyicitsa yonkhe inkhulumo lekubeka licala. Leli lifa letinceku taSimakadze, loku ngukona kutivikela kwami,” kusho Simakadze.
Kodvwa ase welulele sandla sakho kuko konkhe lanako, ubone kutsi angeke yini akwetfuke.”
Kodvwa ase welule sandla sakho utsintse inyama yakhe nematsambo akhe, ubone kutsi angeke yini akwetfuke.”
Watsi Simakadze nasakhulume lamavi kuJobe, wagucukela ku-Elifazi, umThemani, watsi: “Wena nalabangani bakho lababili nginitfukutselele, ngobe anikakhulumi lokuhle ngami njengobe Jobe, inceku yami, akhulumile.
Ngako-ke wonkhe longcwele uyawuthandaza kuwe ngesikhatsi usenekutfolakala. Ngempela ngesikhatsi emagagasi etinhlupheko adlondlobala, angeke amkhukhule.
Wena, Nkulunkulu, utivile tetsembiso tami, ngobe nguwe lobanika lifa, labo labalesabako libito lakho.
Yebo, Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wami, imisebenti yakho lemikhulu ngiyawuyiveta ebaleni, ngibabate kulunga kwakho, wena wedvwa.
Yebo, Nkulunkulu! Kulunga kwakho kukhulu kufikela etulu. Nguwe lowente tintfo letinkhulu. Empeleni, Nkulunkulu, ngubani lofana nawe?
Awu, ngekuhlokoma kwetive letinyenti, tihlokoma njengekuhlokoma kwelwandle! Awu, kuhokoma kwemsindvo webetive, tihokoma njengekuhlokoma kwemanti lamanyenti!
Vulani emasango, kuze sitewungena sive lesilungile, sive lesigcina kukholwa.
Njengemuntfu losabulewe yindlala nakabhudza adla, kodvwa utsi navuka ekuseni akhandze indlala imphetse, nanjengemuntfu nakomile abhudze anatsa, kodvwa atsi navuka ekuseni atikhandze afile koma, kuyawuba njalo-ke nangalemilalandle yato tonkhe tive letilwa neNtsaba yaseSiyoni.
Tjelani labalungile kutsi kutabahambela kahle, ngobe bayawudla titselo tetento tabo.
“Khulumani kahle kubaseJerusalema, nimemetele kubo kutsi umshikashika wabo wemsebenti sewuphelelisiwe, nekutsi licala lesono sabo selihlawulelwe, nekutsi sebatfole ngalokuphindziwe esandleni saSimakadze ngaletono tabo.”
“Bonkhe labakubhavumulelako, impela, bayakudliwa ngemahloni, bahlazeke; labo labemelene nawe bayawuba lite, babhubhe baphele.
Ngisondzeta kulunga kwami edvutane, akusekho khashane, nekusindzisa kwami kungeke kwephute. Ngitawupha iSiyoni insindziso, nenkhatimulo yami kuma-Israyeli.”
Lowo longivikelako sewusedvutane. Ngubani-ke longangibeka emacala? Asibhekane buso nebuso! Ngubani ummangaleli wami? Akangisukele phela!
YiNkhosi Simakadze lengisitako. Ngubani-ke lowo longangilahla ngelicala? Bayawuguga bonkhe njengengubo, bayawucedvwa ngimivunya.
Kulunga kwami kusondzela ngekushesha, insindziso yami isendleleni, ngiyakwehlulela tive ngemkhono wami. Tichingi tiyawubuka kimi, tilindzele ngekwetsemba umkhono wami.
Nakukhona lokuhlaselako, kuyawube kungaveli kimi; nome ngubani lokuhlaselako uyawutinikela kuwe.
“Buka la, ngimi lowadala umbumbi wetetinsimbi, lovutsela emalahle kutsi abe lilangabi, ente sikhali silungele umsebenti waso. Futsi ngimi lowadala umbhubhisi kutsi ente imbhubhiso;
ngulapho uyawutfola khona-ke kujabula kwakho kuSimakadze, ngiyawukwenta ukhuphukele eticongweni telive, ube nenala udle nelifa leyihlomkhulu Jakobe.” Umlomo waSimakadze sewukhulumile.
Lapho-ke bonkhe bantfu bakho bayawuba ngulabalungile, bayawuba banikati belive kokuphela. Bangimiliba lengiyihlanyele, umsebenti wetandla tami, wekubonakalisa inkhatimulo yami.
Ngiyajabula kakhulu ngaSimakadze; umphefumulo wami uyajabula ngaNkulunkulu wami. Ngobe ungembatsise ngetingubo tensindziso, wangihlobisa ngemjiva wekulunga, njengemyeni ahlobisa inhloko yakhe njengemphristi, nanjengamakoti lotihlobise ngebuhlalu bakhe.
Ngalawo malanga ayo Juda uyawusindziswa, na-Israyeli uyawuhlala aphephile. Leli libito lakhe layawubitwa ngalo, kutsiwe: Simakadze Kulunga Kwetfu.”
Nebukhadnezari wasondzela emnyango walomlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako longemalangabi lavutsako, wamemeta, watsi: “Shadraki, naMeshaki, nawe Abednego, nine tinceku taNkulunkulu Longetulu Kwako Konkhe, phumani! Wotani lapha!” Ngako boShadraki, naMeshaki, na-Abednego baphuma emlilweni,
Yatsi kube ifike edvute nemgodzi wemabhubesi, yamemeta Danyela ngeliphimbo lelidzabukile, yatsi: “Danyela, nceku yaNkulukulu lophilako, loNkulunkulu wakho, lomkhonta njalonjalo, ukhonile yini kukulamlela emabhubesini?”
Nami-ke ngitsi: UnguPhetro . Etikwalelidvwala ngiyakulakha libandla lami, nemandla ekufa angeke alehlule.
Ngobe Khristu usiphetfo semtsetfo, kuze kutsi wonkhe lokholwako entiwe emukeleke kuNkulunkulu kutsi ulungile.
Nkulunkulu wenta kutsi bonkhe labakholwako balungelane naye ngekukholwa kwabo nguJesu Khristu, bonkhe ngalokufananako.
Sekute kulahlwa kulabo labakuKhristu Jesu.
Yena ungumtfombo wemphilo yenu kuJesu Khristu, lamenta waba kuhlakanipha kwetfu, nekulunga, nekungcweliswa, kanye nekuhlengwa.
Khristu abengenasono. Noko Nkulunkulu wamenta kutsi abe sono ngenca yetfu, kuze kutsi ngaye semukeleke kuNkulunkulu kutsi silungile.
ngitfolakale kuye ngite ngisho nalokuncane kulunga lokukwami, lokutfolakala ngekwenta lokufunwa ngumtsetfo. Kepha ngifuna kutfolakala nginekulunga lokuya ngekukholwa nguKhristu, ngisho kulunga lokutfolakala kuNkulunkulu ngekukholwa.
Kodvwa angizange ngimlalele Bhalamu, ngako wanibusisa waphindzelela, ngabe sengiyanikhulula esandleni saBhalaki.
Lencwadzi iphuma kuSimoni Phetro, inceku nemphostoli waJesu Khristu. Iya kini lenemukele kukholwa lokuligugu njengekwetfu. Nikwemukele ngekulunga kwaNkulunkulu neMsindzisi wetfu Jesu Khristu.
Ngeva livi lelikhulu ezulwini litsi: “Nyalo insindziso, nemandla, nebukhosi sekwaNkulunkulu wetfu, neligunya selaKhristu wakhe; ngobe sewulahlelwe phansi ummangaleli lomangalela bazalwane betfu kuNkulunkulu, imini nebusuku.
Wafike wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Ungesabi, ngobe sandla sababe, Sawula, singeke sifinyelele kuwe. Wena utawuba yinkhosi ka-Israyeli, mine nje ngitawuba wesibili kuwe. Ngisho nababe Sawula uyakwati loko.”