3 Ngobe tandla tenu tingcoliswe yingati, nemino yenu igcwele emacala. Imilomo yenu ikhulume emanga, netilwimi tenu tihebeta tintfo letimbi.
Ngemehlo latichenyako, nelulwimi lolucala emanga, nembulali walote licala,
Naniphakamisa tandla tenu niteneka, nithandaza, ngiyakuwafihla emehlo ami kini; nome senenta imithandazo leminyenti kangakanani, ngingeke ngiyilalele. Tandla tenu tigcwele ingati;
Ase nibuke kutsi lelidolobha lebeletsembekile seligucuke laba yingwadla kanjani! Lona lake lagcwala umtsetfocotfo, belilikhaya lekulunga, kodvwa manje seligcwele babulali!
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.”
IJerusalema iyayendza, Juda uyawa; emavi abo kanye netento tabo kuphambene naSimakadze, bedzelela nebukhosi bakhe.
Babantfu labahlubukako, bantfwana labanemanga, nalabangafuni kulalela imiyalo yaSimakadze.
Utondla ngemlotsa, edukiswe yinhlitiyo lekhohlisiwe; angeke atisindzise nome atsi: “Lentfo lesesandleni sami sangesekudla ayisiwo yini emanga?”
kuhlubuka nekumbulutela Simakadze, nekumfulatsela kwetfu Nkulunkulu wetfu. Sivusa umoya wencindzetelo newekuvuka indlwabane, tinhlitiyo tetfu temitse kukhuluma emanga.
Ngase ngitsi: “Maye kimi, mine ngiphelile! Ngobe ngingumuntfu lotindzebe temlomo wakhe tingcolile, futsi ngihlala emkhatsini webantfu labatindzebe tabo tingcolile. Emehlo ami ayibonile iNkhosi, Simakadze longuSomandla.”
Labadzala nemadvodza langimisumphe ngubona bayinhloko. Baphrofethi labafundzisa emanga bona bangumsila.
“Ngajezisa bantfu bakini, kodvwa akukanisiti, abakaphendvuki nasekujezisweni kwabo. Inkemba yenu ishwabudzele baphrofethi benu, njengelibhubesi lelifukutsako.
Etingutjeni takho tekugcoka emadvodza atfola umnyombo wekuphila kwalabamphofu labangenacala, nome ungazange ubabambe bagcekeza. Noko ngetulu kwako konkhe loku,
“Kodvwa emehlo akho nenhlitiyo yakho uwabeke enzuzweni lembi, ekucitseni ingati yalongenacala, yebo, nasencindzetelweni nasekudizeni.”
Kodvwa bukani la, nine netsembele emavini langemanga nalangenamsebenti.
Kube mane benginendzawo yekuphumulela tihambi ehlane, lapho bengingashiya khona sive sami, ngisuke kuso, ngobe bonkhe batiphingi, sicumbi sebantfu labangaketsembeki.
Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Buka la, ngitabavivinya ngibacolisise, ngobe yini lenye lengingayenta macondzana nesono sebantfu bami?
“ ‘Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: “Ngenca yemavi enu layinkhohliso nangemibono yenu lengemanga, ngimelene nani,” kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, uyakulehlulela yini? Uyakulehlulela yini lelidolobha lekucitsa ingati? Ngako lisukele umelane nalo ngato tonkhe tento talo letisinengiso,
ngako-ke, ngifunga kuphila kwami, ngiyawukunikela ekucitfweni kwengati yakho, futsi kuyawukucosha ngemuva, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze. Njengobe ungazange sewukutondze kucitsa ingati, kucitsa ingati kuyawukucosha ngemuva.
“Lungisani tinketane, ngobe lelive ligcwele kugobhota kwengati, nelidolobha ligcwele budlwangudlwangu.
Wangiphendvula watsi: “Sono sendlu yaka-Israyeli neyakaJuda sikhulu ngalokwengcile; live seligobhota ingati, nelidolobha seligcwele kungabi namtsetfo. Batsi: ‘Simakadze ulikhohliwe lelive; Simakadze akaboni.’
Lokukhona ticalekiso kuphela, nekucala emanga, nekugwazana, nekweba kanye nebuphingi; bephula tonkhe tikhonkhwane teminyele letibekiwe; kucitsa ingati kulandzela kucitfwa kwengati.
Maye kubo! Ngobe besukile kimi! Imbhubhiso kubo! Ngobe bangihlubukile bemelana nami! Ngifisa kangaka kubahlenga, kodvwa bakhuluma emanga ngami.
“Bajabulisa inkhosi ngebubi babo, bajabulise nebabusi ngemanga abo.
Siyeta sikhatsi lapho nitawukhala khona kuSimakadze, kodvwa angeke aniphendvule. Angeke ayilalele imithandazo yenu, ngobe nente lokubi kuye.
“Bantfu bakini labatinjinga baphanga laba labamphofu, nani nonkhe ningulabacalemanga nalabakhohlisanako.
Kute nome munye umuntfu lowetsembekile losasele eveni, kute losetsembekile kuNkulunkulu. Wonkhe umuntfu ufunana nematfuba ekubulala. Wonkhe umuntfu utingelana newakubo.
atsi: “Ngonile ngekutsengisa ngengati lengenacala!” Bona batsi kuye: “Pho, singenaphi lapho tsine? Tibonele wena!”
Bantfu labatentisako bayawufundzisa emanga, ngobe bonembeza babo bashiswe luphawu.