8 Indlela yekuthula abayati; kute umtsetfocotfo emikhondvweni yabo. Bayigucule bayenta tindlela letimatombetombe, kute namunye lohamba ngato loyawutfola kuthula.
Kodvwa labaphambukela etindleleni tabo letimagiligombo Simakadze uyawubacosha kanye nalabenta lokubi. Kuthula akube ku-Israyeli!
labalahla tindlela tekulunga bahambe etindleleni tebumnyama,
labatindlela tabo tigwegwile, nalabahamba ngetindlela tekweduka.
Tindlela talababi tigwegwile; kodvwa tento talabalungile timsulwa.
Umuntfu lophila ngekwetsembeka uyawuphepha; kodvwa lophila imphilo legwegwile uyakuwa.
Tindlela tako kutindlela tekujabula, netindlela tako tonkhe ngetekuthula.
Simakadze utsi: “Kute kuthula kulababi.”
Phela, sivini saSimakadze longuSomandla yindlu yaka-Israyeli, kantsi sive sakaJuda sona sititfombo tekujabula kwakhe. Abebheke umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa wakhandza kucitfwa kwengati, wabheka kulunga, kodvwa weva kukhala kwelusizi.
Sonkhe siyavungama njengemabhele, siyakhala sibubula njengematuba, sifuna umtsetfocotfo, kodvwa asiwutfoli; sifuna nekukhululwa, kodvwa kukhashane natsi.
Ngako kwehlulela ngebucotfo kukhashane natsi, nekulunga akufinyeleli kitsi. Sifuna kukhanya, kodvwa konkhe kumnyama, sifune bucwebecwebe, kodvwa sihambe kulamnyama ematfunti.
Lonkhe lilanga ngelule tandla tami kubantfu labanenhloko lelukhuni, labahamba etindleleni letimbi, bacoshana nemicabango yabo,
“Yehlani nenyuka etitaladini taseJerusalema, calatani ndzawo tonkhe nicabange kahle, phenyisisani tonkhe tinkhundla tayo. Naningakhandza nome munye nje umuntfu lowenta tintfo ngekwetsembeka, afune liciniso, ngitalitsetselela lelidolobha.
“Maye kini, bafundzisi bemtsetfo nebaFarisi! Batentisi! Ngobe nikhipha kwelishumi kwashaladi, napelepele, nelidile, niyekele lokungukona kubalulekile kwemtsetfo: kwehlulela, bubele, nekukholwa; loko benifanele kukwenta ngaphandle kwekuyekela loku.
kuletse kukhanya kulabo labasebumnyameni nasetfuntini lekufa, acondzise tinyawo tetfu endleleni yekuthula.”
nendlela yekuthula abazange sebayati.