9 Ngiyawuveta titukulwane kuJakobe, nakuJuda labo labayawuba tindlalifa tetintsaba tami; sive sami lesikhetsiwe siyawutidla, tinceku tami tiyawuhlala lapho.
Ngemalanga letako, Jakobe uyawumila timphandze asime, Israyeli uyawuhluma achakaze timbali, agcwalise umhlaba wonkhe ngetitselo.
Awu, bantfu baseSiyoni, nine lenihlala eJerusalema, anisayikubuye nilile. Maye, uyawuba nemusa kini, nanikhala kuye nicela lusito! Uyakwenelela kuva nje, bese uyaniphendvula.
Sive sami siyawuhlala etindzaweni tekuthula, emakhaya laphephile, etindzaweni tekuphumula letite lokuphatamisako.
Angikakhulumi ekusitsekeni, kulenye indzawo lelive lebumnyama. Angikasho etitukulwaneni taJakobe, ngatsi: ‘Ngifuneleni lite.’ Mine, Simakadze, ngikhuluma liciniso, ngikhuluma loko lokulungile.”
Kodvwa kuSimakadze tonkhe titukulwane taka-Israyeli tiyawusindziswa, futsi tiyawumdvumisa.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ngiyawukuphendvula ngesikhatsi sami lengisitsandzako, nangelilanga lensindziso ngiyawukusita. Ngiyawukugcina, ngikwente ube sivumelwane sami nebantfu, kuze kubuyiselwe live, banikwe kabusha emafa labese acitsekile.
Nawukhala ucela kusitwa, leticumbi takho tetithico atikusindzise! Umoya uyawutiphephula tonkhe, umoyana lomncane nje uyawutikhukhula. Kodvwa lowo lowenta mine ngibe siphephelo sakhe, uyawudla lifa lelive, adle lifa lentsaba yami lengcwele.”
Lapho-ke bonkhe bantfu bakho bayawuba ngulabalungile, bayawuba banikati belive kokuphela. Bangimiliba lengiyihlanyele, umsebenti wetandla tami, wekubonakalisa inkhatimulo yami.
Libito lenu niyawulishiya kulabakhetsiwe bami libe sicalekiso: iNkhosi Simakadze iyawunibulala. Kodvwa tinceku tayo iyawutinika lelinye libito.
Bangeke baphindze bakhe tindlu, bese kuhlala labanye bantfu kuto, nome bahlanyele, bese kudla labanye. Ngobe njengemalanga esihlahla ayawuba njalo-ke nemalanga ebantfu bami. Labakhetsiwe bami bayawutijabulisa sikhatsi lesidze ngemisebenti yetandla tabo.
“ ‘Ngobe ngiyawunikhipha emkhatsini wetive, ngiyawunibutsa kuwo onkhe emave, nginibuyisele eveni lelingelenu.
Ngaleso sikhatsi ngiyawunibutsa; ngaleso sikhatsi ngiyawunibuyisela ekhaya. Ngiyawuninika kuhlonipheka neludvumo emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive temhlaba, nase nginibuyisela tinhlanhla tenu embikwemehlo enu nibuka,” kusho Simakadze.
Kube lawo malanga akafinyetwanga bekuyakubate longasindziswa; kepha ngenca yalabakhetsiwe lawo malanga ayawufinyetwa.
NgekweliVangeli baka-Israyeli batitsa taNkulunkulu, khona kutewusitakala nine, kodvwa ngekwelukhetfo bangulabatsandzekako ngenca yabokhokho babo.