17 Njengemoya wasemphumalanga, ngiyawubasakata embikwetitsa tabo; ngiyawubafulatsela, ngingabheki ngakubo, ngelilanga lesehlakalo sabo.”
Umoya wangasemphumalanga uyametfwala uhambe naye; uyamphephula umsuse kuleyo ndzawo yakhe.
Imikhumbi lemikhulu yaseThashishi, wayifohlota ngemoya wemphumalanga.
ngobe nome lolungile angawa emahlandla lasikhombisa, noko uyawuvuka; kodvwa lababi bayawubhubha.
“Ngitanisakata njengemakhoba wona lapheshulwa ngumoya wasehlane.
Bakhuluma elugodvweni batsi: ‘Wena ungubabe wami,’ nasetjeni bakhulume batsi: ‘Wena wangitala.’ Bangifulatsele, bafihla buso babo kimi, kodvwa batsi nase bahluphekile bese batsi: ‘Kota utesisindzisa!’
Bangifulatsela bangete bangibuka, lite nome ngangibafundzisa njalonjalo, abazange balalele, futsi abazange bakunake nekukunaka kujezisa kwami.
Emabutfo ayo lacashiwe anjengematfole londleke kahle eGibhithe. Nawo futsi atawuncandzeka abaleke kanyekanye, angeke ayimele lemphi, ngobe lilanga lawo lesehlakalo sawo seliwehlele, sikhatsi sawo sekutsi ajeziswe.
Bagwedli bakho bemikhumbi bakuvakashisa etilwandle letijulile. Kodvwa umoya wasemphumalanga uyawukucoba ube timvutfu ekhatsi emajukujukwini elwandle.
Ngiyawubafulatsela, nabo bayawuyonakalisa lendzawo yami leligugu kangaka; bosidlani bayawungena ngekhatsi kuyo bayingcolise.
Ngisho nome angahluma njengembali emkhatsini wetinhlanga, umoya waSimakadze, wangasemphumalanga, uyakuta, uhhusha uchamuka ngasehlane, umtfombo waka-Efrayimu uyawuphelelwa ngemanti, nesicobho sakhe some. Likamelo lakhe lekulondvolota liyawuphangwa tonkhe tintfo talo letingemagugu.
“Simakadze uyakunenta nehlulwe titsa tenu. Niyakuta kuto nitetihlasela ngendlela yinye, kodvwa niyawubaleka seninhlanhlatsela niphume ngetindlela letisikhombisa; niyawuba yintfo yekwesatjiswa emkhatsini wayo yonkhe imibuso emhlabeni.
“Simakadze uyakunisakatela emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive, kusuka ngala kwemhlaba kuye ngale kwawo. Lapho-ke niyawukhonta labanye bonkulunkulu labentiwe ngelugodvo, nangelitje, leningazange senibati nine ngisho nabokhokho benu imbala.
Ngalelo langa ngiyawubatfukutselela ngibashiye. Ngiyawubafihlela buso bami, bayawubhubha. Bayawukwehlelwa tigemegeme netinhlupho letinyenti, ngalelo langa bayawutibuta batsi: ‘Letigemegeme atikasehleli ngobe Nkulunkulu angasekho kitsi yini?’
Kuphindzisela kwami; ngimi loyawutibuyiselela. Ngesikhatsi lesikahle lunyawo lwabo luyawushelela. Lilanga labo lekuhlupheka selisedvute, kubhujiswa kwabo kuyabahlasela.”