22 Akuvakale kukhala emakhaya abo, ngesikhatsi nawutfumela bahlaseli kubo, ngobe bangimbele umgodzi wekungigcumukisela, bangibekele tingibe tekungigila.
Labatigabatisako bangimbela imigodzi, ngisho bona kanye labaphambene nemtsetfo wakho.
Bantfu labatigabatisako bangibekele lugibe, bangicuphe ngetintsambo telugibe, bangibophele emafindvo endleleni yami. Cabanga.
Ngatsi kuwe, Simakadze: “Wena unguNkulunkulu wami.” Nkhosi, ngive nangikhalela lusito kuwe.
Nangicalata eceleni kwami, ngikhandza kutsi kute namunye longangisita, kute longivikelako, kute nalonginakile.
Bantfu labacondze kungibulala bangetsiye ngetingibe, labacondze kungilimata bakhuluma ngekungicitsa bangibulale, sonkhe sikhatsi bakha emacebo ebubi ngami.
Khala, Ndvodzakati yaseGalimu! Lalela, nawe Layisha! Nine base-Anathothi labahluphekile.
Kufanele yini kutsi lokuhle kukhokhelwe ngalokubi? Noko bangimbele umgodzi. Khumbula kutsi ngema embikwakho ngabancengela kuwe kutsi ngincandze lulaka lwakho kubo.
Ngiva bayahebeta labanyenti batsi: “Sesabiso yonkhe indzawo! Mcebe! Asimcebe!” Bonkhe bangani bami balindzele mine kutsi ngishelele, batsi: “Mhlawumbe utawuyengeka; khona sitawube sesiyamehlula, sitiphindzisele kuye.”
Lowo muntfu akafanane nemadolobha labhidlitwa nguSimakadze angasenasihawu nawo. Akeve sililo ekuseni, nenhlabamkhosi emini.
Ngiva kukhala lokunjengekwemfati lophetfwe ngumhelo, kuquma lokunjengekwalowo lobeleka litubulo lakhe, kukhala kweNdvodzakati yaseSiyoni, lephefumulela etulu, leyelula tandla tayo itsi: “Maye, ngiyacaleka, kuphila kwami kunikelwe etandleni tebabulali.”
“Emkhatsini wesive sami kukhona emadvodza lamabi labahlala bagadzile njengebantfu labetsiya tinyoni, nanjengalabo lababekela bantfu tingibe tekubabamba.
Awu, sive sami, yembatsani emasaka, nitiphucaphuce emlotseni; lilani ngekudzabuka lokukhulu, kube shangatsi kwendvodzana lekukuphela kwayo, ngobe umbhubhisi uyakusitselekela ngekushesha lokukhulu.
lilanga lelicilongo nelekuhlaba inyandzaleyo yekumelana nemadolobha latinqaba neyekumelana nemibhoshongo yemakona.
Besuka lapho baFarisi bayakwakha licebo lekumgiba ngemibuzo.