7 Awu Simakadze, wangiyenga, nami ngayengeka, wangehlula ngemandla, waphumelela. Nyalo sengiyinhlekisa kubantfu lonkhe lilanga, bonkhe bantfu bayangiphukuta.
Elisha wesuka lapho waya eBetheli. Watsi asahamba ngemgwaco, bafana baphuma kulelidolobha bamphukuta bamhheletela, bamemeta batsi: “Yenyuka wena mphandla-ndzini! Yenyuka wena mphandla-ndzini!”
Sengiyinhlekisa ngisho nakubangani bami, lite nome Nkulunkulu angiphendvula nangikhala kuye, ngaba yintfo yekuhlekwa nje, lite nome ngilungile futsi ngingenacala.
“Manje sengiyinhlekisa kumadvodzana abo, sengiyingoma kuwo; ngiyintfo yekudlala.
Labatigcabhako bangihleka bulima; kepha ngingeke ngiphambuke emtsetfweni wakho.
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi ngesandla sakhe lesinemandla, angecwayisa kutsi ngingatilandzeli tindlela talesive, watsi:
Maye, make lowangitala, wangiletsa emhlabeni, indvodza, umhlaba wonkhe lowetama kumelana nayo! Angikebolekisi kantsi futsi angikeboleki, noko wonkhe umuntfu uyangicalekisa.
Kwentiwa yini kutsi iminjunju yami ingapheli, nelinceba lami libe libibitseka, futsi lingelapheki? Vele, kimi utawuba njengemfula lolite yini nanjengemtfombo lote emanti?
Angikakubalekeli kuba ngumelusi wakho, uyati kutsi angikalilangateleli lilanga lekuphelelwa litsemba. Loko lokwendlula etindzebeni temlomo wami kusebaleni emehlweni akho.
Kodvwa nangitsi: “Ngingeke ngisambita, futsi ngeke ngisakhuluma egameni lakhe,” livi lakhe lisenhlitiyweni yami lishisa njengemlilo lovalelwe ematsanjeni ami. Sengidziniwe kulibandzetela ngekhatsi kimi, ngempela angisakhoni.
‘Simakadze sewubeke wena kutsi ube ngumphristi esikhundleni saJehoyada, kutsi wengamele indlu yaSimakadze; kufanele-ke kutsi bonkhe bantfu labahlanyako batente shangatsi bayaphrofetha, ubafake esitokisini ubabophe tintsamo ngetinketane.
Inkhosi Sedekiya yakhuluma kuJeremiya, yatsi: “Ngiyawesaba lamaJuda lasahlubuke aya kumaBhabhulona, ngobe encenye laba baseBhabhulona bangahle banginikele kuwo, afike angiphatse kabi.”
Ngagucuka ngaba yintfo yekuhlekisa kubo bonkhe bantfu, bahlabela tingoma ngami bangihaya lonkhe lilanga.
Moya wangiphakamisela etulu wangisusa, ngahamba ngibuhlungu, umoya wami umunyu; ngobe sandla lesimatima saSimakadze sasisetikwami.
Emalanga esijeziso ayeta, yebo emalanga emphindziselo asasondzele, Israyeli kufanele akwati loko. Njengobe tono tenu titinyenti kangaka nebutsa benu bubukhulu kangaka, umphrofethi sewutsatfwa njengesilima, umuntfu wesembulo atsatfwe njengeluhlanya.
Wathandaza kuSimakadze watsi: “Awu, Simakadze! Akusiko yini loku lengakusho ngiseseveni lakitsi kutsi kutakwenteka? Ngiko ngabaleka ngaya eThashishi; ngobe ngangati kutsi wena unguNkulunkulu lonemusa nesihawu, uyephuta kutfukutsela, unelutsandvo loluphuphumako, uyatisola ngekutfumela lokubi.
Kepha mine, Simakadze ungigcwalisa ngaMoya nangemandla akhe, anginike luvelo lwekwenta tintfo ngekulunga, anginike nesibindzi sekutjela Israyeli lapho one khona nekutsi tono takhe ngutiphi.
BaFarisi nabakuva loku, bamphukuta Jesu, ngobe phela babeyitsandza imali.
Herodi nemabutfo akhe bahlekisa ngaJesu bamhhalatisa ngekwedzelela bamembesa umjiva wengubo, bambuyisela kuPhilatu.
Letinye tati letitsite tema-Ephikhuri nemaStoyiki taphikisana naye. Letinye tatsi: “Lesibhungayeti setama kutsini?” Letinye tatsi: “Shangatsi ushumayela ngabonkulunkulu labangatiwa.” Takusho loku ngobe Pawula abeshumayela ngaJesu nangekuvuka kwalabafile.
Kwatsi nabamuva akhuluma ngekuvuka kulabafile, labanye bamhleka bulima, kepha labanye batsi: “Sitawubuye sikuve nawukhuluma ngaloko.”
Kantsi ngimi naBhanabasi kuphela yini labafanele kutiholela ngekutisebentela?
Labanye baphukutwa, bashaywa, baboshwa ngetinketane ejele.