12 “Ngako-ke indlela yabo itawushelela, bayawutfunjelwa ebumnyameni, lapho bayawuwela khona. Ngiyakwehlisela inhlekelele etikwabo ngemnyaka labayawujeziswa ngawo,” kusho Simakadze.
Sewucoshiwe ekukhanyeni wayiswa ebumnyameni, ulahliwe futsi lapha kulomhlaba.
Indlela yabo ayihlwe, ishelele, ingilosi yaSimakadze isabacosha.
Ngempela, wena ubabeka endzaweni leshelelako, ubente bawe babhubhe.
“Abati lutfo, abacondzi lutfo, badvukuta ebumnyameni; tonkhe tisekelo temhlaba tiyatanyatanyiswa.
Hamba-ke uyewuhola labantfu ubayise kulendzawo lengikhulume ngayo kuwe, ingilosi yami itawuhamba embikwakho. Kodvwa siyeta sikhatsi lapho ngitawubajezisa ngenca yekona kwabo.”
Indlela yalababi ifanana nebumnyama, lababi abati nalapho bakhubeka bawe khona.
Bayawube sebabuka phansi emhlabatsini babone inhlupheko yodvwa nebumnyama nelitfunti lelesabekako, nabo bayawulahlelwa ebumnyameni lobesabekako.
Kute ngisho lencane insali leyawusala kubo, ngobe ngiyakwehlisela inhlekelele etikwemadvodza ase-Anathothi ngemnyaka wekujeziswa kwawo.”
Mnikeni ludvumo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, asengakabuletsi bumnyama, tinyawo tenu tisengakakhubateli emagcumeni lahwalalisako. Netsembele ekukhanyeni, kodvwa utakugucula, akwente kube bumnyama lobuphatsekako, yebo, akwente kube lusizi lolujulile.
“Wonkhe lobalekela sesabiso uyawuhholokoshela emgodzini. Wonkhe lokhuphukako emgodzini uyawubhajwa elugibeni; ngobe ngiyawehlisela etikwaMowabi umnyaka wakhe wesijeziso,” kusho Simakadze.
Bulalani tonkhe tinkunzi talo letisetincane: Tehliseleni ekuhlatjweni. Maye kubo! Ngobe lilanga selifikile, sikhatsi sabo sekutsi bajeziswe.
Kantsi banawo yini emahloni ngalamanyala abo labawentako? Cha, bate nalamancane nje emahloni; abakwati ngisho nekukhophota. Ngako bayakuwela kulabawile, bayakwehliselwa phansi, nabajeziswako, kusho Simakadze.
“Buka, Simakadze, unakisise. Ngubani nje lowake wamphatsa ngalendlela? Kufanele yini bafati badle batukulu babo, bantfwana lababongile babakhulisa? Baphrofethi nebaphristi kufanele yini babulawe bafele endlini lengcwele yaSimakadze?
Ngisho labancono babo nalabetsembeke kakhulu kunabo bonkhe abanamsebenti, bafana nelukhula. Selifikile lilanga lapho Nkulunkulu ayakujezisa bantfu, njengobe vele abebacwayisile ngebalindzi bakhe lababaphrofethi. Kwamanje sebadzidzekile.
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Kukhanya kusetawuba nani kwesikhashana nje. Ngako hambani kusenekukhanya, kuze ningetikwehlelwa bumnyama, ngobe lohamba ebumnyameni akaboni lapho aya khona.
Kuphindzisela kwami; ngimi loyawutibuyiselela. Ngesikhatsi lesikahle lunyawo lwabo luyawushelela. Lilanga labo lekuhlupheka selisedvute, kubhujiswa kwabo kuyabahlasela.”
Kodvwa lowo lotondza umzalwane wakhe usebumnyameni, uhamba ebumnyameni, futsi akati nekutsi uyaphi, ngobe bumnyama buphumphutsekise emehlo akhe.
Bantfu labanjena banjengemagagasi elwandle, bakhephuta emahlazo abo; batinkhanyeti leteduka lese tagcinelwa bumnyama bebumnyama baphakadze.