17 Kodvwa wena ngiyawukubuyisela emphilweni, ngiphilise emanceba akho, nome ubitwa ngekutsi ungulolahliwe, iSiyoni lenganakwa ngumuntfu,’ kusho Simakadze.
Ngobe yena nome angamilisa tilondza, uphindze atipholise, uyalimata aphindze aphilise ngetandla takhe.
Ungitsetselela lonkhe licala letono tami angelaphe tonkhe tifo tami.
Wakhipha umyalo wakhe, wabaphilisa, wabenta bagejwa kufa.
Simakadze-ke yena utsi: “Njengobe timphuya setichwagiwe, nanjengobe tihlupheki timpintjekile, ngitakuta ngimephule lowo lofuna lusito, bese ngimbeka endzaweni lengenangoti.”
Nangicalata eceleni kwami, ngikhandza kutsi kute namunye longangisita, kute longivikelako, kute nalonginakile.
Uhlumelelisa umphefumulo wami, angiholele nasetindleleni tekulunga, kuze kudvunyiswe libito lakhe.
Wakhuluma kubo watsi: “Naningilalela, nigcina livi lami, mine Nkulunkulu wenu, nente loko lokulungile, nigcine nemiyalo yami, ngingeke nginijezise ngaletifo lengatehlisela etikwemaGibhithe. Mine nginguSimakadze longumphilisi wenu.”
Uyakuphakamisela tive siboniso, abutse batfunjwa baka-Israyeli; uyawuhlanganisa bantfu bakaJuda labasakatekele emagumbini omane emhlaba.
Inyanga iyawukhanya njengelilanga, nekukhanya kwelilanga kuyawuphindvwa kasikhombisa, ngangekukhanya kwemalanga lagcwele lasikhombisa, ngesikhatsi Simakadze nakabopha emanceba esive sakhe, elapha tilondza letavetwa nguye.
Kute lohlala eSiyoni loyakutsi: “Ngiyagula,” netono talabo labahlala khona tiyawutsetselelwa.
Simakadze uyawukubita ubuye, kube shangatsi bewungumfati lolahliwe nalodzabukile emoyeni, umfati lowendza asemncane wabuye futsi waliwa,” kusho Nkulunkulu wakho.
INkhosi Simakadze, lena lebutsa labatfunjiwe baka-Israyeli, itsi: “Ngiyawubutsela kubo labanye ngaphandle kwalabo lasebabutsiwe.”
Sengitibonile tindlela takhe, kodvwa ngitamphilisa, ngimhole, ngibuyisele indvudvuto kuye,
ngidale tibongelelo etindzebeni temlomo walabalilako baka-Israyeli. Kuthula, kuthula, kulabo labakhashane nalabasedvute,” kusho Simakadze, “ngitawubaphilisa.”
Ngulapho-ke kukhanya kwakho kuyawugcama njengekukhanya kwekusa, nekuphiliswa kwakho kuyawuvela masinyane, kulunga kwakho-ke kuyawube sekukuhambela embili. Bukhosi baSimakadze buyawuba sivikelo sakho lesingemuva kwakho.
“Noko uke walahlwa, watondvwa, kungekho muntfu lowendlula kuwe, ngiyawukwenta ligcabho laphakadze, nenjabulo yato tonkhe titukulwane.
Lithende lami libhidlitiwe; tonkhe tindophi talo tidzabukile. Emadvodzana ami esukile kimi, akasekho; kute namunye losasele nyalo, kute longangimisela lelithende lami, nome-ke angimisele lelidlangala lami.
Awu, Simakadze, ngelaphe, ngitawuphila, ngephule, ngitawusindziswa, ngobe nguwe lengimdvumisako.
“Ncandzekani sive lesingaketsembeki, ngiyawunelapha kulokuhlubuka kwenu.” “Yebo, siyakuta kuwe, ngobe wena unguSimakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu.
Sekute namunye longakuncengela kulelicala lakho, sekute nelikhambi lalesilondza sakho, kute longakwelapha.
“Awukanaki yini kutsi labantfu batsi: ‘Simakadze uyilahlile lemibuso lemibili layikhetsa’? Ngako bababukela phansi labantfu bami, ababatsatsi ngekutsi nabo basive.
“ ‘Noko, lelidolobha ngiyawuliletsela kuphila nekuphiliswa. Labantfu bami ngiyawubaphilisa, ngibente bativele banekuthula nekuphepha lokuphuphumako.
Sekute yini ibhalisamu kulakaGileyadi? Sekute yini inyanga lapho? Kepha sekute leni kuphiliswa kwemanceba ebantfu bami?
Bonkhe labo labendlula ngakuwe bashaya tandla tabo ngawe. Bayancifa, banikine tinhloko ngayo iNdvodzakati yaseJerusalema, batsi: “Kungabe kambe ngilo leli lelidolobha lelalibitwa ngekutsi kuphelela kwebuhle, nenjabulo yemhlaba wonkhe?”
Ngiyakutifuna letilahlekile, naletedukile ngitibuyise. Letilimele ngiyawutibopha emanceba, ngiticinise emadvolo letibutsakatsaka, kodvwa letesulekile naleticinile ngiyawutibhubhisa. Ngiyakwelusa umhlambi ngemtsetfocotfo.
Ngulapho-ke uyawukwati khona kutsi mine Simakadze ngitivile tonkhe letintfo tekwedzelela letimbi lotikhulume ngetintsaba taka-Israyeli. Watsi: “Tentiwe taba lihlane, taniketwa tsine kutsi sitishwabudzele.”
Yonkhe indzawo lapho baya khona etiveni balihlambalata Libito lami lelingcwele, ngobe kwakukhulunywa ngabo kutsiwe: ‘Lesi sive saSimakadze, kodvwa noko kwakufanele balishiye live lakhe.’
Ngimi lowacatfulisa Efrayimu, ngamtsatsa ngambamba ngemikhono; kodvwa akazange akunake kutsi ngimi lowamphilisa.
“Wotani, asibuyele kuSimakadze. Sewusidzabule saba ticucu, kodvwa uyawusiphilisa; usilimatile, kodvwa uyakuwabopha emanceba etfu.
Kodvwa kini lenilesabako Libito lami, lilanga lekulunga liyawuphuma linekuphilisa etimphikweni talo. Niyawuphuma nitjakadvule njengemankhonyane lakhululwe etisingeni tawo.
Khristu cobo lwakhe wetfwala tono tetfu emtimbeni wakhe, emtsini, kuze kutsi tsine singabe sisabuswa tono kodvwa siphile ekulungeni. “Niphiliswe ngemivimbo yakhe.”
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