20 Jeremiya wayiphendvula watsi: “Bangeke bakunikele. Lalela Simakadze, ngekwenta loku lengikutjele kona. Khona-ke kutabe sekukuhambela kahle konkhe, imphilo yakho iphunyule ekufeni.
Ngako-ke ubotsi ungudzadzewetfu, khona kutangihambela kahle ngisindze ngenca yakho.”
Ase ubuke naliya lidolobha ngesheya, kumalula kubalekela kulo ngobe lisedvutane, futsi lincane. Ngicela kubalekela kulelidolobha lelincane, khona ngitewusindza.”
Ekuseni ngeluvivi baphuma bacondza eHlane laseThekhowa. Batsi basaphuma, Jehoshafati wasukuma watsi: “Lalelani lapha kimi, nine bakaJuda nani sive saseJerusalema; kholwani Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu, nitawusimama. Kholwani loko lokushiwo baphrofethi bakhe, nitawuphumelela.”
babe abengifundzisa atsi: “Shangatsi inhlitiyo yakho ingawabambisisa emavi ami, nemiyalo yami, khona utawuphila.
Yenta letintfo lengikutjela tona, khona uyawuphila, netimfundziso tami tente tibe ligugu njengemehlo akho,
Bekani indlebe, nite kimi; vanini, kuze imiphefumulo yenu itewuphila. Ngitakwenta sivumelwane saphakadze nani, nginiphe tibusiso lengatetsembisa Davide.
timiso lengayala ngato bokhokho benu mhlazane ngibakhipha eGibhithe, embawuleni yemlilo loncibilikisa insimbi.’ Ngatsi: ‘Lalelani mine, nente konkhe lenginiyala ngako, khona niyawuba sive sami, nami ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu.
Kodvwa abazange bangilalele, abazange sebanginake nekunginaka, esikhundleni saloko bonkhe balandzela inkhani yetinhlitiyo tabo letimbi. Ngako ngehlisela etikwabo tonkhe ticalekiso talesivumelwane lengangibayale ngaso kutsi basilandzele kodvwa labangazange basigcina.’ ”
Manje-ke, guculani tindlela tenu tekuphila netento tenu nilalele Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu. Simakadze-ke utawube sewuyagucuka angabe asanehlisela lenhlekelele labesayishito kini.
Kodvwa nawala kuphakamisa tandla, naku Simakadze lakwembulile kimi kutsi:
kodvwa ngabanika umyalo lotsi: Ngilaleleni, mine-ke ngiyawuba nguNkulunkulu wenu, nine nibe sive sami. Hambani ngato tonkhe tindlela tami lenginiyale ngato, kuze kunihambele kahle.
Ngako-ke, wena waphakathi, asemukeleke kuwe leseluleko sami: Yekela tono takho, wente lokulungile, uyekele nekukhohlakala kwakho, ngekutsi ube nemusa kulabo labacindzetelwe. Kungenteka kutsi kuchubeka kahle kwakho nekuphumelela kwakho kuchubekele embili.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze kuyo indlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: “Ngifuneni, nitewuphila.
Funanai Simakadze, nitewuphila, ngobe nakungenjalo, utawuhlasela lendlu yakaJosefa njengemlilo. Lomlilo utawukhotsisisa, iBetheli imeswele lotawucisha lowo mlilo.
Pawula waphendvula watsi: “Nome sikhashana nome sikhatsi lesidze, ngithandaza kuNkulunkulu kutsi kungabi nguwe wedvwa kodvwa bonkhe labangivako lamuhla nabo babe nguloku lengingiko, ngaphandle kwaletinketane.”
Ngako-ke, njengobe sati kutsi kuyini kwesaba Nkulunkulu, setama kuzuza bonkhe bantfu. Nkulunkulu usati njengobe sinjalo; nami ngiyetsemba kutsi nani niyasicondzisisa.
Ngako singemancusa aKhristu; Nkulunkulu uncusa ngatsi. Sinincenga egameni laKhristu sitsi: “Buyisanani naNkulunkulu.”
Njengobe sibambisene naNkulunkulu emsebentini wakhe, siyanincenga sitsi: Yemukelani umusa waNkulunkulu, ningawenti lite.
Nibe benti belivi, ningabi balaleli kuphela nje, nitikhohlisa.