14 nome nitsi: ‘Cha, sitawuhamba siyewuhlala eGibhithe, lapho singetiwuyibona khona imphi, nome sive kukhala kwempalampala, nome silambele sinkhwa,’
Sakhuluma kubo satsi: “Sifisa shangatsi ngabe Simakadze wamane wasibulalela khona le eGibhithe, ngobe phela lapho besitihlalela phansi ngasemabhodweni, bese sidla inyama nekudla ngekutsandza kwetfu. Kodvwa nisiletse lapha ehlane kutewusibulala ngendlala sonkhe lesive.”
Kodvwa bantfu bomela emanti, bakhonona kuMosi batsi: “Yeyi wena! Wawusikhiphelani lena eGibhithe? Kantsi tsine nebantfwabetfu netifuyo tetfu wawusikhiphela kutsi utesibulala ngekoma la?”
Natsi nine: ‘Cha, tsine sitawubaleka ngemahhashi.’ Ngako-ke nitawubaleka! Nine natsi: ‘Sitawugibela emahhashini lagijimisa kwembane.’ Ngako-ke laba labanicoshako nabo bayawugijimisa kwembane!
labo labehlela entasi eGibhithe babe bangakaceli kimi, labafunana nelusito kuFaro kutsi abavikele, nesitfunti saseGibhithe sekuphephela.
Maye kulabo labaya eGibhithe bayewucela khona lusito, labetsembela emahhashini, betsembele nasebunyentini betincola tabo temphi, nasemandleni lamakhulu ebagibeli babo bemahhashi, kodvwa bangabuki kuLongcwele waka-Israyeli, nome-ke bafune lusito kuSimakadze.
Maye, tinhlungu tami, tinhlungu tami! Ngiyashumpha etinhlungwini tami. Maye, kuqaqamba kwenhlitiyo yami! Inhlitiyo yami iyaqaqamba ngekhatsi kwami, ngehluleka nekubindzisa. Ngobe ngikuvile kukhala kwelicilongo, ngikuvile kuhlatjwa kwemkhosi wemphi.
Sekuyawuze kube ngunini solomane ngibuka lesiboniso semphi, ngilalele umsindvo welicilongo?
Bachubeka, baze bayakuma eGeruthi Khimhamu lengaseceleni kweBhetlehema bacondze eGibhithe,
Ngako bangena eGibhithe ngekungamlaleli Simakadze, baze bayawufika eThaphanesi.
Simakadze usiletseleni kulelive kutsi sitewubulawa bese kutfunjwa bafati betfu nebantfwabetfu? Kungete kwaba ncono yini kutsi sincandzeke sibuyele eGibhithe?”
Bakhuluma bodvwana batsi: “Asikhetse umholi, sincandzeke sibuyele eGibhithe.”
Akukakwenelisi lokutsi wasikhipha eveni lelivundzile leligcwele lubisi neluju lwetinyosi, wasiletsela kutesibulala lapha ehlane? Nyalo ufuna kulibala kutibusa la etikwetfu?
Leyo nkhosi futsi akukafaneli ifune kuba nemahhashi lamanyenti langewayo, nome yente bantfu badzimate bancandzeke babuyele eGibhithe kuyawulandza lamanye, ngobe phela Simakadze wanitjela watsi: ‘Ningaphindzi nincandzeke nihambe ngaleyo ndlela futsi.’
“Nangabe umuntfu lonjalo eva emavi alesifungo utincengela yena sibusiso kuye ngako angacabanga atsi: ‘Ngitawuphepha nome ngingachubeka ngitihambele ngeyami indlela.’ Loko kuyawehlisela sicalekiso emhlabatsini lomanti nakulowomile.