4 Nitishayelani tifuba ngenca yetigodzi tenu, nitigabatise ngetigodzi tenu letitselako? Awu, ndvodzakati lengaketsembeki, wetsembela ebunjingeni bakho utsi: ‘Ngubani lotangihlasela?’
labatsembele badzimate bachosha ngebunyenti bengcebo yabo?
“Ase nibuke, naso phela sichwaga lesingazange simente Nkulunkulu abe yinqaba yaso, kodvwa setsembela ebunyentini bengcebo yaso, sifuna kuba nemandla ngebunyoka baso.”
Ungalibeki litsemba lakho ebudloveni, ningatilulati ngematsemba lalite nekugcekeza, nome ngabe ingcebo iyandza, ningatibeki tinhlitiyo tenu kuyo.
Umcebo wesicebi uyinqaba yaso; buphuya buletsa ingoti eluphuyeni.
Ngiphambene nawe, Jerusalema, wena lohlala ngetulu kwalesihosha entsabeni lengemadvwala, kusho Simakadze. Nine lenikhulumako, nitsi: “Ngubani nje longasihlasela? Ngubani longangena kulenqaba yetfu?”
“Buyani, nine bantfu labangaketsembeki,” kusho Simakadze, “ngobe mine ngiyindvodza yenu. Ngiyawukhetsa munye wenu kuwo onkhe emadolobha enu, ngikhetse babili kuto tonkhe tinsendvo tenu, bese nginimikisa eSiyoni.
Uyawuzulazula kuze kube ngunini, awu, ndvodzakati lengaketsembeki? Simakadze uyawudala intfo lensha emhlabeni, umfati uyakuyivikela indvodza.”
Njengobe netsembele etentweni tenu nasebunjingeni benu, nani niyawutsatfwa niyiswe ekutfunjweni, naKhemoshi, sithico senu, uyawuyiswa ekudzingisweni kanye nebaphristi bakhe netindvuna takhe.
Lokwesabeka kwakho nekukhukhumala kwenhlitiyo yakho kukuyengile, wena lohlala ekhatsi emifantfwini yemadvwala, wena lohlala eticongweni teligcuma. Nome wakha sidleke sakho lapha etulu njengelusweti, kodvwa ngiyawukwehlisela phansi,” kusho Simakadze.
Kodvwa abazange balalele, futsi abanakanga nekunaka; esikhundleni saloko balandzela kutsambekela kwenkhani yetinhlitiyo tabo letimbi. Babuyela emuva, bangete baya embili.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Lohlakaniphile akangatigabatisi ngekuhlakanipha kwakhe, kanjalo nemuntfu lonemandla akangatigabatisi ngemandla akhe, kanjalo futsi nemuntfu lonjingile angatigabatisi ngebunjinga bakhe.
Ema-Israyeli anenkhani, anjengesitfokati lesinenkhani. Pho, Simakadze angabelusa kanjani njengemazinyane etimvu lasedlelweni?
Yala labacebile kulelive lamanje kutsi bangatikhukhumeti, bangabeki nematsemba abo kulomcebo lophelako, kodvwa bawabeke kuNkulunkulu losipha konkhe ngalokuphelele, kuze sitfokote ngako.
Niyihluphe kakhulu, kutfoswa kwayo ngetinhlupho nelusizi lwayo kube ngangekutiphakamisa kwayo nangangekutamasa kwayo. Ngobe enhlitiyweni yayo itsi: ‘Ngihleti njengendlovukazi! Angisiye umfelokati, ngeke ngifelwe, ngilile.’