21 Lalelani naku, nine bantfu labatilima nalabangenangcondvo, labatsi banemehlo kodvwa babe bangaboni, labatsi banetindlebe kodvwa babe bangeva:
Caphelani nine leninenhloko lelukhuni, emkhatsini wesive. Nine tilima, niyawuhlakanipha nini?
Silima singayicitsa imali sitsenge tifundvo tenhlakanipho; kodvwa kutawusitani nangabe singenangcondvo?
Kuyawutsi emagala akhona nasomile, ephulwe, kufike bafati bawatfote, bayekuwabasa. Ngobe lesi sive lesingeva emadlebeni, ngako, uMenti waso akasenamunyu ngaso, uMdali waso akasenasihawu ngaso.
Letsani labo labanemehlo kodvwa babe batimphumphutse, labo labanetindlebe kodvwa babe batihhulu.
Abati lutfo, abacondzi lutfo; emehlo abo abhadziwe, kuze bangetiwubona, netingcondvo tabo tivaliwe, khona bangetiwucondzisisa.
Tonkhe atinangcondvo tetfwele bulima, tifundziswa tithico letingenamsebenti tetigodvo.
“Bantfu bami batilima, abangati. Babantfwana labangenangcondvo, abanako nekucondza. Babochwephesha ekwenteni lokubi, abakwati kwenta lokuhle.”
“Memetelani loku endlini yaJakobe, nikumemetele nakaJuda nitsi:
Ngacabanga ngatsi: “Laba ngulabamphofu bodvwa, batilima, ngobe abayati indlela yaSimakadze, imiyalo lefunwa nguNkulunkulu wabo, kubo.
Ngubani nje lengingakhuluma kuye ngimecwayise? Ngubani lotangilalela? Tindlebe tabo tivalekile, kuze bangetikuva. Livi laSimakadze lisikhubekiso kubo, abajabuli ngalo.
Ngesikhatsi nenta tonkhe letintfo, bengikhuluma kini njalonjalo ngaletintfo, kodvwa anikangilaleli; nginibitile, kodvwa anikasabeli, kusho Simakadze.
Ngisho nagilonki esibhakabhakeni uyatati tikhatsi takhe letimisiwe, nelituba, nenkonjane, nadvoye, kuyatigcina tikhatsi tako tekuhamba, kodvwa sive sami asitati timiso taSimakadze.
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, uhlala emkhatsini wesive lesihlubukako. Banemehlo ekubona kodvwa ababoni, banetindlebe tekuva kodvwa abeva, ngobe basive lesihlubukako.
“Efrayimu ufanana nelituba, usheshe ayengeke, akanangcondvo. Bacela lusito eGibhithe, baze babalekele e-Asiriya!
“Kodvwa bala kulalela, bavuka inkhani bafulatsela, bavala tindlebe tabo.
kuze kutsi: “ ‘Nome babona, bangakhanyelwa kahle, nome beva, bangacacelwa kahle, bangetiwuphendvuka babuyele kuNkulunkulu, batsetselelwe tono tabo.’ ”
Naloku ninemehlo kaniboni? Nangetindlebe kaniva? Anisakhumbuli?
“Nkulunkulu sewuphumphutsekise emehlo abo, netingcondvo tabo sewutivalile, kuze emehlo abo angaboni, netingcondvo tabo tingacondzisisi, bangabe baseta kimi, kuze ngitebaphilisa, kusho iNkhosi.”
watsi: “ ‘Hamba utsi kulesive: Ngekuva niyakuva ningete nevisisa, ngekubuka niyawubuka ningete nabona,
Kusukela ekudalweni kwemhlaba nemkhatsi emandla akhe laphakadze nebuNkulunkulu bakhe bebufihlekile emehlweni ebantfu; noko bebukhona etingcondvweni kutsi bubonakale etintfweni latentile. Ngako-ke bate taba;
njengobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “Nkulunkulu wabanika umoya webulima, nemehlo ekungaboni, netindlebe tekungeva, kuze kube ngulamuhla.”
Natibonela nine ngewenu emehlo leto tivivinyo letinkhulu netibonakaliso letinkhulu netimangaliso;
kodvwa kuze kube ngulamuhla Simakadze akakaniniki ingcondvo lecondzako nemehlo labonako nome tindlebe letivako.
Kungabe lena nguyona ndlela yini lenibonga ngayo kuSimakadze, nine sive lesilibele nalesingakahlakaniphi? Akusiyena yini longuyihlo, uMdali wenu, lowo lowanenta wanibumba?