4 Ningawetsembi lamagama langemanga nitsi: “Leli lithempeli laSimakadze, lithempeli laSimakadze, lithempeli laSimakadze!”
Israyeli ngiyakumsusa eveni lengimnike lona, ngililahle nalelithempeli lengilingcwelisele Libito lami. Israyeli sewuyawuba siga nentfo yekuphukutwa, abe yinhlekisa kuto tonkhe tive.
nine lenitibita ngekutsi nitakhamiti tasedolobheni lelingcwele, netsembele kuNkulunkulu wema-Israyeli, Simakadze longuSomandla libito lakhe, lalelani naku:
Kute kini lofuna umtsetfocotfo, kute lowehlulela ngebucotfo beliciniso. Bonkhe betsembele ekuphikisaneni kwelite, bakhuluma emanga, bemitsa inhlupho, batale bubi.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Lizulu lisihlalo sami sebukhosi, umhlaba usenabelo setinyawo tami. Iphi-ke lendlu leningangakhela yona? Itawuba kuphi-ke indzawo yami yekuphumula?
Ngako umphrofethi Jeremiya wase ukhuluma kuHananiya, umphrofethi, watsi: “Lalela lapha, Hananiya! Wena awukatfunywa nguSimakadze, kodvwa lesive ulibele kusenta setsembe emanga akho.
Ngobe babente intfo lesinengiso kabi ka-Israyeli, baphinga nebafati babomakhelwane babo, bakhuluma emanga ngeLibito lami, lengangingazange sengibatfume kutsi bakwente. Ngiyakwati loko futsi ngingufakazi wako,’ kusho Simakadze.”
“Tfumela lomlayeto kubo bonkhe labatfunjiwe, utsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze ngaShemaya waseNehelamu, utsi: Ngenca yekutsi Shemaya sewuphrofethile kini, nome abengakatfunywa ngimi nje, wanidvonsela ekutseni netsembe emanga,
Babopha emanceba ebantfu bami kube shangatsi yintfo nje lengenamsebenti, babe batsi: ‘Kuthula, kuthula,’ kube kantsi kute nalokuthula.
Ngako-ke loko lengakwenta eShilo, ngisetakwenta nanyalo kulendlu lebitwa ngeLibito lami, lelithempeli lenetsembele kulo, nendzawo lengayipha nine kanye naboyihlomkhulu.
Nine ningihlambalatile emkhatsini wesive sami, ngobe nicondze kutfola emabinta lambalwa nje ebhali netingebhuta letimbalwa tesinkhwa. Ngekukhuluma emanga esiveni sami, lesilalela emanga, nibabulele labo lebekufanele bangafi, nasindzisa lebekufanele bafe.
Babusi balamadolobha bawabusa ngekudizelwa, kanjalo nebaphristi bayatsengwa kuze bachaze bahumushe nemtsetfo, nebaphrofethi imibono netembulo tabo batichaza ngekudizelwa; noko basajinge bachoshe ngekutsi Simakadze unabo, batsi: “Kute lokutasehlela, ngobe Simakadze unatsi.”
Ngalelo langa ungeke udliwe ngemahloni ngako konkhe lokubi lokwentile kimi, ngobe kulelidolobha ngiyawubesusa labo labajabula ngeligcabho labo. Ungeke uphindze utigcabhe etikwaleligcuma lami lelingcwele.
Vetani titselo letikhombisa kuphendvuka. Ningacali nicabange kutsi: ‘Abrahama ngukhokho wetfu.’ Ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Nkulunkulu angawatsatsa nalamatje awente titukulwane ta-Abrahama!