1 Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Emehlo ami ageleta tinyembeti, ngobe bantfu abawugcini umtsetfo wakho.
Tinyembeti tami tikudla kwami busuku nemini, ngobe lilanga lonkhe bantfu bangichwephesha batsi: “Kantsi ushonephi loNkulunkulu wakho?”
Yebo, bengitawubaleka ngiye khashane, ngiyewuhlala ehlane. Cabanga.
Ngako ngiyakhala, njengobe kukhala iJaseri, ngikhalela imivini yaseSibima. Awu! Heshboni, nawe Eleyale, nginenye etinyembetini! Kumemeta kwenjabulo ngetitselo tenu lesetivutsiwe kuthulisiwe, kwabindziswa nenjabulo ngetivuno tenu.
Ngako-ke ngatsi: “Sukani lapha kimi, ase ngikhale kabuhlungu. Ningacali netame kungidvudvuta ngekubhujiswa kwesive sakitsi.”
Kodvwa naningalaleli, ngiyawukhala emasitseleni ngenca yeligcabho lenu. Emehlo ami ayawukhala kabuhlungu kabi agobhote tinyembeti, ngobe umhlambi waSimakadze uyawube utfunjiwe.
“Khuluma lamavi kubo utsi: “ ‘Emehlo ami akagobhote tinyembeti busuku nemini, angakhawuli; ngobe indvodzakati yami leyintfombi sibili, sive sami, igwazwe linceba lelibi, yalinyatwa kakhulu.
Ngetulu kwako konkhe loko, dzadzewabo longetsembeki, Juda, akazange abuyele kimi ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakhe, kodvwa kwaba ngekutentisa nje,” kusho Simakadze.
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.
“Kufanele ngani kutsi nginitsetselele? Bantfwabenu bangishiyile mine, bafunga ngemabito abonkulunkulu labangesibo bonkulunkulu. Ngabanika konkhe lababekweswele, noko bachubeka nekuphinga, babutsana etindlini tetingwadla.
Awu, sive sami, yembatsani emasaka, nitiphucaphuce emlotseni; lilani ngekudzabuka lokukhulu, kube shangatsi kwendvodzana lekukuphela kwayo, ngobe umbhubhisi uyakusitselekela ngekushesha lokukhulu.
Kute likhambi kulolusizi lwami, inhlitiyo yami iselusizini.
Abefike masinyane, batesikhihlela sililo, emehlo etfu adzimate aphophote tinyembeti; kugobhote imifula yemanti etinkhopheni tetfu.
Emehlo ami aluvitsi ngenca yekukhala. Ngiyasha ngiyabhadla emphefumulweni wami, inhlitiyo yami itfululeleke phansi emhlabatsini, ngobe bantfu bakitsi babhujisiwe, bantfwana netinswane kuyacaleka etitaladini telidolobha.
Kuwe kunemadvodza lemukela imidizo entele kucitsa ingati; utsatsa intalo ugale inzuzo lenkhulu, wente intalo yebutulujane kumakhelwane wakho ngekumcindzetela. Sewungikhohliwe mine, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Bonkhe batiphingi, bashisa njengelihhavu lona lelimlilo walo lophekako akadzingi kuwukhwetela, kusukela ekubhuceni inhlama ize ikhukhumuke.