4 Noko, nine ningibhoca ngemanga, nonkhe nifanana netinyanga, kantsi anikwati kwelapha!
Mine ngamtfumelela imphendvulo leyayitsi: “Kute intfo lenjalo leyentekako lapha; uyatisusela nje.”
“Setinyenti kakhulu tintfo letinjalo lengitivile. Nine nonkhe nje nibadvudvuti lababi.
Nani nonkhe matfupha nikubonile loku. Pho, niwukhulumelani lombhedvo?”
Kodvwa bomnaketfu bangimbulutela njengetibhobhodla temanti, yebo, njengetibhobhodla temanti letiphuphumako tiphindze tome,
Tiyajabha noko, ngobe betetsemba kakhulu, titsi natifika lapho, tijabhe.
Ningiyenge kanjalo-ke nani, nitsite kube nibone lenhlupheko yami, nase nikhweshela emuva ngenca yekwesaba.
Labatigabatisako bakhuluma emanga ngami; kodvwa mine, ngitfobela imitsetfo yakho ngenhlitiyo yami yonkhe.
“Ungafakazi emanga ngamakhelwane wakho.
Impela ngimelene nalabo labaphrofetha emaphupho langemanga,” kusho Simakadze. “Bayabalandzisa bedukise bantfu bami ngemanga abo ebudlabha; noko angikabatfumi, futsi angikababeki. Labantfu ababasiti ngalutfo ngisho nangalokuncane nje,” kusho Simakadze.
Sekute namunye longakuncengela kulelicala lakho, sekute nelikhambi lalesilondza sakho, kute longakwelapha.
“Khuphukela kaGileyadi uyewutfola ibhalisamu, awu, wena ntfombi, Ndvodzakati yaseGibhithe. Kodvwa wandzisa imitsi yakho yekwelapha, wayandzisa mahhala. Yeka, solo awelapheki.
Babopha emanceba ebantfu bami kube shangatsi yintfo nje lengenamsebenti, babe batsi: ‘Kuthula, kuthula,’ kube kantsi kute nalokuthula.
Sekute yini ibhalisamu kulakaGileyadi? Sekute yini inyanga lapho? Kepha sekute leni kuphiliswa kwemanceba ebantfu bami?
Anikaticinisi letibutsakatsaka naletigulako, anikatelaphi nabopha nemanceba aletilimele. Letedukile anikatifuni natibuyisa, nangete natifuna naletilahlekile. Nitibuse ngelunya, natiphatsa ngesihluku.
“Watsi kube Efrayimu abone kugula kwakhe, naJuda abone emanceba akhe, Efrayimu wase ugucukela e-Asiriya, watfumela enkhosini lenkhulu kuyawucela lusito. Kodvwa iyehluleka kunelapha, iyehluleka kupholisa emanceba enu.
Jesu wakuva loko watsi kuto: “Akusibo bantfu labaphilile labadzinga inyanga, kodvwa ngulabagulako kuphela. Angiketeli kutawubita labalungile, kodvwa ngitele kubita toni.”
Abesagule kakhulu, asaphelelwe timali kulabelaphako, angasenalutfo esandleni, kodvwa kujinge kubete buncono, kugula kuya embili.