3 Ase ucabange kutsi banyenti kangakanani bantfu bewubafundzisa, nalababutsakatsaka bewubakhutsata.
Cha, ngeke, ngobe Abrahama ngimkhetsile kutsi ayale emadvodzana akhe netitukulwane takhe emvakwakhe, kutsi bagcine intsandvo yaSimakadze ngekwenta lokuhle nalokulungile. Khona-ke Simakadze uyawunika Abrahama loko lametsembisa kona.”
Batsatsa emalanga lasikhombisa bagubha uMkhosi weSinkhwa Lesingenambiliso, ngobe Simakadze abebajabulisile ngekugucula simo senkhosi yase-Asiriya, yaze yabasita ekwakheni indlu yaSimakadze, Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli.
Kodvwa umlomo wami bewunganikhutsata. Indvudvuto lebeyingaphinyiselwa tindzebe temlomo wami beyingaba kuphumula emiphefumulweni yenu.
Bonkhe lababengivile babekhuluma kahle ngami, nalabo lababengibonile babengincoma,
Ngangingemehlo etimphumphutse, netinyawo talabatishosha.
Nganginguyise walabeswele, ngangiyitsatsela etulu ngiyihlolisise indzaba yalosihambi eveni.
“Bantfu babengilalela ngekungetsemba lokukhulu, bathule balindzele kweluleka kwami.
Emavi akho abesimisa labakhubatelako, acinise nemadvolo lagedletelako.
Emavi emuntfu lolungile ondla bantfu labanyenti; kodvwa tilima tifa ngenca yekweswela lwati.
Emavi emuntfu lohlakaniphile andzisa lwati; kodvwa tinhlitiyo tetilima atinjalo.
Umuntfu lohlakaniphile ngenhlitiyo watiwa ngekucondza kwakhe; bumnandzi bemavi akhe benta inkhulumo yakhe yemukeleke.
Cinisani tandla letibutsakatsaka, nikhutsate emadvolo lacekako.
INkhosi Simakadze inginike lulwimi lolufundzisiwe, kuze ngati livi lekucinisa labamadvolo abo asaceka. Ungivusa njalo nje, ekuseni avuse indlebe yami itewulalela, njengemuntfu nakafundziswa.
Njengobe nibajabhisile labalungile ngalamanga enu, ngibe mine ngingakabadzabukisi, nangenca yekutsi nikhutsate lababi kutsi bangaphendvuki etindleleni tabo letimbi kuze basindzise timphilo tabo,
Ngalelo langa bayawusho kuyo iJerusalema, batsi: “Ungesabi, Siyoni, netandla takho ungatiyeketsisi.
Noko sengikukhulekele, Simoni, kuze kungehluleki kukholwa kwakho. Nase uphendvukile wabuya kimi, kufanele ucinise nalabanakenu.”
Ingilosi leyayiphuma ezulwini yefika kuye yamcinisa.
Akungabe kusaphuma nalinye livi lelibolile emlonyeni wenu, kodvwa kube ngulelilungele kwakha njengalokuswelekile, kuze libavetele umusa labevako.
Kodvwa yala Joshuwa, umcinise umkhutsate, ngobe nguye lotakuhola lesive asewetele ngesheya kwemfula; nguye futsi lotabenta badle lelive lolibonako.’
Kukhuluma kwenu akube nemusa ngaso sonkhe sikhatsi, nikunandzise njengeluswayi ekudleni, khona nitekwati lenifanele kubaphendvula ngako bantfu.
Ngako-ke cinisani tandla tenu letibutsakatsaka nemadvolo enu lacekako;