2 Kepha longena ngelisango ungumelusi wetimvu.
Simakadze ngumelusi wami, ngeke ngeswele lutfo.
Sive, Melusi waka-Israyeli, wena lohola Josefa njengemhlambi wetimvu. Wena lohlala emkhatsini wemakherubhi, bonakala ngekukhatimula kwakho.
Taga tebantfu labahlakaniphile tinemavi lakhalipha njengentjumentju yemelusi, nanjengetipikili letishayelwe tacina, tinjalo taga natihlanganiswe ndzawonye, ngobe bavela kumelusi munye.
Welusa umhlambi wakhe njengemelusi: Ugona emazinyane akhe ngemikhono yakhe, awasondzete edvutane nenhlitiyo yakhe; utihola kahle leto letinemazinyane.
Sive sakhe sase siyawakhumbula emalanga akadzeni, emalanga aboMosi kanye nesive sakhe, batsi: “Uphi lowa lowabeweta lwandle lolubovu bona kanye nebelusi bemhlambi wetimvu takhe? Uphi lowa lowafaka Moya wakhe Longcwele emkhatsini wabo,
Ngiyawubeka etikwato umelusi abe munye, inceku yami Davide, yena uyawutinakekela; uyakuba ngumelusi wato, atinakekele.
Uyawuba kuthula kwaso. Ngesikhatsi ema-Asiriya avimbetela live letfu afohla tinqaba tetfu, tsine, ma-Israyeli, siyawutfumela baholi betfu labanemandla kakhulu bayekulwa nawo.
Lalelani kulila kwebelusi betimvu, emadlelo abo laluhlata asabhujisiwe. Lalelani kubhodla kwemabhubesi; lomenakati welihlatsi laseJordane ubhujisiwe.
Batsengi bato bayatihlaba bangete bajeziswa. Labo labatitsengisako, batsi: ‘Akadvunyiswe Simakadze, sesinjingile!’ Ngisho nebelusi bato abanasihawu nato.
Nganyanga yinye ngesusa labelusi labatsatfu. Umhlambi wangenyanya, nami ngadzinwa nguwo,
“Awu nkemba, vuka umelane nemelusi wami, umelane nemuntfu longumngani wami,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Shaya umelusi umbulale, timvu tiyawuhlakateka. Ngiyawugucula sandla sami etikwaletincane, ngimelane nato.”
Akusiko lokungena emloyeni lokumngcolisako umuntfu, kodvwa ngulokuphuma emlonyeni loku lokumngcolisako.”
Mine ngingumelusi lolungile, ngiyatati timvu tami, nato futsi tiyangati.
Ngako Jesu waphindza watsi kubo: “Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Mine ngilisango letimvu.
Mine ngilisango, umuntfu nakangena ngami uyawusindziswa; uyawungena, aphume, akhandze lidlelo.
Ticapheleni nine kanye nemhlambi wonkhe lobekwe etandleni tenu nguMoya Longcwele, neluse libandla laNkulunkulu latitsengela lona ngengati yeNdvodzana yakhe.
Ungasivilapheli sipho sakho lowasinikwa ngelivi lesiphrofetho ngesikhatsi baholi belibandla babeka tandla etikwakho.
Lokwangenta ngikushiye lapho eKhrethe kutsi usale ulungisa tintfo letitsite letifanele kulungiswa, ubeke babonisi kulelo nakulelo dolobha, njengobe ngakuyala.
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu wekuthula lowavusa iNkhosi yetfu Jesu kulabafile, wamenta uMelusi Lomkhulu wetimvu ngengati yakhe yesivumelwane saphakadze,
Ngobe beninjengetimvu letedukile; kodvwa manje seniphendvukele kuMelusi neMlondvoloti wemiphefumulo yenu.
Mhlazana kubonakala uMelusi Lomkhulu, niyakwemukela umchele webukhosi longagugi.
Imfihlakalo yaletinkhanyeti letisikhombisa lotibone esandleni sami sangesekudla, naletibane letisikhombisa ngule: Letinkhanyeti letisikhombisa tingilosi temabandla lasikhombisa; naletibane letisikhombisa ngemabandla lasikhombisa.”
