8 Phetro watsi kuye: “Nkhosi, ungeke ugeze tinyawo tami nekadzeni.” Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Nangingatigezi tinyawo takho, ute budlelwane nami.”
Kodvwa Jakobe watsi kuye: “Indvodzana yami angiyivumeli kutsi uhambe nayo, yewukele eGibhithe. Umnakabo ufile, nguye yedvwa losasele. Nakungahle kwenteke avelelwe yingoti nisesendleleni, ngitakufa ngibulawe buhlungu ebudzaleni bami.”
Lesinye sichomoketi lesasikhona lapho bekunguSheba, umsa waBikri, wesive sakaBhenjamini. Sona-ke sesuke sashaya impalampala samemetela satsi: “Asinasabelo kuDavide! Ngeke silandzele umsa waJese! Madvodza aka-Israyeli, asambeni emakhaya!”
Sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli satsi kube sibone kutsi inkhosi ayisilaleli sicelo saso, sakhuluma enkhosini satsi: “Sinabudlelwane buni naDavide? Sinasabelo sini nemsa waJese? Emathendeni enu, ma-Israyeli! Tibone kucedza, wena mndeni waDavide!” Ngako ema-Israyeli esuka lapho abuyela emathendeni awo.
Ngigezisise ebubini bami, ngihlambulule esonweni sami.
Ngihlambulule ngehisophu, ngitewuhlambuluka. Ngigeze ngibe mhlophe kunangcocwane.
Simakadze uyawukugeza kungcola kwalabasikati baseSiyoni; uyawuhlanta emacabhacabha engati aseJerusalema ngemoya wekwehlulela nangemoya wemlilo.
Ngiyawunifafata ngemanti lahlobile, bese niyahlanteka; ngiyawunihlanta kuko konkhe kungcola kwenu nakuto tonkhe tithico tenu.
“Ngalelo langa umtfombo uyawuvulekela indlu yakaDavide kanye nalabo labahlala eJerusalema, kutsi utewubahlanta esonweni nasekungcoleni.
Phetro wase umdvonsela eceleni wamekhuta watsi: “Nkhosi, Nkulunkulu akakusite, loku kungete kwenteka kuwe!”
Yaphendvula yatsi: ‘Yebo, Babe, ngitakuya,’ kepha yangete yaya.
Phetro watsi kuye: “Nome bangakushiya bonkhe, kepha mine ngeke ngikushiye!”
Phetro waphendvula watsi: “Nome ngingaze ngife nawe, ngingeke ngikuphike!” Nalaba labanye bafundzi basho njalo.
Wefika kuSimoni Phetro, yena watsi kuJesu: “Nkhosi, wena utawugeza tinyawo tami?”
Simoni Phetro watsi kuye: “Nkhosi, akungabi tinyawo todvwa; ngigeze netandla nenhloko.”
Jesu wamphendvula watsi: “Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kuwe: Ngaphandle kwekutsi umuntfu atalwe ngemanti nangaMoya, angeke angene embusweni waNkulunkulu.
Pho, usebanjwe yini? Sukuma ubhajatiswe, utsetselelwe tono takho, ukhuleke egameni lakhe.’ ”
Babenjalo labanye emkhatsini wenu. Kodvwa-ke nyalo senagezwa, nangcweliswa, nemukeleka kuNkulunkulu kutsi nilungile egameni leNkhosi Jesu Khristu nangaMoya waNkulunkulu wetfu.
kuze atelingcwelisa alihlambulule ngesigezo semanti, ngelivi,
Tfokotani kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, nine nemadvodzana nemadvodzakati enu, netisebenti tenu letidvuna naletisikati, nemLevi lohlala kulelo dolobha lenu, njengobe yena ate sabelo nome lifa lelingelakhe.
Akubete umuntfu lonilahla ngelicala, atsandza kutenta lotfobile, akhonte tingilosi, alibele ngimibono yakhe, atikhukhumeta ngelite engcondvweni yakhe.
Tibonakala shangatsi tinekuhlakanipha, tineminako yetinkholo tabo, nekutitfobambumbulu, nekuhlupha umtimba, kepha tite lusito macondzana nekutitsiba etinkhanukweni tenyama.
wasisindzisa, hhayi ngobe besente imisebenti yekulunga, kodvwa ngesihawu sakhe. Wasisindzisa, wasigeza ngekusitala kabusha nangekusenta busha ngaMoya Longcwele,
Ngako-ke asisondzele kuNkulunkulu ngenhlitiyo lecinisile, nangekwetsemba lokuphelele kwekukholwa, tinhlitiyo tetfu tinyenyetiwe tahlanjululwa kunembeza lomubi, nemitimba yetfu igeziwe ngemanti lahlobile.
nakuJesu Khristu, fakazi lowetsembekile, litubulo lalabafile nembusi wemakhosi onkhe emhlaba. Kuye, lositsandzako nalowasikhulula etonweni tetfu ngengati yakhe,
Ngatsi kulo: “Nkhosi, nguwe lobatiko.” Lase litsi kimi: “Laba-ke ngibo labaphume ekuhluphekeni lokukhulu. Bageze tingubo tabo taba mhlophe ngengati yeliWundlu.