3 Kepha Jona wesuka wacondza eThashishi. Wehlela eJopha, lapho afike wakhokha imali yekwekhwela, wagibela umkhumbi, waya eThashishi, abalekela Simakadze.
Ekupholeni kwelilanga beva Nkulunkulu Simakadze ahambahamba ensimini; bo-Adamu nemkakhe bambhacela Nkulunkulu Simakadze emkhatsini wetihlahla tensimi.
Khayini wase uyesuka ebukhoneni baSimakadze wayawuhlala eveni laseNodi, ngasemphumalanga yase-Edeni.
Elija wesaba wabalekela kusindzisa imphilo yakhe. Watsi kube efike eBherisheba kulakaJuda, wayishiya lapho inceku yakhe,
Wefika lapho wangena emgedzeni, walala khona kulobo busuku. Livi laSimakadze lefika kuye, latsi: “Wentani lapha Elija?”
“Manje-ke inkhosi yami ayitfumelele tisebenti tayo loko leyayikwetsembisile: kolo, nebhali, nemafutsa emncumo, neliwayini.
Tsine sitatigawula tonkhe tingodvo lotifunako taseLebanoni, bese sitintantisa ngeminyaba yato lapha elwandle tiye eJopha. Nine-ke nitabe senitenyula lapho nitimikise eJerusalema.”
Inkhosi yayinemikhumbi leminyenti yekuhweba elwandle; lemikhumbi yayinemadvodza akaHiramu. Kanye ngeminyaka lemitsatfu yayibuya yetfwele igolide, nesiliva, nematinyo etindlovu, netinkawu kanye netimfene.
Base bakhipha imali bayinika bakhi nebabati, bapha bantfu baseSidoni naseThire kudla, nesinatfo kanye nemafutsa; babentela kutsi khona batekubaletsela tingodvo temisedari ngelwandle, kusuka eLebanoni kuye eJopha, njengobe bekusho Khuresi, inkhosi yasePheresiya.
Simakadze wakhuluma kuSathane, watsi: “Kulungile, konkhe lanako kusetandleni takho, kodvwa ungasibeki sandla sakho emtimbeni wakhe.” Ngako Sathane wahamba, wesuka kuSimakadze.
Ngako Sathane wesuka embikwaSimakadze, wesukela Jobe, wamhlasela ngematfumba labutfukako, kusukela ngaphansi kwelunyawo lwakhe kuze kuyewufika etulu elunweleni lwakhe.
Labanye babehla benyuka ngemikhumbi elwandle, babephila ngekuhweba.
lilanga lelimiselwe yonkhe imikhumbi yekuhweba, libekelwe yonkhe imikhumbi lemikhulu letfwele imicebo nemagugu.
Leli livi lesembulo lelimacondzana neThire lelitsi: Lilani, nine mikhumbi yaseThashishi, ngobe iThire seyibhujisiwe, yasala ite indlu nome sikhumulo. Nivile ngalombiko ngesikhatsi nibuya eSiphrosi.
Limani live lenu, nine baseThashishi, njengabaseNayili. Sikhumulo singeke siphindze sibe yindzawo yekutsenga nekutsengisa.
Yewelani, niye eThashishi, lilani, nine sive sasesichingini.
Nayi imikhumbi yetichingi icondza kimi, kuhamba embili imikhumbi yaseThashishi, iletse emadvodzana akho laphuma khashane labuya nesiliva negolide yawo, atewudvumisa Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, longuLongcwele waka-Israyeli, ngobe ukwetfwese inkhatimulo.
Isiliva legcotjiwe iyaletfwa isuka eThashishi, negolide legcotjiwe isuka e-Ufazi. Loko lokubatwe ngumbati nangumbumbi wetegolide, kubese kwembatsiswa letiluhlata njengesibhakabhaka naletibukhwebeletane, konkhe kwakhiwe tingcweti.
Kodvwa wena, ndvodzana yemuntfu, lalela loko lengikushoko kuwe. Ungahlubuki njengalendlu lehlubukako; vula umlomo wakho udle loko lengikunika kona.”
“ ‘IThashishi yatsengiselana nawe ngenca yebunyenti bebunjinga bakho betimphahla; babeshintjiselana nawe ngesiliva, nangensimbi, nangemfimfi, nangemtfofu, ngetimphahla takho.
Moya wangiphakamisela etulu wangisusa, ngahamba ngibuhlungu, umoya wami umunyu; ngobe sandla lesimatima saSimakadze sasisetikwami.
Lamadvodza esaba kakhulukati, adzimate atsi kuye: “Yini-ke lena lose uyentile?” Phela lamadvodza abesati kutsi ubalekela Nkulunkulu, ngobe Jona abesawatjelile.
Wathandaza kuSimakadze watsi: “Awu, Simakadze! Akusiko yini loku lengakusho ngiseseveni lakitsi kutsi kutakwenteka? Ngiko ngabaleka ngaya eThashishi; ngobe ngangati kutsi wena unguNkulunkulu lonemusa nesihawu, uyephuta kutfukutsela, unelutsandvo loluphuphumako, uyatisola ngekutfumela lokubi.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Wonkhe lobambe likhuba alima bese ubuka emuva, akawufaneli umbuso waNkulunkulu.”
kepha Pawula akakubonanga kulungile kumtsatsa, ngobe akachubekanga nabo emsebentini wabo wonkhe, kepha abebuyele emuva wabashiya ePhamfiliya.
“Ngako-ke, Nkhosi Agripha, angitsandzanga kungawulaleli lombono wasezulwini,
EJopha kwakunemfati labelikholwa anguThabitha. Libito lakhe ngesiGriki kwakunguDokhasi, (lokusho kutsi “inyamatane”), abecitsa sonkhe sikhatsi sakhe ngekwenta lokuhle ngekusita timphuya.
IJopha yayisedvute naseLida, kwatsi bafundzi nabeva kutsi Phetro abeseLida, batfumela emadvodza lamabili nemlayeto lotsi: “Sicela unonophe ute lapha kitsi.”
Lendzaba yasakateka neJopha yonkhe, bantfu labanyenti bakholwa eNkhosini.
Phetro wahlala eJopha emalanga lamanyenti nemshuki wetikhumba labenguSimoni.
Nangishumayela liVangeli, angikafaneli kutigabatisa, ngobe vele ngimelwe kulishumayela. Kodvwa maye kimi, nangingalishumayeli liVangeli!
Bayawujeziswa ngekubhujiswa kwaphakadze balunyulwe ebukhoneni beNkhosi nasenkhatimulweni yemandla ayo.
neMe Jakhoni, neRakhoni, kanye nalendzawo lebhekene neJopha.