20 Ucinisile kuloko, ajutjwa ngenca yekungakholwa kwawo, kodvwa wena usime ngekukholwa kwakho. Ngako-ke ungatigabatisi, kodvwa mani ngekwesaba.
Ekuseni ngeluvivi baphuma bacondza eHlane laseThekhowa. Batsi basaphuma, Jehoshafati wasukuma watsi: “Lalelani lapha kimi, nine bakaJuda nani sive saseJerusalema; kholwani Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu, nitawusimama. Kholwani loko lokushiwo baphrofethi bakhe, nitawuphumelela.”
Nome Simakadze aphakeme kangaka, uyabanakekela labatitfobako; kodvwa labatiphakamisako ubabukela khashane.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lowesaba Simakadze. Lowenta inhlitiyo ibe lukhuni uyawubhujiswa.
Umuntfu lotetsemba yena usilima; kodvwa lohamba ngekuhlakanipha uyawuphepha.
Emehlo ebantfu labatikhukhumetako ayawutfotjiswa, kutsi kutigcabha kwebantfu kwehliswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa.
Kutiphakamisa kwebantfu kuyakwehliselwa phansi, nekutigcabha kwebantfu kutfotjiswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa,
Tonkhe letintfo atikentiwa sandla sami yini, kuze kutsi tibe khona?” kusho Simakadze. “Ngulowo-ke mine lengimatisako, lowo lotfobekile nalodzabukile emoyeni, nalolitfutfumelelako livi lami.
Inhloko yaka-Efrayimu yiSamariya, nenhloko yeSamariya ngumsa waRemaliya kuphela. Naningakemi nacina ekukholweni kwenu, ningeke nisema nicinile.’ ”
“Nasi sembulo: Lotiphakamisako angeke aphephe, kodvwa lolungile uyawuphila ngekukholwa kwakhe.”
Ngalelo langa ungeke udliwe ngemahloni ngako konkhe lokubi lokwentile kimi, ngobe kulelidolobha ngiyawubesusa labo labajabula ngeligcabho labo. Ungeke uphindze utigcabhe etikwaleligcuma lami lelingcwele.
Jesu watsi: “Nginitjela kutsi lendvodza lengumtselisi yabuyela ekhaya seyemukelwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi ilungile kunalona lomunye, ngobe phela wonkhe umuntfu lotiphakamisako, uyawutfotjiswa, wonkhe lotitfobako, uyawuphakanyiswa.”
Batsi nabamphikisa bangavumelani naye bametfuka, watsintsitsa lutfuli etingutjeni takhe wase utsi kubo: “Ingati yenu ayibesemahlombe enu, mine sengite licala. Kusukela nyalo sengitakuya kubetive.”
Ngako-ke ungawedzeleli lamagala, ukhumbule kutsi akusiwe losimise imphandze, kodvwa yimphandze lesimise wena.
Ngobe nangabe Nkulunkulu angazange awaphephise emagala emvelo, kuyakhanya kutsi nawe angeke akuphephise.
Nibambisane ngamoya munye nonkhe. Ningafisi lokuphakeme, kodvwa nibe nebudlelwane nalabatfobekile. Ningacabangi kutsi nihlakaniphile.
Ngenca yesipho semusa saNkulunkulu kimi, ngitsi kini nonkhe: Ningacabangi kutsi nibakhulu kunaloku leningiko. Esikhundleni saloko zitsani ekucabangeni kwenu, ngulowo nalowo atehlulele ngebungako bekukholwa kwakhe lakunikwe nguNkulunkulu.
Pho, nangabe lamanye emaJuda angazange etsembeke-ke, ngabe loko kusho kutsi kungetsembeki kwawo kungacedza kwetsembeka kwaNkulunkulu yini?
Ngako-ke lotsi umile, akacaphele kutsi angawi.
Manje-ke, bazalwane, nginikhumbuta liVangeli lenganishumayela lona nalemukela namanje niseme kulo.
Lindzani nisime ekukholweni, nibe ngemadvodza, nicine.
Asisho kutsi tsine sitikhulu etikwekukholwa kwenu, kodvwa sibambisene nani ekusebenteleni kujabula kwenu, ngobe nisimile ekukholweni.
Tibhidlita konkhe lokuphakamele kuvimbela kwati Nkulunkulu. Titfumba yonkhe imicabango, tiyente itfobele kulalela Khristu.
Batsandzekako bami, benilalele ngetikhatsi tonkhe, kungasiko nangikhona kuphela, kodvwa kakhulu manje nangingekho. Ngako-ke, fezani kusindziswa kwenu ngekwesaba nangekutfutfumela,
nisime ngekugcila, futsi nakhelwe kuye, niciniswe ekukholweni, njengaloku nifundzisiwe, nivame kubonga.
Lowo uyakuhlala aphika atiphakamise ngetulu kwako konkhe lokubitwa ngaNkulunkulu nome lokukhontwako, kuze atewuhlala endzaweni lengcwele yaNkulunkulu, atigabatise yena ngekutsi unguNkulunkulu.
Yala labacebile kulelive lamanje kutsi bangatikhukhumeti, bangabeki nematsemba abo kulomcebo lophelako, kodvwa bawabeke kuNkulunkulu losipha konkhe ngalokuphelele, kuze sitfokote ngako.
Caphelani-ke, bazalwane, kutsi kubete emkhatsini wenu lonenhlitiyo lembi nalengakholwa, longahle ahlubuke loNkulunkulu lophilako.
Siyabona-ke kutsi abazange bangene kuko ngenca yekungakholwa kwabo.
Ngako-ke asikhutsalele kungena kuloko kuphumula, kubete lowehluleka ngenca yekungalaleli njengabo.
Kuyakhanya-ke kutsi nanyalo umnyango usavuliwe kutsi labo labatsandzako basengangena ekuphumuleni kwakhe, ngobe phela labo labaliva kucala liVangeli abangenanga ngenca yekungalaleli kwabo.
Uyakholwa kutsi Nkulunkulu munye? Wenta kahle; nemadimoni ayakukholwa loko, atfutfumele.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wephana ngemusa lomkhulu, ngako umBhalo utsi: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kepha labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”
Nanimbita ngekutsi nguBabe, lowo lowehlulela ngaphandle kwekukhetsa buso bemuntfu, ehlulele ngekwemisebenti yemuntfu, hambani ngekwesaba kulesikhatsi nisetihambi kulomhlaba.
Nginibhalele lencwajana ngisitwa nguSilasi lengimati kutsi ungumzalwane lowetsembekile. Ngiyanikhutsata ngifakaza kutsi konkhe loku ngiwo sibili umusa waNkulunkulu; ngako-ke manini nicine kulowo musa.
Melanani naso nicinile ekukholweni, nati kutsi tona leto tinhlupheko tiyabehlela nebazalwane benu labasemhlabeni wonkhe.
Niyihluphe kakhulu, kutfoswa kwayo ngetinhlupho nelusizi lwayo kube ngangekutiphakamisa kwayo nangangekutamasa kwayo. Ngobe enhlitiyweni yayo itsi: ‘Ngihleti njengendlovukazi! Angisiye umfelokati, ngeke ngifelwe, ngilile.’
Wena utsi: “Nginjingile, nginako konkhe, angidzingi lutfo.” Kodvwa awati kutsi ungumuntfu wenhlupheko, newekuhawukelwa, uphuyile, uyimphumphutse, ungcunu.