11 Nkulunkulu wasikhetsanchanti ngaye kutsi sibe lifa lakhe, yena lowenta konkhe ngekwentsandvo yakhe.
“Kuhlakanipha nemandla kwaNkulunkulu, kweluleka nekucondza kwakhe.
“Nkulunkulu wenta tonkhe letintfo kumuntfu, kabili nome katsatfu,
Simakadze uyawati emalanga alabacotfo, nelifa labo liyawuhlala lilabo phakadze naphakadze.
Kweluleka lokuhle nekwehlulela kahle kwami, kucondza kanye nemandla kwami.
Awu, Simakadze, wena unguNkulunkulu wami, ngiyakukuphakamisa, ngilidvumise Libito lakho, ngobe ngekwetsembeka kwakho lokuphelele wente tintfo letimangalisako, tintfo letahlelwa endvulo.
Konkhe loku kuphuma kuSimakadze longuSomandla, lomangalisako ekwelulekeni kwakhe, nalobabatekako ngenhlakanipho yakhe.
maye kulabo labatsi: “Nkulunkulu akasheshise, akaphangise umsebenti wakhe, khona sitewubona. Longcwele waka-Israyeli akakwente masinyane loko latimisele kukwenta, khona sitekwati.”
“Kodvwa ngubani emkhatsini wabo loke wema ebandleni laSimakadze kutsi abone nome eve livi lakhe? Ngubani lolalele weva livi lakhe?
imigomo yakho mikhulu, yebo, nemisebenti yakho inemandla. Emehlo akho avulekile kuto tonkhe tindlela tebantfu; ngulowo nalowo umnika umvuzo wakhe ngangekutiphatsa kwakhe nangalokufanele imisebenti yakhe.
Nguye-ke longuyena loyawukwakha lithempeli laSimakadze. Uyawukwembatsiswa bukhosi, futsi uyawuhlala esihlalweni sakhe sebukhosi abuse. Uyawuba ngumphristi esihlalweni sakhe sebukhosi. Futsi-ke kuyawuba nekuvana emkhatsini walababili.’
Lapho betive beva loko, batfokota badvumisa livi leNkhosi; nalabo labebakhetselwe kuphila lokuphakadze bakholwa.
Nkulunkulu ngekwatinchanti kwakhe nangentsandvo yakhe abesakumisile kutsi Jesu uyawuniketwa kini; nine-ke nambulala ngekumbetsela esiphambanweni ngetandla tetoni.
Ngobe angizange nginifihlele lutfo lwentsandvo yaNkulunkulu.
Manje-ke senginibeka esandleni seNkhosi kanye nasevini lemusa wayo, yona lenemandla ekunakha inikhulise ininike lifa labo bonkhe labahlantiwe.
Utawuvula emehlo abo, kuze besuke ebumnyameni bagucukele ekukhanyeni besuke nasemandleni aSathane baye kuNkulunkulu, kuze batsetselelwe tono tabo babelwe nendzawo emkhatsini walabahlantwe ngekukholwa kimi.’ ”
Bahlangana benta konkhe loko, wena ngemandla nentsandvo yakho, wawuvele ukumisenchanti kutsi kwenteke.
“Ngubani lowase wati ingcondvo yeNkhosi, nome-ke, lowase waba ngumeluleki wayo?
Njengobe sibantfwana bakhe nje, sitindlalifa futsi: Sitindlalifa taNkulunkulu, yebo, sitindlalifa kanye naKhristu; nangabe phela sihlupheka kanye naye siyawukhatimuliswa kanye naye.
Siyati kutsi Nkulunkulu usebentisa konkhe kube lusito kulabo labamtsandzako, lababitwe ngekwenjongo yakhe.
Ngobe labo labatinchanti Nkulunkulu wabakhetsanchanti kutsi babe nesimo seNdvodzana yakhe kuze yona itewuba litubulo kubazalwane labanyenti.
Kodvwa labo labakhetsanchanti wababita wabenta bemukeleka kuye kutsi balungile, bona labo futsi wabanika bukhosi bakhe.
Injongo yaNkulunkulu yekukhetsanchanti ayigucuki. Kwatsi lamaphahla angakatalwa, asengakenti lutfo lokulungile nalokungakalungi,
Ngobe nangabe lifa litfolakala ngekwenta lokufunwa ngumtsetfo, alisesilo-ke lesetsembiso; kodvwa Nkulunkulu walinika Abrahama ngesetsembiso.
Yena usibambiso selifa leliyawuba letfu ngesikhatsi Nkulunkulu ahlenga lokukwakhe, kube ludvumo lwebukhosi bakhe.
Akakhanyise emehlo etinhlitiyo tenu, kuze nati lokulitsemba lanibitela kulo, nekutsi buhle kanganani bukhosi belifa lakhe kubo labangcwele,
Nkulunkulu wavele wasikhetsanchanti ngekwenjongo yentsandvo yakhe, wasenta emadvodzana akhe ngaJesu Khristu.
Nkulunkulu lasipha wona, waze waphuphuma. Ngekuhlakanipha nekucondza kwakhe
Nkulunkulu wakubona kufanele kutsi asatise imfihlakalo yentsandvo yakhe, labeyimisile ngaKhristu kwasekucaleni.
Loku wakwenta ngekwenjongo yaphakadze layifeza ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.
Kodvwa nine, Simakadze wanikhipha eGibhithe, emlilweni lomkhulu loncibilikisa insimbi, kutsi nitekuba sive lesilifa lakhe, njengobe senaba ngilo nje.
nibonge uYise lowanenta nafanelwa sabelo selifa lalabangcwele ekukhanyeni.
Khumbulani kutsi nikhonta iNkhosi. Nati kutsi niyakwemukeliswa umvuzo welifa kuKhristu.
Yena watinikela ngenca yetfu, kuze atesihlenga ebubini bonkhe atingcwelisele sive lesisakhe, lesinenshisekelo kutsi sente imisebenti lemihle.
Ngako-ke ngemusa wakhe usente semukeleka kuye kutsi silungile, sibe tindlalifa tekuphila lokuphakadze lesetsembele kuko.
Kulabo labebafanele kwemukela loko kwakutsenjisiwe, Nkulunkulu watimisela kukukhanyisa kahle kutsi yena ngeke ayigucule injongo yakhe, ngiko nje acinisa tetsembiso takhe ngekufunga.
Ase nilalele, bazalwane bami labatsandzekako! Nkulunkulu akabakhetsanga yini labaphuyile lapha emhlabeni kutsi babe ngulabacebile ekukholweni, netindlalifa embusweni lawetsembisa labo labamtsandzako?
Ngalo lelitsemba sinelifa lelingapheli, lelingenasici, nalelingaphuphi, lenilondvolotelwe lona ezulwini.
Ningaphindziseli lokubi ngalokubi, nome inhlamba ngenhlamba; kodvwa esikhundleni saloko busisani, ngobe nabitelwa loko kutsi nidle lifa lekubusiswa.