17 Kulabo labebafanele kwemukela loko kwakutsenjisiwe, Nkulunkulu watimisela kukukhanyisa kahle kutsi yena ngeke ayigucule injongo yakhe, ngiko nje acinisa tetsembiso takhe ngekufunga.
Bamphendvula batsi: “Manje sekusikhanyele kutsi Simakadze unawe. Ngako-ke sitsi: Akube nesifungo emkhatsini wakho natsi. Asente sivumelwane nawe,
Simakadze wafunga, futsi angeke agucuke, watsi: “Wena ungumphristi loyawuhlala akhona kuze kube phakadze ngekuma kwaMelkhisedeki.”
Emasu aSimakadze ayawuhlala emile kuze kube phakadze; nemicabango yakhe iyawuhlala imile kuto tonkhe titukulwane.
Badla indvodla yekudla, badzimate besutse endlini yakho, ubanatsise emanti emfuleni wakho wentfokoto,
lowo muntfu kufanele aye embikwaSimakadze afunge kutsi lesifuyo asikebiwa nguye. Nangabe lesifuyo akasebi, lomnikati kufanele alale ngelinceba, lomlahlekelwa angakhishiswa lutfo.
Umuntfu angaba netinhloso letinyenti engcondvweni yakhe; kodvwa kugcina kuphumelele inhloso yaSimakadze.
Sengifikile engadzeni yami, dzadzewetfu, mntfwanaketfu, ngibutse imure yami nemakha ami. Ngiludlile luhlanga lwami lwetinyosi neluju; sengilinatsile liwayini lami nelubisi lwami. Dlanini, bomngami, ninatse; natsisisani lutsandvo, nine titsandzani.
Simakadze longuSomandla ufungile, watsi: “Impela, loku sengikuhlelile, futsi nakanjani kutakwenteka; njengobe sengikuhlosile nje, nakanjani kungeke kugucuke.
Ngimemetela siphetfo kusukela ekucaleni, kusukela etikhatsini takadzeni ngimemetela loko lokutakwenteka. Ngitsi mine: ‘Injongo yami iyakuma, ngiyawukwenta konkhe loko lese ngikuhlelile.’
linjalo-ke nelivi lami leliphuma emlonyeni wami: Lingeke libuye kimi yabayaba, kodvwa liyawukwenta loko lengikuhlosile, liwufeze umgomo walo lengilikhiphele wona.
Lomubi akayiyekele indlela yakhe lembi, nalokhohlakele ayekele imicabango yakhe lemibi. Akaphendvuke abuyele kuSimakadze, uyawuba nemusa kuye, akabuyele kuNkulunkulu wetfu, ngobe uyawumtsetselela ngenkhululeko.
“Mine, Simakadze, angigucuki. Ngako nani titukulwane taJakobe, anikabhujiswa.
Lisela litela kweba, nekubulala, nekubhubhisa. Mine ngitele kwekutsi bantfu babe nekuphila; babe nako kuphuphume.
Phela Nkulunkulu akakuguculi kwephana kwakhe kwamahhala nekubita kwakhe.
Njengobe sibantfwana bakhe nje, sitindlalifa futsi: Sitindlalifa taNkulunkulu, yebo, sitindlalifa kanye naKhristu; nangabe phela sihlupheka kanye naye siyawukhatimuliswa kanye naye.
Nangabe-ke nibaKhristu, niyintalelwana ya-Abrahama, nitindlalifa ngekwesetsembiso.
Nkulunkulu wasikhetsanchanti ngaye kutsi sibe lifa lakhe, yena lowenta konkhe ngekwentsandvo yakhe.
Ngekukholwa Nowa walalela tecwayiso taNkulunkulu ngetintfo letatingakabonakali letatitakwenteka. Walalela Nkulunkulu ngekwakha umkhumbi wekuphephisa umndeni wakhe. Ngekukholwa wadalula bubi belive, wase uba yindlalifa yekulunga lokutfolakala ngekukholwa.
Ngekukholwa waba sihambi eveni labetsenjiswe lona. Wahlala emathendeni; benta njalo nabo-Isaka naJakobe. Nabo baba tindlalifa kanye naye kuso leso setsembiso,
Sifisa kutsi ningavilaphi, kodvwa nibe njengabo labo labadla lifa letetsembiso ngekukholwa nangekubeketela.
Nangabe umuntfu afunga, usebentisa libito lalomunye lomkhulu kunaye. Sifungo siyacinisa, sicedze kuphikisana kwebantfu.
Ngako-ke Nkulunkulu wasebentisa tintfo letimbili langeke agucuke kuto: setsembiso nesifungo. Tsine-ke lesesitfole kuphepha kuye kufanele sibe nekukhutsatela lokukhulu, siphutfume lelitsemba leselibekwe embikwetfu.
Tonkhe tipho letinhle naletiphelele tivela ngetulu, tiphuma kuBabe uMdali wetibane tasesibhakabhakeni, lote kugucugucuka, njengobe tona tigucuka, tibohle tisishiya ebumnyameni.
Ase nilalele, bazalwane bami labatsandzekako! Nkulunkulu akabakhetsanga yini labaphuyile lapha emhlabeni kutsi babe ngulabacebile ekukholweni, netindlalifa embusweni lawetsembisa labo labamtsandzako?
Akabongwe Nkulunkulu, longuYise weNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu, lowasitala kabusha ngemusa wakhe lomkhulu, kuze sibe nelitsemba leliphilako ngekuvuswa kwaJesu Khristu kulabafile.
Ngalokufananako nani, madvodza, hlalisanani kahle nebafati benu, nati kutsi umuntfu lomsikati unjengesitja lesibutsakatsaka; nibahloniphe, ngobe batindlalifa temusa wekuphila kanye nani; loku nikwente, khona ingetiwuvimbeleka imithandazo yenu.