2 “Tjela sive sema-Israyeli utsi: ‘Nangabe umuntfu onile wephula nome ngangumuphi wemiyalo yaSimakadze, angakacondzi, kufanele ahambe ngalemitsetfo.
Abimeleki wabita Abrahama wambuta watsi: “Yini lena lose uyente la kitsi? Ngikone ngani, kutsi ungaze uletsele mine kanye nembuso wami lesono lesikhulu kangaka? Utenteleni letintfo bewungakafaneli kutenta?”
Ngubani nje longabona tiphosiso takhe? Simakadze, ngikhulule etonweni letifihlekile.
Ngijubele ekwenteni tono ngemabomu, ungativumeli kutsi tingibuse; khona-ke ngiyawuphelela, bese ngibate licala esiphambukweni lesikhulu.
Ungawuvumeli umlomo wakho kutsi ukuholele esonweni, bese ukhuluma engilosini yaNkulunkulu utsi: “Cha, loko ngikushito ngesiphosiso.” Kudzingeke ngani kutsi Nkulunkulu aze atfukutseliswe ngemavi akho nekutsi yonkhe imisebenti yakho ibe lite kuye?
“Nakwenteka umuntfu adla umnikelo longcwele ngesiphosiso, kufanele ahlawule kumphristi, engete incenye yawo yesihlanu.
Simakadze wayala Mosi watsi:
“ ‘Nangabe kone sonkhe sive saka-Israyeli, saba nelicala lekwephula umyalo waSimakadze, singakacondzi, nome sive besingakakucapheli loko, noko sinelicala.
“ ‘Nangabe kone umholi, waba nelicala lekwephula umyalo waSimakadze longuNkulunkulu wakhe, angakacondzi,
“ ‘Nangabe kone umuntfu nje, abe nelicala lekwephula lomunye wemiyalo yaSimakadze, angakacondzi,
khetsani lamanye emadolobha kutsi atewuba ngemadolobha enu ekukhosela, lapho kungabalakela khona umuntfu, nangabe abulele lomunye umuntfu angakacondzi.
Lena-ke yindzaba yemuntfu lobulele lomunye wase ubalekela khona kuyawusindzisa kuphila kwakhe, lowo lobulele makhelwane wakhe angakacondzi, futsi lobekangesiso sitsa sakhe.
Nome ngaphambilini ngangimlulata ngenhlamba, ngimtingela, ngimetfuka, kodvwa ngemukela bubele, ngobe ngangikwentiswa kungati ngesikhatsi ngingakakholwa.
Lowo-ke angababeketelela labo labangati lutfo nalaba labedukako, ngobe kwayena unebutsakatsaka.
Kodvwa kulendzawo lengcwelengcwele kungena umPhristi Lomkhulu kuphela, nako angene kanye ngemnyaka, aphetse ingati yekunikelela tono takhe netalabanye bantfu labatente bangati kutsi bayona.
Emlonyeni munye kuphuma kubusisa nekucalekisa. Bazalwane bami, akufanele kube njalo.
Kodvwa Jonathani abengakeva kutsi uyise ubophe sonkhe sive ngesifungo. Ngako wenya sihloko salendvuku yakhe labeyiphetse ngesandla kuloluhlanga lwetinyosi. Waphakamisa sandla sakhe wasimikisa ngasemlonyeni, emehlo akhe akhanya.