40 Nine tilima! Lona lowenta lingephandle akusiye yini lowenta lingekhatsi?
Nkulunkulu wase utsi: “Asente bantfu, babe ngumfanekiso wetfu, basifute; babuse etikwetinhlanti taselwandle, nasetikwetinyoni tasemoyeni, nasetikwetifuyo, nasetikwemhlaba wonkhe, nasetikwato tonkhe tilwane letihamba ngesisu netilwanyakatana.”
Nkulunkulu Simakadze wase ubumba umuntfu ngelutfuli lwemhlabatsi, waphefumulela umoya wekuphila emakhaleni akhe; umuntfu wase uba ngumuntfu lophilako.
Silima sikhuluma enhlitiyweni yaso sitsi: “Kute Nkulunkulu la.” Babi, benta emanyala, kute nome munye lowenta lokulungile.
nguye lobumba tonkhe tinhlitiyo tabo, abukisise tonkhe tento tabo.
“Nine leningati lutfo! Niyawuhlala ningati lutfo kuze kube ngunini? Baphukuti bayawuphukuta kuze kube ngunini? Tona tilima titawutondzana nelwati kuze kube ngunini?
Yeyi nine leningakakhuli engcondvweni, fundzani nikhule ekuhlakanipheni. Nine lenilibele, buyisani tingcondvo tenu.
Lalelani naku, nine bantfu labatilima nalabangenangcondvo, labatsi banemehlo kodvwa babe bangaboni, labatsi banetindlebe kodvwa babe bangeva:
Livi lesembulo: Leli livi laSimakadze nga-Israyeli. Simakadze, lowendlale emazulu, lobeke tisekelo temhlaba, nalowabumba umoya wemuntfu ekhatsi kuye, utsi:
Kodvwa boMosi na-Aroni bawa phansi ngebuso bakhotsama, batsi: “Awu Nkulunkulu! Nkulunkulu wemimoya yebantfu bonkhe, kungatsi ngekona kwemuntfu munye bese utfukutselela sonkhe sive?”
Tiphukuphuku letitimphumphutse! Kantsi ngukuphi lokubaluleke kakhulu, yigolide nome lithempeli lelingcwelisa igolide yalo?
MFarisi loyimphumphutse! Geza kucala lingekhatsi lendzebe, kuze kutsi nelingephandle ligezeke.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu watsi kuso: ‘Silima! Kulobusuku balamuhla umphefumulo wakho uyabitwa kuwe; pho, letintfo lesewutilungisile titawuba tabani?’
Jesu wase utsi kubo: “Maye, nilibele, nekukholwa kwenu kubutsakatsaka ekwemukeleni loko lokwashiwo baphrofethi!
Silima-ndzini, awati yini kutsi lokuhlanyelako wena akukutfoli kuphila kungakafi kucala?
Tsine sinabobabe betfu bengati labasiyalako sibahloniphe; pho, Babe wetfu ngekwaMoya akukafaneli yini simhloniphe ngentfobeko lenkhulu, kuze sitewutfola kuphila?