4 “Nangabe lomunye wenu anetimvu letilikhulu bese kulahleka lenye, angente njani? Angete atishiya etsafeni yini leti letingema-99, ahambe ayewufuna lena lenye lelahlekile, adzimate ayitfole?
Ngedukile, njengemvu lelahlekile. Ngifune, mine nceku yakho, ngobe imiyalo yakho angikayikhohlwa.
Tsine sonkhe sedukile njengetimvu, ngulowo nalowo utihambele ngendlela yakhe, Simakadze wayetfwesa kona kwetfu sonkhe.
Emadolobheni elive letintsaba, newasemahlandzeni ngasenshonalanga neNegevu, newaseveni lakaBhenjamini, nasemitini letungelete iJerusalema, nasemadolobheni akaJuda imihlambi yetimvu neyetimbuti iyawuphindze yendlule ngaphansi kwesandla salowo lotibalako,’ kusho Simakadze.
“Bantfu bami babetimvu letilahlekile, belusi bato batedukisile, batenta tasabalala etulu etintsabeni. Babezulazula etikwetintsaba nemagcuma, baze bayikhohlwa nendzawo yabo, lapho baphumula khona.
Ngiyakutifuna letilahlekile, naletedukile ngitibuyise. Letilimele ngiyawutibopha emanceba, ngiticinise emadvolo letibutsakatsaka, kodvwa letesulekile naleticinile ngiyawutibhubhisa. Ngiyakwelusa umhlambi ngemtsetfocotfo.
“ ‘Nine, timvu tami, timvu telidlelo lami, nisive sami, mine nginguNkulunkulu wenu, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.’ ”
Anikaticinisi letibutsakatsaka naletigulako, anikatelaphi nabopha nemanceba aletilimele. Letedukile anikatifuni natibuyisa, nangete natifuna naletilahlekile. Nitibuse ngelunya, natiphatsa ngesihluku.
Ngifunga kuphila kwami, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze, njengobe umhlambi wami weswele umelusi, waze waphangwa wagucuka waba kudla kwato tonkhe tilwane tesiganga, nanjengobe belusi bami bangazange bawufune umhlambi wami, kodvwa batinakekela bona kakhulu kunekunakekela umhlambi wami,
Kepha Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Ukhona yini umuntfu kini lokungatsi anemvu yinye, nayiyele emgodzini, angete ayikhipha ngobe kuliSabatha?
INkhosi yasiphendvula yatsi: “Nine batentisi! Lomunye wenu angete ayikhipha yini inkhabi nome imbongolo esibayeni ayeyinatsisa ngeliSabatha?
Ngako-ke Jesu wase ubatjela umfanekiso lotsi:
Phela, iNdvodzana yeMuntfu itewufuna nekusindzisa lokulahlekile.”
Ngako-ke ngeke utilandvulele, wena muntfu-ndzini, nome ngabe ungubani wena lowehlulelako; ngobe ngekwehlulela lomunye utilahla wena, ngobe nawe lowehlulelako uyakwenta kona loko.
Ngobe beninjengetimvu letedukile; kodvwa manje seniphendvukele kuMelusi neMlondvoloti wemiphefumulo yenu.