24 Sase siyamemeta sitsi: ‘Babe Abrahama, ngihawukele ungitfumelele nango Lazaro enye sihloko semuno wakhe emantini atengiphotisa elulwimini, ngobe ngisebuhlungwini lobukhulu, ngiyasha!’
Sekute nalokuncane lokusele yena langakudla, bunjinga bakhe ngeke buphumelele bume.
Kuyawutsi emagala akhona nasomile, ephulwe, kufike bafati bawatfote, bayekuwabasa. Ngobe lesi sive lesingeva emadlebeni, ngako, uMenti waso akasenamunyu ngaso, uMdali waso akasenasihawu ngaso.
“Bayawuphumela ngephandle babuke tidvumbu talabo labangihlubukile; imphetfu lebadlako ngeke ife, kanjalo nemlilo lobashisako ungeke ucinywe, bayakwenyanyeka kubo bonkhe bantfu.”
Lesi-ke sishayo Simakadze layawushaya ngaso tonkhe tive letalwa neJerusalema: Umtimba wabo uyawubola baseme ngetinyawo tabo, emehlo abo ayawubola etingojeni tawo, netilwimi tabo tiyawubola emilonyeni yabo.
“Iyawutsi kulaba labangesancele: ‘Khweshani kimi, nine labacalekisiwe, niye emlilweni waphakadze lolungiselwe Sathane netingilosi takhe!
Ningatiyengi nje nitsi: ‘Sinaye Abrahama longubabe wetfu,’ ngobe ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Nkulunkulu angamvusela Abrahama bantfwana kulamatje.
Kepha mine ngitsi kini: Lowo lotfukutselela umnakabo, uyawulahlwa licala; nalowo lowetfuka umnakabo, uyakuba nelicala emtsetfweni; nalowo lotsi kumnakabo: ‘Silima,’ uyawufanelwa ngumlilo wesihogo.
Lesicebi samphendvula satsi: ‘Cha-ke, babe Abrahama, nakungavuka lomunye ekufeni aye kubo, bayawuphendvuka etonweni tabo.’
Jesu wase utsi kuye: “Lamuhla seyifikile insindziso kulomuti; ngobe phela lendvodza nayo isitukulwane sa-Abrahama.
Vetani titselo letikhombisa kuphendvuka. Ningacali nicabange kutsi: ‘Abrahama ngukhokho wetfu.’ Ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Nkulunkulu angawatsatsa nalamatje awente titukulwane ta-Abrahama!
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Kube mane bewusati sipho saNkulunkulu nekutsi ngubani lona lotsi: ‘Nginatsise,’ ngabe ucele kuye, yena abetakunika emanti laphilako.”
Kepha lowo loyawunatsa emanti lengiyawumnika wona, angeke aphindze ome naphakadze; ngobe emanti lengiyawumnika wona, ekhatsi kuye ayawuba ngumtfombo wemanti laphuphumako, kube kuphila lokuphakadze.”
Kepha ngelilanga lelikhulu lekugcina lemkhosi, Jesu wasukuma wema, wamemeta ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Nakukhona lowomile, akete kimi anatse.
Uphindze abe nguyise walabo labasokile, hayi ngobe basokile, kodvwa ngobe baphila imphilo yekukholwa lefanana nalena leyaphilwa ngubane wetfu Abrahama asengakasoki.
INkhosi iyawuvela emalangabini emlilo, ijezise labo labangamati Nkulunkulu, nalabo labangalilaleli liVangeli leNkhosi yetfu Jesu.
Ngobe kwehlulela akunabo bubele kulowo longenabo bubele; kodvwa bubele buyawucoloshela kwehlulela.
Lulwimi lungumlilo, lulive lebubi, lulwimi lusitfo lesingcolisa wonkhe umtimba, lokhela yonkhe imphilo ngemlilo lulunyekwa sihogo.
Kodvwa lesilo satfunjwa, kanye nemphrofethi wemanga labenta tibonakaliso tekudukisa labo labaneluphawu lwesilo nalabasikhonta ngekukhotsamela lomfanekiso waso. Bobabili bajikijelwa baphila echibini lemlilo lelivutsa sibabule.
Lowo libito lakhe lelalingakabhalwa encwadzini yekuphila, wajikwa echibini lelivutsa umlilo.
Lengilosi yase ingikhombisa umfula wemanti ekuphila, wawukhanya njengengilazi lekhanya kubonakale ngale. Emanti awo abegeleta aphuma esihlalweni sebukhosi saNkulunkulu neseliWundlu.
Samuweli wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Kepha ungifunelani mine, njengobe Simakadze sewukufulatsele, waba sitsa sakho?