8 “Inkhosi yayidvumisa lendvuna lengaketsembeki ngekwenta lentfo lenebucili kangaka, ngobe bantfu balomhlaba bahlakaniphile esitukulwaneni sabo kunebantfu bekukhanya.”
Inyoka yayinebucili kwendlula tonkhe tilwane tesiganga labetentile Nkulunkulu Simakadze. Yatsi kumfati: “Kodvwa ngempela Nkulunkulu ushito yini kutsi: ‘Ningadli nome ngusinye nje sitselo setihlahla letisensimini’?”
Amnoni abenemngani wakhe lekwakunguJonadabi, umsa waShama, umnakaboDavide. Jonadabi bekuyindvodza leyayinebucili kakhulu.
Manje-ke butsani bonkhe baphrofethi baBhali, nalabamkhontako, kanye nebaphristi bakhe, nibone kungasali ngisho namunye wabo, ngobe ngitakwenta lomkhulu umhlatjelo waBhali. Lowo loyawusala akayiwuchubeka aphila kuleli.” Kodvwa abebayenga nje, entela kubulala lababekhonta Bhali.
Simakadze, ngephule ngesandla sakho etandleni talabagungubele ngetintfo talomhlaba. Bajezise ngekuhlupheka lobabekele kona. Shangatsi kungenela bona kanye nebantfwababo, kwendlulele nakubatukulu bebatukulu babo.
Ase siwabuke ngalamanye emehlo, sente lisu, funa andze kakhulu, ngobe nakungesuka imphi, angahle asite letitsa tetfu, bese ayabaleka kulelive.”
Umuntfu udvunyiswa ngekunakekela kwakhe; kodvwa lonenhlitiyo lembi ubukeleka phansi.
Wonkhe lokhuluma kabi ngeNdvodzana yeMuntfu uyawutsetselelwa; kodvwa lokhuluma kabi ngaMoya Longcwele, angeke atsetselelwe, kuleli nakulelitako.”
Phetro wamphendvula watsi: “Ayitsatsa ebafokatini.” Jesu wase utsi: “Ngako-ke kusho kutsi emadvodzana akhululekile ekutseleni.
“Lowo lowetsembekile etintfweni letincane, uyakwetsembeka nasetintfweni letinkhulu, longetsembeki etintfweni letincane, angeke etsembeke etintfweni letinkhulu.
Sengibonile lengitawukwenta, kuze nase ngiphelelwe ngumsebenti, bangani bami bangemukele, bangihlalise emakhaya abo.’
Kulomunye watsi: ‘Wena-ke ukweleda malini?’ Waphendvula watsi: ‘Nasi sikwelede, ngikweleda emasaka emmbila lalikhulu.’ Lendvuna yatsi: ‘Nali libhuku lesikwelede sakho. Hlala phansi ubhale ema-80.’
INkhosi yachubeka yatsi: “Lalelani kutsi watsini lomehluleli lomubi!
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Bantfu balesikhatsi bayatsatsana,
kodvwa bantfu labayawuvuswa ekufeni baphile kulesikhatsi lesitako abatsatsani.
Kholwani kukhanya nisenako, kuze nitewuba bantfwana bekukhanya.” Jesu watsi kube acedze lenkhulumo, wesuka kubo watifihla.
Akubete lotiyengako, nangabe umuntfu atsi uhlakaniphile emkhatsini wenu kulesikhatsi, akabe silima, khona atewuba ngulohlakaniphile.
Ngobe kucala nanibumnyama, kepha nyalo senikukhanya eNkhosini. Hambani njengebantfwana bekukhanya.
Kuphela kwabo kubhujiswa, nkulunkulu wabo sisu, ludvumo lwabo lusehlazweni labo, bangulabanaka tintfo temhlaba.
Nine nonkhe ningemadvodzana ekukhanya nemadvodzana emini; asisibo bebusuku nebebumnyama.
Kodvwa nine nibeluhlanga lolukhetsiwe, nibaphristi bebukhosi, sive lesingcwele; nibantfu baNkulunkulu labakhetselwe kumemetela imisebenti lemihle yaNkulunkulu. Nguye lowanibita kutsi niphume ebumnyameni nitewungena ekukhanyeni kwakhe lokumangalisako.
Bantfwana baNkulunkulu nebantfwana baSathane babonakala ngaloku: Umuntfu longenti kulunga nalongatsandzi umzalwane wakhe, akasiye waNkulunkulu.