21 Nibusisiwe nine lenilambile manje, ngobe niyakwesutsiswa. Nibusisiwe nine lenikhalako manje, ngobe niyawujatjuliswa.
Abrahama wakhotsamisa buso bakhe, batsintsa phansi, wahleka, akhuluma yedvwana enhlitiyweni atsi: “Konje kungenteka yini kutsi indvodza itale umntfwana seyineminyaka lelikhulu budzala? Kona kungenteka yini kutsi Sara atale umntfwana asaneminyaka lengema-90?”
Sara watsi: “Nkulunkulu ungiphe luhleko, bonkhe labayivako lendzaba bayawuhleka njengami.”
Ngobe wenelisa umuntfu lowomile, lolambile umesutsisa ngalokuhle.
Emehlo ami ageleta tinyembeti, ngobe bantfu abawugcini umtsetfo wakho.
Tandla tami ngitiphakamisela kuwe, umphefumulo wami womela wena njengemhlabatsi lowomele imvula. Cabanga.
Mine-ke ngiyawububona buso bakho, ngobe ngingulolungile, mhlazana ngivuka ngiyakweneliswa bukhona bakho.
Simakadze ungemandla ami nesihlangu sami, inhlitiyo yami yetsembele kuye. Wangisita, ngako inhlitiyo yami igcunyagcunyiswa yinjabulo. Ngiyawumbonga ngengoma yami.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lokhetfwa nguwe umsondzete kuwe, uyawuhlala endzaweni yakho lengcwele. Siyakwesutsiswa ngalokuhle kwendlu yakho, lithempeli lakho lelingcwele!
Kulentsaba Simakadze longuSomandla utakwentela bantfu bonkhe lidzili lalokukhuluphele, lelimnandzi, yebo, lidzili leliwayini lelidzala lakadzeni, inyama lenhle kakhulu, netinhlobo letimnandzi teliwayini.
Awu, bantfu baseSiyoni, nine lenihlala eJerusalema, anisayikubuye nilile. Maye, uyawuba nemusa kini, nanikhala kuye nicela lusito! Uyakwenelela kuva nje, bese uyaniphendvula.
“Tfokotani kanye neJerusalema, niyitsakasele, nonkhe nine leniyitsandzako, jabulani nayo kakhulu, nonkhe nine leniyililelako.
Kodvwa naningalaleli, ngiyawukhala emasitseleni ngenca yeligcabho lenu. Emehlo ami ayawukhala kabuhlungu kabi agobhote tinyembeti, ngobe umhlambi waSimakadze uyawube utfunjiwe.
Ngiyawubahlumelelisa labo lasebadzangele, ngicinise labo labaphelelwa ngemandla.”
Bayawuta bakhala; bayawuthandaza ngisababuyisela emuva. Ngiyawubaholela ngasemifuleni yemanti endleleni lebekile, lapho bangeyiwukhubatela khona, ngobe mine nginguyise wa-Israyeli, Efrayimu uyindvodzana yami yematubulo.
Kube mane inhloko yami beyisiyalu semanti nemehlo ami abe ngumtfombo wetinyembeti, bengitawukhala busuku nemini, ngenca yekubulawa ngesihluku kwesive sami!
Bonkhe labasele labaphunyulile bayawubasetintsabeni babubule njengematuba asetihosheni, ngulowo ngenca yetono takhe.
watsi kuyo: “Lihlamahlame lonkhe lidolobha laseJerusalema, ubeke luphawu emabuntini abo bonkhe labakhatsatekile babubula ngenca yato tonkhe letintfo letinengekako letentiwa lapha kulo.”
Babusisiwe labakhalako, ngobe bayawudvudvutwa.
Babusisiwe labalambele bomele kulunga, ngobe bayakwesutsiswa.
Wesutsisa labalambile ngalokumnandzi, wacosha labanjingile bahamba bate lutfo.
Jesu wabuka bafundzi bakhe watsi: “Nibusisiwe nine timphuya, ngobe umbuso waNkulunkulu wenu.
“Nibusisiwe, bantfu nabanitondza banishalatela ngekuninyembenya, banetfuka banigceke batsi anikalungi, ngenca yeNdvodzana yeMuntfu.
“Maye kini nine lenesutsi manje, ngobe nisetawulamba. Maye kini nine lenihlekako nyalo, ngobe nisetawukhala nilile.
Jesu wakhala tinyembeti.
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Kube mane bewusati sipho saNkulunkulu nekutsi ngubani lona lotsi: ‘Nginatsise,’ ngabe ucele kuye, yena abetakunika emanti laphilako.”
Jesu watsi kubo: “Mine ngisinkhwa sekuphila, lowo lota kimi, angeke alambe; nalowo lokholwa ngimi, angeke aphindze ome.
Kudzimate kube ngulesikhatsi siyalamba, some, sidzikite, simuklutwe, sibe ngimihambima lete emakhaya.
Ngasebenta kakhulu ngidvonsa matima. Bengike ngicwashe ngingalali, ngilambe, ngome, ngeswele kudla, ngiphatfwe lichwa, ngeswele nekwekwembatsa.
Ngenca yaKhristu-ke, ngiyeneliswa butsakatsaka, netinhlamba, nebulukhuni, nekutingelelwa kuhlushwa kanye netingoti; ngobe nangibutsakatsaka, kulapho ngiba nemandla khona.
Siviswa buhlungu, kodvwa sitfokota njalonjalo. Siphuyile, kodvwa banyenti lesibanjingisako. Asinalutfo, kodvwa sinako konkhe.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lociniselako ekulingweni; ngobe nasaphumelele ekuvivinyweni kwakhe, uyakwemukeliswa umchele wekuphila lowetsenjiswa yiNkhosi kulabo labayitsandzako.
Ngeva livi liphuma esihlalweni sebukhosi limemeta kakhulu litsi: “Nalo likhaya laNkulunkulu likubantfu. Nkulunkulu utawuhlala emkhatsini wabo, bona babe bantfu bakhe. Nkulunkulu cobo lwakhe uyawuhlala nabo, abe nguNkulunkulu wabo.
Bangeke baphindze balambe, bangeke baphindze bome, lilanga lingeke liphindze libahlabe ngekubashisa, kute nome ngayini leyawubashisa.