38 wafike wema emvakwaJesu, ngasetinyaweni takhe akhala, taze tinyawo taJesu taba manti tinyembeti. Watesula ngetinwele takhe lomfati, watanga, watitsela ngemakha.
Ase nginiletsele liyakana lemanti nitewugeza tinyawo tenu, bese niphumula la emtfuntini walesihlahla.
Watsi Ezra asathandaza, avuma tono akhala, atijika phansi embikwendlu yaNkulunkulu, sicumbi lesikhulu sema-Israyeli, emadvodza, nebafati kanye nebantfwana sabutsana kuye samtungeleta. Naso sasikhala kakhulukati.
Ngiyalivuma licala lekona kwami, ngidzabukile ngenca yesono sami.
Umhlatjelo lowemukeleka kuNkulunkulu ngumoya lowephukile nenhlitiyo ledzabukile. Nkulunkulu ngeke awubukele phansi.
Tembatfo takho atihlale timhlophe, nenhloko yakho ihlale igcotjiswe ngemafutsa enjabulo.
Liyajabulisa liphunga lemakha akho; libito lakho linjengemakha latfululwako. Nguko nje tintfombi tikutsandza kangaka!
Waya kuMoloki nemafutsa emncumo, wandzisa emakha akho. Watfumela emancusa akho khashane, wehlela edlizeni cobo lwalo!
labakhala eSiyoni babonelelwe, banikwe umchele webuhle esikhundleni semlotsa, banikwe nemafutsa enjabulo esikhundleni sesililo, banikwe ingubo yekudvumisa esikhundleni semoya lodzabukile. Bayawubitwa ngekutsi batihlahla tekulunga, letihlanyelwe nguSimakadze, kuze kubonakaliswe inkhatimulo yakhe.
Bayawuta bakhala; bayawuthandaza ngisababuyisela emuva. Ngiyawubaholela ngasemifuleni yemanti endleleni lebekile, lapho bangeyiwukhubatela khona, ngobe mine nginguyise wa-Israyeli, Efrayimu uyindvodzana yami yematubulo.
Simakadze uyakhuluma utsi: “Namanje phendvukani, nibuye kimi ngenhlitiyo yenu yonkhe, ngekuzila, nangekukhala kanye nangekulila.”
“Ngiyawutfululela etikwendlu yakaDavide nasetikwabo bonkhe labahlala eJerusalema Moya wemusa newekuncusa. Bayakumbuka lowo lebamgwaza, bese bayamlilela njenganakulilelwa umntfwana lotelwe waba yedvwa kabo, bamdzabukele kakhulu, njengemuntfu nakadzabukela indvodzana yematubulo.
Babusisiwe labakhalako, ngobe bayawudvudvutwa.
Phetro waphumela ngephandle wafike wakhala kabuhlungu kakhulu.
Nibusisiwe nine lenilambile manje, ngobe niyakwesutsiswa. Nibusisiwe nine lenikhalako manje, ngobe niyawujatjuliswa.
Kulelo dolobha bekunemfati labephila imphilo lengcolile; wase uyeva kutsi Jesu usadla endlini yemFarisi, ngako weta nemakha agcwele libhodlela lelalakhiwe ngembiza,
Nakabona loko lomFarisi lobekameme Jesu, watsi enhlitiyweni yakhe: “Kube lomuntfu ungumphrofethi ngempela, ngabe uyati kutsi ungubani lomfati lomtsintsako. Ngabe uyati kutsi uphila imphilo leyonakele kangakanani.”
LoMariya bekungulona lowagcobisa tinyawo teNkhosi ngemakha watesula ngetinwele takhe. LoLazaro labegula-ke bekungumnakabo.
Khatsatekani, nidzabuke, nilile; kuhleka kwenu akugucuke kube kulila, nekujabula kwenu akube kujabha.