7 Kodvwa labacashi batsi kube bayibone lendvodzana, bakhulumisana bodvwana batsi: ‘Nanso indlalifa yakhe, wotani siteyibulala, khona lelifa kutakuba letfu.’
Ngitawubeka butsa emkhatsini wakho nemfati, nasemkhatsini wentalo yakho nentalo yemfati. Yona iyawufihlita inhloko yakho, wena uyawuluma sitsendze sayo.”
Wotani simbulale, sidvumbu sakhe sisilahle kuleminye yalemigodzi. Sitabe sesitsi ubulewe tilwane tesiganga. Sitase sibone kutsi lamaphupho akhe atawugcinwa yini.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi, naLongcwele waka-Israyeli, kuye lowake wedzelelwa wenyanywa sive, kuyo inceku yebabusi, utsi: “Emakhosi ayawukubona asukume, tikhulu tiyawukubona tikhotsame, ngenca yaSimakadze lowetsembekile, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, lokukhetsile.”
Kwatsi Herodi asabonile kutsi tati timyengile, watfukutsela wagcwala kokana, watfumela kutsi akubulawe bonkhe bantfwana labadvuna baseBhetlehema nakuto tonkhe tindzawo tangakhona lababeneminyaka lemibili nome ngephansi, kwaya ngesikhatsi labesibutisise etatini.
Kwatsi nasekufika sikhatsi sekuvuna emagelebisi, watfumela tisebenti takhe kuleto ticashi kutsi timlandzele incenye yesivuno lekuyakhe.
Betama kubamba Jesu, kodvwa besaba ticuku tebantfu, ngobe babona kahle kutsi ngalomfanekiso ukhuluma ngabo, base bayamshiya, bahamba.
Ekugcineni kwase kusele umuntfu munye lebeyingamtfumela, umsa wayo lebeyimtsandza kakhulu. Beyicabanga kutsi batamhlonipha ngobe kuyindvodzana yayo.
Bayibamba, bayibulala, bayijika ngephandle kwesivini.
Nkulunkulu ngekwatinchanti kwakhe nangentsandvo yakhe abesakumisile kutsi Jesu uyawuniketwa kini; nine-ke nambulala ngekumbetsela esiphambanweni ngetandla tetoni.
Watsi: “Saniyalisisa kutsi ningafundzisi ngelibito lalomuntfu, kodvwa ase nibuke lesenikwentile! Senisakate lemfundziso yenu yaze yagcwala lonkhe lelidolobha laseJerusalema, senifuna kutsi sibe nelicala ngekufa kwakhe!”
Ukhona nje yena munye umphrofethi longazange ahlushwe bokhokho benu? Babulala titfunywa taNkulunkulu, letatimemetela ngembili ngekufika kweSisebenti sakhe lesilungile. Manje senimtsengisile nambulala.
Kodvwa kulamalanga ekugcina sewukhulume kitsi ngeNdvodzana yakhe ladala ngayo umhlaba nako konkhe lokukhona; wayimisa kutsi ibe yindlalifa yako konkhe.