41 “Iyawutsi kulaba labangesancele: ‘Khweshani kimi, nine labacalekisiwe, niye emlilweni waphakadze lolungiselwe Sathane netingilosi takhe!
Sukani kimi, nine lababi, kuze ngigcine imiyalo yaNkulunkulu wami.
Uyabatsetsisa labatidlako; bacalekisiwe labedukile emiyalweni yakho.
Shangatsi wena, Nkulunkulu, ungababhubhisa lababi. Ngako-ke sukani kimi, nine bantfu bengati.
Khweshani kimi, nonkhe nine benti balokubi, ngobe Simakadze sewukuvile kukhala kwami.
“Bayawuphumela ngephandle babuke tidvumbu talabo labangihlubukile; imphetfu lebadlako ngeke ife, kanjalo nemlilo lobashisako ungeke ucinywe, bayakwenyanyeka kubo bonkhe bantfu.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Ucalekisiwe umuntfu lowetsembela kumuntfu, umuntfu lowencike emandleni alomunye umuntfu, nalonhlitiyo yakhe imfulatsela Simakadze.
“Ngako-ke njengobe lukhula lwabutfwa lwashiswa, kuyawuba njalo nasekupheleni kwelive.
tibalahle emlilweni lowesabekako, lapho bayawukhala kudzimate kugedletele ematinyo.
tibajike emlilweni lowesabekako, lapho bantfu bayawukhala kakhulu bagedletelise nematinyo.”
“Nangabe sandla nome lunyawo lwakho lukonisa, lujube ululahle khashane nawe; ngobe kuncono kuwe kungena ekuphileni uyingini, nome uyinchute kunekutsi ube netandla totimbili nome unetinyawo totimbili kepha ulahlwe emlilweni waphakadze.
Ngobe ngangilambile, kodvwa aningiphanga kudla; ngangomile, aninginatsisanga.
Labo-ke bayawuhamba baye ekujezisweni kwaphakadze; kodvwa labalungile bayakuya ekuphileni kwaphakadze.”
Sitja sakhe sekwela sisesandleni sakhe; uyawushanelisisa sibuya sakhe abutsele emabele esilulwini sakhe, kepha emakhoba uyawuwashisa ngemlilo longacimeki.”
Jesu watsi kuye: “Suka, Sathane, ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “ ‘Ubokhonta iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu wakho, umkhotsamele yena yedvwa!’ ”
Kepha mine ngitsi kini: Lowo lotfukutselela umnakabo, uyawulahlwa licala; nalowo lowetfuka umnakabo, uyakuba nelicala emtsetfweni; nalowo lotsi kumnakabo: ‘Silima,’ uyawufanelwa ngumlilo wesihogo.
Kepha ngiyawubaphendvula ngitsi: ‘Angizange nginati. Sukani kimi, nine benti balokubi!’ ”
Kodvwa yena uyawutsi: ‘Ngiyanitjela ngitsi: Anginati lapho niphuma khona. Nyamalalani lapha embikwami, benti balokubi!’
Sase siyamemeta sitsi: ‘Babe Abrahama, ngihawukele ungitfumelele nango Lazaro enye sihloko semuno wakhe emantini atengiphotisa elulwimini, ngobe ngisebuhlungwini lobukhulu, ngiyasha!’
Nine nibeyihlo Sathane. Nitsandza kwenta tinkhanuko teyihlo. Yena abevele angumbulali webantfu kusukela ekucaleni, akemi ecinisweni, ngobe liciniso kute kuye. Nakakhuluma emanga, ukhuluma intfo yakhe, ngobe ungumcambimanga neyise wawo onkhe emanga.
bese uletsa kuphumula kini nine lenihluphekako, kanye nakitsi ngesikhatsi iNkhosi Jesu yembulwa ivela ezulwini, ikanye netingilosi tayo letinemandla.
Bayawujeziswa ngekubhujiswa kwaphakadze balunyulwe ebukhoneni beNkhosi nasenkhatimulweni yemandla ayo.
Kodvwa nangabe umhlaba umilisa emanyeva netinchachabutane, awunamsebenti walutfo, futsi usengotini yekucalekiswa nguNkulunkulu; nesiphetfo sawo kushiswa ngemlilo.
Nkulunkulu akazange atiyekele tingilosi letona, kodvwa watilahla kalasha emigodzini yebumnyama bebumnyama, kutsi titewugcinelwa kwehlulelwa.
Bantfwana baNkulunkulu nebantfwana baSathane babonakala ngaloku: Umuntfu longenti kulunga nalongatsandzi umzalwane wakhe, akasiye waNkulunkulu.