12 Sitja sakhe sekwela sisesandleni sakhe; uyawushanelisisa sibuya sakhe abutsele emabele esilulwini sakhe, kepha emakhoba uyawuwashisa ngemlilo longacimeki.”
Kukangakhi bafanana netinhlanga emoyeni, babe njengemakhoba lapheshulwa sivunguvungu?
Lababi-ke bona abanjalo, banjengemakhoba wona lapheshulwa ngumoya.
Ababe njengemakhoba wona apheshulwa ngumoya, ingilosi yaSimakadze isabadvungulula.
Emadvodza lanemandla ayawuba timbhaca, umsebenti wawo ufanane nenhlase: kokubili kuyawusha ndzawonye, kubete longawucisha lowo mlilo.”
Naloku tive tihokoma njengekuhokoma kwemabhudlo emanti, Nkulunkulu nakabatsetsisa, babaleka baye khashane, bapheshulwe emoyeni njengemakhoba, nakaphephuka etulu emagcumeni, nanjengelukhula loluzushuniwe, nalukhukhulwa sihhuhhula semoya.
Angikatfukutseli. Kube mane bekunetinchachabutane nemanyeva langisukelako! Bengitawushuca ngiyekuwahlasela emphini; bengitawahloseka onkhe ngemlilo.
Lokutinhlavu kufanele kusilwe kutekwentiwa sinkhwa; ngako-ke akulitjalwa kukubhula siphelane. Nome achuba emasondvo enkalishi yakhe yekubhula etikwako, emahhashi akhe akakusili.
Tinkhabi netimbongolo letiwusebentako lomhlaba tiyakudla lifolishi neluhlata lolwendlalwe ngetimfologo nangemafosholo.
Uyakuwela, umoya uwakhetse, sivunguvungu siyakuwaphephula. Kodvwa wena uyawujabula ngaSimakadze, utibonge ngaLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngako-ke, njengobe lulwimi lwemlilo lukhotsa tibi, nanjengobe tjani lobomile bushona phansi, nabushiswa ngemalangabi, kanjalo timphandze tabo tiyawubola, netimbali tabo tiphephuke njengelutfuli; ngobe bawalile umtsetfo waSimakadze longuSomandla, bedzelela livi laLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
“Bayawuphumela ngephandle babuke tidvumbu talabo labangihlubukile; imphetfu lebadlako ngeke ife, kanjalo nemlilo lobashisako ungeke ucinywe, bayakwenyanyeka kubo bonkhe bantfu.”
Ngiyakubahlunga ngemfologo yekuhlenga ngasemasangweni emadolobha elive. Ngitawuletsa sifo nembhubhiso esiveni sami, ngobe abakatiguculi tindlela tabo.
Kodvwa naningangilaleli mine, kutsi nigcine liSabatha lami lingcwele ngekutsi ningetfwali nalomncane umtfwalo ngesikhatsi nisangena emasangweni aseJerusalema ngeliSabatha, ngako ngiyawube sengilumeka umlilo longacimeki emasangweni aseJerusalema, loyawudla netinqaba tayo.’ ”
Ngalelo langa lesive kanye nebantfu baseJerusalema bayawutjelwa kutsiwe: “Umoya loshisako lochamuka etindzaweni letiphakeme tasehlane uhhusha ucondze kulesive sami, kodvwa hhayi kutewuhlunga nome kutewuhlambulula;
Ngiyawutfumela tihambi eBhabhulona kutsi titeyihlunga tibhubhise nelive layo. Tiyawumelana nayo ndzawo tonkhe, ngelilanga lenhlekelele yayo.
“Ngako-ke naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Intfukutselo yami kanye nelulaka lwami kutawutfululelwa etikwalendzawo, etikwebantfu netinkhomo, etikwetihlahla tesiganga kanye nasetikwetitselo temhlaba, lutawuvutsa lungaphindzi lucimeke.
Ngako-ke bayawufanana nenkhungu yasekuseni, babe njengematolo asekuseni lanyamalalako, bafanane nemakhoba laphephuka ebaleni lekubhula, babe njengentfutfu lephuma ngelifasitelo ibaleke.
“Ngako ngiyawukhipha umyalo, nginyakatise indlu yaka-Israyeli emkhatsini wato tonkhe tive, njengemabele nakanyakatiswa ngesisefo, kodvwa kute ngisho nayinye inhlavu leyakuwela emhlabatsini.
“Impela lilanga liyeta; liyawushisa njengemlilo lowesabekako nalohhumako. Bonkhe labatigcabhako bangangihloniphi nalabenta lokubi bayawuba tinhlanga, lelo langa lelitako liyawubalumekela ngemlilo,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Kute imphandze nome ligala leliyawusala kubo.
Yekelani nje kukhule kokubili ndzawonye, kuze kube sikhatsi sekuvuna, kuvunwe; nasekuvunwa ngitawutjela labavunako kutsi babutse lukhula kucala, balubophe tincumbi, kuze lutewushiswa; bese-ke nibutsela emabele ndzawonye esiteni sami.’ ”
INdvodzana yeMuntfu iyawutfumela tingilosi tayo tiyewubutsa tikhiphe konkhe lokubanga kona nabo bonkhe benti balokubi embusweni wayo,
tibalahle emlilweni lowesabekako, lapho bayawukhala kudzimate kugedletele ematinyo.
Lapho bantfu baNkulunkulu bayawukhanya njengelilanga embusweni weYise. “Lalelani-ke, naninendlebe yekuva.”
Ngako Johane wabatjela bonkhe watsi: “Nginibhabhatisa ngemanti, kodvwa kukhona lomkhulu kunami lotako, lengingakafaneli ngisho nekutfukulula imichilo yeticatfulo etinyaweni takhe. Utakunibhabhatisa ngaMoya Longcwele nangemlilo.
Esandleni sakhe unesitja sekwela emabele lasabhuliwe, awatsele esilulwini, bese kutsi emakhoba awashise ngemlilo longeke ucishe.”
Onkhe emagala lakimi langatseli titselo uyawajuba. Onkhe emagala latsela titselo uyawatsena, kuze atewutsela kakhulu.