24 “Kute umuntfu longakhonta emakhosi lamabili; ngobe uyakutondza lenye, atsandze lenye; uyakwetsembeka kulenye ayedzelele lenye. Ungeke ukhonte Nkulunkulu nemcebo.
Ngako-ke baletsa tinkhomo tabo batinika Josefa, batsenga ngato. Josefa wabanika kudla bonkhe labeta kutawushintjisa ngemahhashi, nangetimvu, nangetimbuti, nangetinkhomo, nangetimbongolo. Wonkhe lowo mnyaka waphela seloku abanika kudla ngekutsi bakuntjintjise ngetifuyo.
Elija wasondzela embikwesive, wafike watsi: “Kuyawuze kube ngunini solomane nindziyatela emkhatsini wemicondvo lemibili? Nangabe Simakadze anguNkulunkulu, landzelani yena; kodvwa nangabe Bhali anguNkulunkulu, landzelani yena.” Kodvwa sive asizange sikhulume.
Nangesikhatsi labantfu sebakhonta Simakadze, kodvwa babesachubeka nekukhonta tithico tabo. Kuze kube ngulamuhla loku, bantfwababo, nebantfwana bebantfwababo basachubeka nekwenta njengaboyisemkhulu.
“ ‘Macondzana nani, ninendlu yaka-Israyeli, naku lokushiwo yiNkhosi Simakadze, itsi: Hambani niyewukhonta tithico tenu, nonkhe! Kodvwa ngicinisile ngitsi, emvakwaloko niyawulalela mine, ningasaphindzi nilihlambalate Libito lami lelingcwele ngetipho tenu nangetithico tenu.
nalabo labakhotsama etulu etingcongwaneni tetindlu bakhonte tinkhanyeti telizulu, nalabo labakhotsama bafunge batsi batakwetsembeka kuSimakadze baphindze bafunge nangaMoloki
Jesu watsi kuye: “Suka, Sathane, ngobe kubhaliwe kutsi: “ ‘Ubokhonta iNkhosi, Nkulunkulu wakho, umkhotsamele yena yedvwa!’ ”
Ngako naningaketsembeki ekuphatseni umcebo walomhlaba, ningetsembeka kanjani emcebeni lokunguwo sibili?
“Asikho sisebenti lesingasebenta emakhosi lamabili ngasikhatsi sinye. Siyawutondza lenye, sitsandze lenye; siyawunamatsela kulenye, sedzelele lenye. Ngako-ke ningeke nikhonte Nkulunkulu nemcebo.”
Jesu wachubeka watsi: “Nginitjela ngitsi: Tenteleni bangani ngemcebo wemhlaba, kuze kutsi ungaphela banemukele ekhaya laphakadze.
Kungabe kambe ngitincengela kubantfu yini nome kuNkulunkulu? Nome ngetama kujabulisa bantfu yini? Nangabe ngisajabulisa bantfu, bengingeke ngibe sisebenti saKhristu.
Yala labacebile kulelive lamanje kutsi bangatikhukhumeti, bangabeki nematsemba abo kulomcebo lophelako, kodvwa bawabeke kuNkulunkulu losipha konkhe ngalokuphelele, kuze sitfokote ngako.
Demasi sewungibalekele waya eThesalonika, ngenca yekutsandza lelive. Khresensi waya eGalathiya, Thithusi waya eDalmathiya;
Aniketsembeki, ninjengetiphingi. Anati yini kutsi kutsandzana nelive kubutsa kuNkulunkulu? Lofisa kuba ngumngani welive, utenta sitsa kuNkulunkulu.
Kodvwa nangabe kukhonta Simakadze kubonakala kungatsandzeki kini, ngako khetsani lamuhla kutsi nitawukhonta bani, nome bonkulunkulu lababekhontwa bokhokho benu ngesheya kweMfula, nome bonkulunkulu bema-Amori, akulelive lese nakhe kulo. Kodvwa mine nendlu yami sitawukhonta Simakadze.”
Samuweli wakhuluma esiveni sonkhe saka-Israyeli, watsi: “Naniphendvukela kuSimakadze ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yenu, kufanele nitisuse tonkhe letithico tebetive kanye nabo-Ashtarothe benu, bese nitinikela kuSimakadze nikhonte yena yedvwa, yena-ke utawube sewuyanikhulula esandleni semaFilisti.”