3 “Babe wetfu wafela ehlane. Abengesiye lomunye webalandzeli baKhora, labadudana ngekuhlubuka Simakadze; wafela sono sakhe, washiya kute emadvodzana.
Ngobe wonkhe umuntfu lophefumulako, wami, uyise kanye nemsa wakhe, bonkhe ngalokufananako, bami. Umuntfu lowonako nguye loyakufa.
Mine, Simakadze, sengikhulumile, futsi ngitakwenta loko kuso sonkhe lesive lesonakele lesihlanganele kumelana nami. Batawuhlangana nesiphetfo sabo lapha kulelihlane, baphelele khona.”
Watsi kube Khora ahlanganise bonkhe labalandzeli bakhe, lababemelene naMosi, embikwelithende lekuhlangana, inkhatimulo yaSimakadze yabonakala kuso sonkhe sive sema-Israyeli.
Sibalo salabo lababulawa nguleso sifo besiti-14 700, ngaphandle kwalabo labafa ngenca yaKhora.
Selofehadi, umsa waHeferi, abete emadvodzana, abenemantfombatana odvwana lekwakuboMahala, naNowa, naHogila, naMilkha, naThisa.
ekungeneni kwelithende lekuhlangana ema embikwaMosi, na-Eleyazare, umphristi, nebaholi besive sonkhe, atsi:
Pho, kwentiwa yini libito lababe lingaveli elusendvweni ngobe abete indvodzana? Sinikeni sabelo emkhatsini wetihlobo tababe.”
Jesu waphindza futsi watsi kubo: “Ngiyahamba mine, niyawungifuna, nifele etonweni tenu. Ningeke nikhone kuya lapho ngiya khona mine.”
Ngiko nje ngatsi kini: ‘Nitawufela etonweni tenu, naningakholwa kutsi: “Mine Nginguye leNginguye.” ’ ”
Sono sangena ngemuntfu munye emhlabeni, sangena nekufa, kufa kwase kwendlulela kubo bonkhe bantfu, njengobe bonkhe bonile.
Ngako-ke, njengobe sono sabusa kwaba kufa, ngalokufananako kubusa kwemusa kwaba kulunga lokusiholela ekuphileni kwaphakadze ngaJesu Khristu iNkhosi yetfu.
Inkhokhelo yesono kufa; kodvwa sipho semusa saNkulunkulu sikuphila lokuphakadze ngaKhristu Jesu iNkhosi yetfu.