4 Umuntfu lolivila ufisa lokunyenti agcine angakatfoli lutfo; kodvwa lokhutsele unikwa lokunyenti.
Ngalo lelo langa tisebenti ta-Isaka teta kuye tamtjela ngesicobho letase tisimbile tatsi: “Sesiwatfolile emanti.”
Ebudzaleni babo bayawuchubeka batsele titselo, bafanane netihlahla letihlala tiluhlata, ngobe tona tihlala ticinile,
Buvila benta umuntfu abe luphuya; kodvwa kukhutsala kwenta umuntfu abe yinjinga.
Umuntfu lowephanako, lanako kuyandza; lona lonatsisa lowomile naye uyawunatsiswa.
Lolima umhlaba wakhe uyawuba nenala yekudla; kodvwa lolibala kulandzelana netintfo letingenamsebenti akanangcondvo.
Sandla lesikhutsele emsebentini sigcina siphetse; kodvwa livila ligcina lisigcili.
Umuntfu lolivila uyalamba; kodvwa lokhutsele ugcina aphumelele.
Umuntfu lobamba lulwimi lwakhe ulondvolota kuphila kwakhe; yebo, umuntfu lokhulumela futsi ulandza kuhlupheka.
Umuntfu lolungile uyawatondza emanga; kodvwa lomubi uletsa lihlazo nemahloni.
Livila liyehluleka kulima ngesikhatsi lesifanele, nase kuvunwa lona alibuyi nalutfo etsafeni.
Livila litsandza kuhlala nje, ngiko loko lokuyawubanga kufa kwalo, ngobe alisebenti.
Emasu emuntfu lokhutsele amdvonsela ekuphumeleleni; kanjalo nematata aholelana ebumphofini.
Ngase ngendlula eceleni kwensimi yelivila, bekusivini semuntfu longenangcondvo.
Kwakunemena wesaphulamshini, nembabatane, nelutsango lwakhona seluwile.
Livila liyatitila litsi: “Ngingeke ngiphume, ngobe kunelibhubesi endleleni!” Liphindze litsi: “Kunelibhubesi emgwacweni.”
Umuntfu loligovu ususa lutfutfuva; kodvwa lowo lowetsemba Simakadze uyawuchuma.
Hamba ufundze entfutfwaneni, wena vila-ndzini, kutsi iphila njani, khona utawuhlakanipha.
Ubusisiwe umuntfu longilalelako, longilindzela onkhe malanga emasangweni ami, logadza etimphundvwini teminyango yami.
Ngiwukhumulile umjiva wami, ngiphindze ngiwembatse yini? Ngitigezile tinyawo tami, ngiphindze ngitingcolise yini?
Simakadze uyawukuhola njalo, uyakwenetisa tidzingo takho, eveni lapho libalele likhipha inhlanti emantini, uyakucinisa ematsambo akho. Uyawuba njengengadze leniseleke kahle, nanjengemtfombo lapho emanti akhona angomi.
Ngubani longabala lutfuli lwaJakobe, nome abale incenye yesive saka-Israyeli? Angimane ngife kufa kwalolungile, shangatsi nesiphetfo sami singaba njengesabo.”
Ningabosebentela kudla lokuphelako, kepha nibosebentela kudla lokutawukhonsa kuze kubesekuphileni lokuphakadze leyawunipha kona iNdvodzana yeMuntfu. Ngobe Nkulunkulu uYise ulubekile luphawu kuyo.”
Sifisa shangatsi ngulowo nalowo kini angakhombisa loko kushisekela, nekuciniseka etsembeni lenu, kuze kube ngusekugcineni.
Kwatsi nasebabuyile, befika kuJoshuwa batsi: “Asikho sidzingo sekutsi bonkhe bantfu benyuke kuyakulwa ne-Ayi. Tfumela emadvodza lati-2 000 nome lati-3 000 kuyakuyidla, ungabakhatsati bonkhe bantfu ngekuya khona, ngobe bambalwa bantfu labakuleyo ndzawo.”