20 ngobe umuntfu lomubi akanalo likusasa lelihle. Bumnyama bodvwa lobummele.
Akangatiyengi ngekwetsemba loko lokulihobosha, ngobe kute layakukutfola ngaloko.
“Kukangakhi nje sibane salababi sicinywa? Ngukangakhi kona lababi behlelwa sehlakalo? Nkulunkulu uke abajezise ngentfukutselo yini?
Lababi uyawubehlisela imvula yemalahle lavutsako nesibabule, abajezise ngemoya lohhusha kabuhlungu.
Ngobe phela lababi bayawusheshe bashate njengetjani, babune njengembuya.
Lababi baya ekufeni, yebo, bonkhe labafulatsela Nkulunkulu.
Kukhanya kwalabalungile kukhanya kakhulu; kodvwa sibane salababi siyacima.
Umuntfu lonetifiso letimbi angeke aphumelele; kantsi nemuntfu lonelulwimi lolumphacambili uwela etinhluphekweni.
Umuntfu localekisa uyise nome unina siphetfo sakhe siyawufanana nekucima kwesibane ebumnyameni lobuphatsekako.
Kutigabatisa nekutiphakamisa sono, loku luphawu lwalababi.
ngobe likusasa lakho liyawuba nekuciniseka nemphumelelo.
Maye kulababi! Inhlekelele isetikwabo! Kuyawuphindziselwa kubo njengekwenta kwetandla tabo.
Leti letatitilima tatsi kuleti letatihlakaniphile: ‘Sipheni emafutsa kulawa enu, ngobe tibane tetfu tiyacisha.’
Kodvwa bantfwana bembuso bayawukhishelwa ebumnyameni bangaphandle, lapho kuyawuba khona kukhala nekugedletela kwematinyo.”
Bantfu labanjena banjengemagagasi elwandle, bakhephuta emahlazo abo; batinkhanyeti leteduka lese tagcinelwa bumnyama bebumnyama baphakadze.