5 Umuntfu lolutsa makhelwane wakhe ambonge ngelite, utetsiya yena.
Umuntfu ujabulisa bangani bakhe ngekudla, babe bantfwabakhe bagolela timphungane emlonyeni.
Bantfu bayayengana la emhlabeni, tilimi tabo tisheleliswa ngemanga, inkhulumo yabo imphacambili.
Utiphakamisa kangangekutsi akabuboni nebubi besono sakhe.
Kute liciniso emlonyeni wato, etinhlitiyweni tato kunekubulala, umphimbo wato ulithuna lelivulekile, lulwimi lwato lunebucili.
Akusiti lutfo kuvula sochaka, kantsi lenyoni lofuna kuyibamba iyakubuka.
Inhlebo ivumbulula timfihlo; ngako-ke mgweme umuntfu lokhulumela futsi.
Umuntfu localemanga uyabatondza labo labacalela emanga, nelulwimi lolumphacambili luletsa kufa.
Loyalako ubongwa kakhulu ekugcineni kunalowo lolutsa lomunye ambonge ngelite.
Ngako wavele wayimelela kutsi iphambukele kuye, wayihuha ngemavi akhe.
Ngaloko uyawuphepha kumfati losiphingi, umfati walenye indvodza nalonemavi latobotanako.
“Watfumela umlilo asetulu, wawehlisela phansi ematsanjeni ami. Webekela tinyawo tami linetha, wangincandzekisa. Wangenta ngaba ngulolahliwe, ngacaleka lilanga lonkhe.
“Lalelani lapha, nine baphristi! Nakisisani, nine ma-Israyeli! Lalelani, ninendlu yebukhosi! Lesehlulelo simelene nani: Nibe lugibe eMispa, naba linetha lelendlalelwe eThabori.
Ngobe labo labenta njalo, abakhonti yena Khristu iNkhosi yetfu, kodvwa bakhonta tisu tabo; nangemavi lamahle nalamnandzi bayenga tinhlitiyo talabo labangakahlakaniphi.
Tsine asizange sikhulume emagama ekuyenga, njengobe nani nati, asizange futsi sibe nebucili bekufisa bunjinga, Nkulunkulu ungufakazi.
Tinceku tase tiluma Davide indlebe ngalendzaba, kodvwa Davide watsi: “Nicabanga kutsi yintfo lelula yini kuba ngumkhwenyane wenkhosi? Mine ngiludlwaphu nje, angikadvumi nakudvuma eveni.”