7 Ungatenti sihlakaniphi, yesaba Simakadze, ukuyekele lokubi.
Davide wasukuma phansi. Watsi kube ageze, agcobise, antjintje netimphahla takhe, wahamba waya endlini yaSimakadze, wafike wamkhonta. Wabe sewuya endlini yakhe, wabacela kutsi bamnike kudla, wadla.
Bonkhe babusi lababephetse ngembili kwami babengumtfwalo kubantfu, futsi babephocelela kutsi bantfu bakhiphe kudla neliwayini kanye netinhlavu tesiliva letingema-40 ngelilanga. Ngisho netisebenti tabo tatingumtfwalo kubantfu. Noko mine angikwentanga loko ngenca yekwesaba Nkulunkulu.
Eveni lase-Usi kwakunendvodza, libito layo kunguJobe. Lendvodza yayimsulwa, ilungile, futsi imesaba Nkulunkulu, ikubalekela konkhe lokubi.
Wase ukhuluma kumuntfu, watsi: ‘Buka la, kwesaba Nkulunkulu libito lako kuhlakanipha. Kubalekela lokubi loko kukucondza.’ ”
Mosi wakhuluma kubantfu watsi: “Ningesabi; Nkulunkulu utele kutewunivivinya, khona nitewuhlala nimesaba, kuze ningoni.”
Umuntfu lohlakaniphile unesineke akubalekele lokubi; kodvwa silima siyahlaphata, sitetsembe kakhulu.
Kwesaba Simakadze ngumtfombo wekuphila, khona umuntfu atekwati kubalekela tingibe tekufa.
Ngekutinikela nekwetsembeka umuntfu uyawutfola kutsetselelwa, ngekwesaba Simakadze umuntfu uyawubalekela lokubi.
Caphela ungatibulali ngekucoshana nebunjinga; tsatsa kuhlakanipha nekutibamba.
Wake wambona kambe umuntfu locabanga kutsi uhlakaniphile? Silima sincono kakhulu kunaye.
Phendvula silima njengalokufanele bulima baso, khona sitawubona kutsi asikahlakaniphi njengobe siticabanga.
Sicebi singacabanga kutsi sihlakaniphile; kodvwa luphuya loluhlakaniphile lwati kancono kutsi liciniso liyini.
Umuntfu lotetsemba yena usilima; kodvwa lohamba ngekuhlakanipha uyawuphepha.
Kwesaba Simakadze kukutondza lokubi. Ngiyakutondza kutigcabha, neluchuku, nekutiphatsa dlephu, nebumbulu.
Konkhe sekuvakele. Nasi-ke siphetfo sendzaba: Yesaba Nkulunkulu, ugcine imiyalo yakhe, kute lokunye lokungetulu kwaloko lokudzingekako kumuntfu.
Maye kulabo labatibona bahlakaniphile emehlweni abo, batibone bona kutsi bahlakaniphile.
Bazalwane, ngitsandza kutsi niyati lemfihlakalo yeliciniso; ngobe naningayati, ningahle nicabange kutsi nihlakaniphile. Lemfihlakalo kutsi labanye bema-Israyeli behlelwa bulukhuni khona kutewutsi betive bahlunyeleliswe ngalokuphelele.
Nibambisane ngamoya munye nonkhe. Ningafisi lokuphakeme, kodvwa nibe nebudlelwane nalabatfobekile. Ningacabangi kutsi nihlakaniphile.