19 Indlela yalababi ifanana nebumnyama, lababi abati nalapho bakhubeka bawe khona.
badvukute ebumnyameni nekukhanya kungekho, abente badzayitele njengetidzakwa.”
Sewucoshiwe ekukhanyeni wayiswa ebumnyameni, ulahliwe futsi lapha kulomhlaba.
Behlelwa bumnyama lobukhasa phansi emini, litsi libalele lise nga, bona bahambe baphumphutsa njengasebusuku.
“Abati lutfo, abacondzi lutfo, badvukuta ebumnyameni; tonkhe tisekelo temhlaba tiyatanyatanyiswa.
labalahla tindlela tekulunga bahambe etindleleni tebumnyama,
Indlela yemuntfu longaketsembeki igcwele emanyeva netingibe; kodvwa lowo lonakekela imphilo yakhe uyakuyigegela leyo ndlela.
Mnikeni ludvumo Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu, asengakabuletsi bumnyama, tinyawo tenu tisengakakhubateli emagcumeni lahwalalisako. Netsembele ekukhanyeni, kodvwa utakugucula, akwente kube bumnyama lobuphatsekako, yebo, akwente kube lusizi lolujulile.
“Ngako-ke indlela yabo itawushelela, bayawutfunjelwa ebumnyameni, lapho bayawuwela khona. Ngiyakwehlisela inhlekelele etikwabo ngemnyaka labayawujeziswa ngawo,” kusho Simakadze.
Bayekeleni, ngobe ngibo baholi labatimphumphutse; kepha nangabe imphumphutse ihola lenye imphumphutse, totimbili tiyawuwela emgodzini.”
Kepha ngiyawubaphendvula ngitsi: ‘Angizange nginati. Sukani kimi, nine benti balokubi!’ ”
Kepha nakahamba ebusuku, uyakhutjwa, ngobe kute kukhanya kuye.”
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Kukhanya kusetawuba nani kwesikhashana nje. Ngako hambani kusenekukhanya, kuze ningetikwehlelwa bumnyama, ngobe lohamba ebumnyameni akaboni lapho aya khona.
Kodvwa lowo lotondza umzalwane wakhe usebumnyameni, uhamba ebumnyameni, futsi akati nekutsi uyaphi, ngobe bumnyama buphumphutsekise emehlo akhe.
“Uyakwelusa tinyawo talabangcwele bakhe, kodvwa lababi bona bayawubhujiswa ebumnyameni. Ngobe umuntfu akancobi ngetikhwepha takhe.