14 Wajijimeta ngemicibisholo yakhe, kwasakateka titsa, watigalela ngemibane, watidzidzitelisa, tasiphuka.
Emvakwaloko kuta umsindvo wekudvuma kwakhe, ubhavumula ngelivi lakhe lebukhosi. Liphimbo lakhe lingabhavumula akusali lutfo lunganyakati.
Liphimbo laNkulunkulu libhavumula ngetindlela letimangalisako. Wenta tintfo letinyenti letinkhulu naletingetulu kwetingcondvo tetfu.
Ungayitfuma yini imibane kutsi ibaneke? Yona ingakuphendvula yini itsi: ‘Naku sesikhona’?
Imicibisholo yaSomandla ingekhatsi, ingihlabile, umoya wami sewunatse shevu wayo. Tesabiso taNkulunkulu ticondzane nami ngco.
Bashaye ngelitulu ubadvungulule bacibe ngemicibisholo yakho, baphitsitele.
Uyawubenta babaleke, ubadubule ngemicibisholo yakho.
Liphimbo laSimakadze lisetikwemanti, Nkulunkulu weludvumo uyadvuma, Simakadze usetikwemanti lamanyenti.
Liphimbo laSimakadze libaneka emalangabi emlilo.
Emafu atsela imvula, tibhakabhaka tadvuma taklaklabula, kwaklwebha imicibisholo yemibane ndzawana tonkhana.
Siphepho sasinemsindvo wekudvuma, kwaphambana imibane, kwakhanya umhlaba, umhlaba wagidzitela watamatama.
Simakadze uyakwenta bantfu kutsi babuve bukhosi belivi lakhe, uyawubabonisa kwehla kwemkhono wakhe ngentfukutselo lekhephukako nangemlilo lodlako, nangekucheketeka kwemafu, nangekudvuma, nangesangcotfo.
Simakadze uyabhavumula embikwalemphi yakhe. Emabutfo akhe manyenti ngalokungabaleki; banemandla labo labalalela umyalo wakhe. Lilanga laSimakadze likhulu, liyesabeka. Ngubani nje longemelana nalo?
Lilanga nenyanga kwema emazulwini ngekumanyatela kwemicibisholo yakho legijimako nangekubaneka kwekumanyatela kwesikhali sakho.
Nkulunkulu wabakhipha eveni laseGibhithe, unjengenyatsi lenemandla kubo. Bayakudla tive letititsa tabo, bephule ematsambo ato abe timvutfu, bagwaze leto tive ngetikhali.
“ ‘Ngiyawubutsisa tehlakalo etikwabo ngibafumbe ngemicibisholo yami.
Imicibisholo yami ngiyakuyenta idzakwe yingati, ngesikhatsi inkemba yami idla inyama, ingati yalabagwaziwe nalabatfunjiwe, tinhloko tebaholi betitsa.’ ”
Simakadze wabatsela ngeluvalo, besaba ema-Israyeli. Ema-Israyeli awehlula ema-Amori, awancoba ngelusiko lwenkemba emphini yaseGibeyoni, abacosha abenyusa ngendlela yaseBhethi Horoni, abaphetse abagwaza kwaze kwabase-Azekha, naseMakheda.
Labo labamelene naSimakadze bayawuphihlika babe timvutfu. Uyawudvuma etikwabo asezulwini lakhe. Simakadze uyakwehlulela imikhawulo yonkhe yemhlaba. Inkhosi yakhe uyawuyinika emandla, aphakamise emandla alogcotjiwe wakhe.”