9 Ngikhuluma kuNkulunkulu ngitsi: “Dvwala lami, kwentiwa yini kutsi ungikhohlwe? Kungani ngihambe ngilila ngenca yekucindzetelwa sitsa?”
Hhawu, Simakadze! Utangikhohlwa kuze kube ngunini? Utangifihlela buso bakho kuze kube ngunini?
Simakadze, ulidvwala lami, nenqaba yami, neMkhululi wami. Nkulunkulu wami, ulidvwala lami lengiphephela kulo. Usihlangu sami sekungivikela nemandla ensindziso yami. Yena ungumgedze wami wekubhaca.
Ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, Dvwala lami. Ungabi sihhulu kimi, ngobe nangabe ungangiphendvuli, ngitawufana nalabaya ethuneni.
ngikhonkhobele, ngatfotjiswa kakhulu, ngihamba ngikhala lilanga lonkhe.
Ngobe wena, Nkulunkulu, uyinqaba yami. Ungilahleleni? Kungani ngihambe ngilila ngenca yekucindzetelwa titsa?
ngenca yekuva tinsongo tetitsa nencindzetelo yalababi, ngobe bangiletsele kukhatsateka. Tingiletsele kuhlupheka lokunyenti, tiyangitfukutselela tingibambele emagcubu.
Nguye yedvwa lolidvwala lami, nensindziso yami, nenqaba yami, ngingeke ngishukunyiswe.
Nkulunkulu sewukhohliwe yini kuba nemusa? Kungabe kutfukutsela kwakhe kumente wagodla bubele bakhe yini?” Cabanga.
Bakhumbula kutsi Nkulunkulu ulidvwala labo, Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe ungumhlengi wabo.
Liso lami liyafa ngenca yelusizi, ngikhala kuwe, Simakadze, imini nebusuku ngiphakamisa tandla tami, ngikhuleka kuwe.
nakushaywa ihabhu lenetintsambo letilishumi, nelugitali, netintsambo telire.
Ngaphindze ngabuka ngabona konkhe kucindzetelana lokwentiwako lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Ngabona tinyembeti talabacindzetelwe, bate ngisho nemdvudvuti; emandla abengakubacindzeteli babo, kodvwa labo labacindzetelwe bate ngisho nemdvudvuti.
Ukhononelani, wena Jakobe? Wena Israyeli, usolelani ngekutsi: “Indlela yami ifihlakele kuSimakadze; lilungelo lami alikanakeki kuNkulunkulu wami”?
“Umfati angalukhohlwa yini luswane lolusesebeleni lakhe nekutsi abete sihawu kumntfwana lamtalako? Nome angakhohlwa, kodvwa mine ngingeke ngikukhohlwe wena.