9 Tikhulu tetive tibutsene ndzawonye njengesive saNkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, ngobe tihlangu temhlaba taNkulunkulu. Waphakanyiswa, ubabateka kakhulu!
Bukhosi bungeke busuke esandleni saJuda. Titukulwane takhe tiyawubusa njalonjalo, tive tiyakwetfula kuye timlalele.
Yena utsi: “Yekelani kulwa! Kufanele nati kutsi mine nginguNkulunkulu. Ngengamela tive kanye nemhlaba wonkhe.”
Shangatsi onkhe emakhosi angakhotsama kuyo, netive tonkhe tiyikhonte.
Sihlangu setfu sakho, Simakadze, siyinkhosi yetfu lesayinikwa nguLongcwele waka-Israyeli.
Ngobe wena, Simakadze, unguLosetikwako Konkhe, ubusa umhlaba wonkhe, uphakeme ngetulu kwabonkulunkulu.
Nkulunkulu waphindze watsi kuMosi: “Ubokhuluma kuma-Israyeli utsi: ‘Simakadze, Nkulunkulu wabokhokho benu, naNkulunkulu wabo-Abrahama, naNkulunkulu wa-Isaka, naNkulunkulu waJakobe, ungitfume kini.’ Leli-ke libito lami phakadze naphakadze, tonkhe titukulwane tiyawungibita kanjalo.
NginguNkulunkulu wabokhokho bakho: Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, naNkulunkulu wa-Isaka, naNkulunkulu waJakobe.” Mosi wambonya buso bakhe, ngobe esaba kubukana naNkulunkulu.
“Nkulunkulu wetsembekile etetsembisweni takhe. Uyabaphephisa labo labeta kutewukhosela kuye.
Ngalelo langa iMphandze yaJese iyakuma ibe siboniso kubetive, tive tiyawuhlangana kuyo, indzawo yayo yekuphumula ibe neludvumo.
Emakhosi ayawuba bacizeli bakho, nemakhosikati awo amunyise bantfwabakho. Bayawuguca embikwakho, buso babo bubheke phansi emhlabatsini, bayawukhotsa lutfuli lwetinyawo takho ngelulwimi. Uyawube sewuyati-ke lapho kutsi mine nginguSimakadze. Labo labetsembela kimi bangeke bajabhiswe.”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, uMhlengi, naLongcwele waka-Israyeli, kuye lowake wedzelelwa wenyanywa sive, kuyo inceku yebabusi, utsi: “Emakhosi ayawukubona asukume, tikhulu tiyawukubona tikhotsame, ngenca yaSimakadze lowetsembekile, Longcwele waka-Israyeli, lokukhetsile.”
‘Mine nginguNkulunkulu wa-Abrahama, naNkulunkulu wa-Isaka, naNkulunkulu waJakobe’? Akasiye Nkulunkulu walabafile, kodvwa walabaphilako.”
Bazalwane, ngitsandza kutsi niyati lemfihlakalo yeliciniso; ngobe naningayati, ningahle nicabange kutsi nihlakaniphile. Lemfihlakalo kutsi labanye bema-Israyeli behlelwa bulukhuni khona kutewutsi betive bahlunyeleliswe ngalokuphelele.
Nangabe-ke nibaKhristu, niyintalelwana ya-Abrahama, nitindlalifa ngekwesetsembiso.