16 Ngobe futsi ungeke weneliswe yimihlatjelo, nome bengingakunika yona, ngisho nemhlatjelo wekushiswa wonkhe ungeke ukhone kukujabulisa.
Uledzeleleleni livi laSimakadze ngekwenta lokubi emehlweni akhe? Ubulele Uriya, umHethi, ngenkemba, wabe sewutsatsa umkakhe wamenta umkakho. Umbulele ngenkemba yema-Amoni.
Awujatjuliswa ngumhlatjelo nemnikelo, kodvwa ujatjuliswa kusebentisa tindlebe longiphe tona. Awuzange sewusho kutsi ufuna umhlatjelo loshiswa samuku, nome umnikelo wekuhlawulela sono.
Anginitsetsiseli imihlatjelo yenu, yebo, umhlatjelo loshiswa wonkhe uhlala usembikwami sonkhe sikhatsi.
Ngempela, wena utsandza liciniso lelingekhatsi enhlitiyweni; ngako-ke uyawungifundzisa timfihlakalo tekuhlakanipha kwakho.
Umlomo wami uyawulandza ngekulunga kwakho, uvakalise insindziso yakho onkhe emalanga, ngobe yinyenti ngehluleka nekuyikala.
Kodvwa nangabe umuntfu ahlasele lomunye umuntfu wambulala ngemabomu, nome asabaleke wayawukhosela elatini lami, nibomsusa kulo nimbulale.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa ngulababi isinengiso kuSimakadze; kodvwa imithandazo yebantfu labetsembekile iyamjabulisa.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa bantfu lababi isinengiso, ikakhulu nayinikelwe ngetinjongo letimbi.
“Nawubatjela konkhe loku, bangeke bakulalele; nawubabita, bangeke basabele.
Ngobe ngifuna sihawu, hhayi umhlatjelo, ngifuna nekumati Nkulunkulu kuneminikelo yekushiswa.
“ ‘Kodvwa nangabe kone umuntfu munye ngesiphosiso, uyawuletsa sibhutatana lesinemnyaka munye budzala, sibe ngumnikelo wesono.
Ningayemukeli inhlawulo yekuhlenga kuphila kwembulali, lofanele kufa. Lowo kufanele afe.
“Nangabe indvodza itfolakala ilele nemfati walenye indvodza, bobabili bayawubulawa, lendvodza nalomfati. Niyawukukhipha kanjalo-ke lokubi lokumila emkhatsini wesive saka-Israyeli.
Samuweli wakhuluma watsi: “Simakadze uyajatjuliswa yini ngiminikelo yekushiswa nemihlatjelo kunekulalelwa kwelivi laSimakadze? Kulalela kuncono kunemhlatjelo, kucaphela nekunaka kuncono kunemanoni etihhanca.