19 Nkulunkulu utangiva, angiphindzisele kubo, yena lokhona phakadze. Cabanga. Labantfu abaphendvuki, abamesabi ngisho naNkulunkulu.
Bhubhisa tonkhe titsa tami ngekwemusa wakho, ubacedze bonkhe labemelene nami, ngobe mine ngiyinceku yakho.
Usiphendvule ngemisebenti lemangalisako, wena Sokulunga; wena unguNkulunkulu wensindziso yetfu. Bonkhe bantfu emhlabeni wonkhe, nangesheya kwetilwandle, betsembele kuwe.
Watsi nakuva loko Nkulunkulu, watfukutsela, wabalahla baka-Israyeli.
Labate lwati babulawa kweduka kwabo; tilima tibulawa kweneliseka kwato.
Ngenca yekutsi sigwebo sentfo lembi siyephuta kukhishwa, tinhlitiyo tebantfu setihlosa kwenta bubi ngesibindzi.
Ngumuphi kubo bonkhe labonkulunkulu balamave lowake wakhona kusindzisa live lakhe esandleni sami? Simakadze-ke yena angayisindzisa kanjani iJerusalema esandleni sami?”
“Mowabi abesaphumulile kusukela kwasebusheni bakhe, njengeliwayini lelisele emashiceni, lingakatfululwa kuloludziwo lafakwa kulolwa; akakayi ekudzingisweni. Ngako usanambitseka njengobe abenjalo, neliphunga lakhe alikagucuki.”
Simakadze utsi: “Betlehema Efratha, nome ungulomunye wemiti lemincane yakaJuda, kodvwa ngiyawuveta kuwe umbusi loyawubusa sive saka-Israyeli. Lusendvo lwakhe luyawusukela kulolo lwaluvele lukhona kwasekucaleni.”
“Ngaleso sikhatsi ngiyakuyiphenya ngetibane iJerusalema, ngijezise labo labatesutsisako, labafanana neliwayini lelisele emashiceni alo, bacabange batsi: ‘Simakadze angeke ente lutfo, loluhle nome lolubi.’
Nkulunkulu waphakadze siphephelo sakho, ngaphansi ngimikhono yaphakadze. Uyawucosha titsa takho embikwakho, akhulume atsi: ‘Tibhubhise!’
Yona ikhonanchanti kwako konkhe, tonkhe tintfo time ngayo.