5 Noko umente wacishe waba ngangawe, Nkulunkulu, wametfwesa umchele webukhosi neludvumo.
Nkulunkulu Simakadze wase ubumba umuntfu ngelutfuli lwemhlabatsi, waphefumulela umoya wekuphila emakhaleni akhe; umuntfu wase uba ngumuntfu lophilako.
Absalomu wase utfumela kuJowabe kutsi ammikise enkhosini, kodvwa Jowabe wala kuta kuye. Ngako waphindze watfumela kuye kwesibili, kodvwa nakhona lapho waphindze wala kuta.
“Uyini umuntfu kutsi ungadzimate umnakekele kangaka nekutsi ungaze umnake kangaka,
Dvumisani Simakadze, nine tingilosi takhe, nani machawe lanemandla, nine labenta livi lakhe, nilalele kukhuluma kwelivi lakhe.
Ungihlenga ngiphephe ekufeni, enhloko yami ungifaka umchele longumusa nesihawu.
Awu, Simakadze, uyini umuntfu kutsi ungadzimate umnake? Indvodzana yemuntfu bekuyini kutsi ungadzimate uyikhumbule?
Sihlalo sakho sebukhosi, Nkulunkulu, saphakadze naphakadze, kubusa kwakho kumsulwa, akukhetsi.
ngetulu kwako konkhe kubusa, neligunya, nemandla, nebukhosi, nemagama onkhe laphatfwako, hhayi kuleli kuphela, kodvwa nakulelitako.
Ngobe akusito tingilosi labecondze kutisita, kodvwa titukulwane ta-Abrahama.
Wamenta kutsi abe mncane kunetingilosi, sikhashana lesifishane nje. Wametfwesa umchele webukhosi neludvumo, [wammisa etikwemisebenti yetandla takho].
Kodvwa lesimbonako nguJesu, lowentiwa waba mncane kunetingilosi kwesikhashana. Wetfweswa umchele webukhosi neludvumo ngenca yekuhlupheka kwekufa. Kwaya ngebubele baNkulunkulu kutsi Jesu eve kufa ngenca yebantfu bonkhe.