2 Phakama, Mehluleli wemhlaba, uphindzisele kubemhlaba labatidlako.
Akube khashane nawe kwenta intfo lenje! Ungababhubhisi labalungile kanye nalababi, bese labalungile baba njengalabangakalungi! Akube khashane nawe loko. Angeke yini umehluleli wemhlaba wonkhe ente kulunga?”
Awu, Nkulunkulu wetfu, ungeke ubehlulele yini? Ngobe tsine site emandla ekubhekana nalemphi lenkhulu kangaka letewusihlasela. Asati kutsi kufanele senteni, kodvwa emehlo etfu abuke kuwe.”
Tsandzani Simakadze, nine nonkhe labangcwele bakhe. Simakadze uyabagcina labetsembele kuye, kodvwa uphindzisela kamatima kulabatatisako.
Emazulu amemetela kulunga kwakhe, ngobe Nkulunkulu ungumehluleli. Cabanga.
Nkulunkulu nakasukuma, titsa takhe tiyasakateka, labamtondzako babaleke embikwakhe.
Simakadze! Sukuma ngentfukutselo yakho. Vuka ungimele elulakeni lwetitsa tami. Nkulunkulu wami, vuka ungisite. Nguwe wedvwa lonesehlulelo lesimsulwa.
Phutfuma, Nkulunkulu, utiphendvulele, ukhumbule labo labalibele, kutsi bakwetfuka imihla nemalanga.
Vuka-ke, Nkulunkulu, wehlulele umhlaba, ngobe nguwe umnikati wetive tonkhe.
Simakadze nase acedzile yonkhe imisebenti yakhe lemelene nentsaba iSiyoni neJerusalema, uyakutsi: “Ngiyakuyijezisa inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngenca yeligcabho layo langemabomu lelisenhlitiyweni yayo nangenca yekutiphakamisa kwayo lokusemehlweni ayo.
Kutiphakamisa kwebantfu kuyakwehliselwa phansi, nekutigcabha kwebantfu kutfotjiswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa,
Ngubani lona lometfukile wamhlambalata? Ngubani lona bewumbhodlela umetfwalela emehlo? NguLongcwele waka-Israyeli!
Njengobe uyangibhodlela, nanjengobe kungicoloshela kwakho sekufikile etindlebeni tami, ngitawufaka umkhala wami ekhaleni lakho, nelitomu lami emlonyeni wakho. Ngiyawukuncandzekisa ngaleyo ndlela lote ngayo.
Manje, mine Nebukhadnezari, ngibabata ngiphakamise ngekudvumisa iNkhosi yelizulu, ngobe konkhe lekwentako kulungile, nato tonkhe tindlela tayo tiphelele ngekulunga. Labo labahamba ngekutigcabha, uyakwati kubatfobisa.”
Israyeli, titsa takho uyakutiphakamisela sandla utincobe, bonkhe labakutondzako bayawubhujiswa.
Ngobe sonkhe kufanele sime embikwesihlalo saKhristu sekwehlulela, kuze kutsi ngulowo nalowo atekwemukela umvuzo wakhe ngalakwentile, lokuhle nome lokubi, asekulomtimba.
Nani-ke, labasha, batfobeleni babonisi. Nonkhe yembatsani kutfobeka, nitfobelane, ngobe: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kodvwa labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”