31 “Yebo, Simakadze, shangatsi tonkhe titsa takho tingabhubha. Kodvwa labo labatsandza wena bangakhanya njengelilanga naliphumako ngemandla alo.” Live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40.
Kwase kungena lomKushe, watsi: “Nkhosi yami, nkhosi, vani nati tindzaba letimnandzi! Simakadze ukukhululile lamuhla, kubo bonkhe labakuvukelako.”
Inkhosi yabuta kulomKushe, yatsi: “Unjani umfana Absalomu?” LomKushe waphendvula watsi: “Shangatsi loko lokwenteke kuye kungenteka kubo bonkhe labatitsa takho, nkhosi, nabo bonkhe labakuvukelako.”
ufanana nekukhanya kwekusa nakuphuma lilanga, lakute khona emafu; unjengekukhanya emvakwemvula lokumilisa tjani emhlabatsini.’
Liphuma ngale kwemaphetselo elizulu, litungelete lize liyewumbamba unina; kute lokusitsakele ekushiseni kwalo.
Labantfu bacimuleka bawe phansi, kepha tsine sima sitsi zica.
Kulunga kwakho uyawukwenta kugcame njengekukhanya, nebucotfo bakho bukhanye njengemini.
Intalo yakhe iyawuma kuze kube phakadze, nesihlalo sakhe sebukhosi asiyiwugucuka, siyawuma njengelilanga lelisembikwami.
Uyawumiswa siphelane, njengenyanga, ngobe yona ingufakazi lowetsembekile losemafini.” Cabanga.
Nkulunkulu yena utsi: “Njengobe naku ubambelele kimi ngelutsandvo, ngitamephula ngimbeke endzaweni lephakeme, ngimvikele ngobe alati libito lami.
Kodvwa luphondvo lwami uluphakamisile njengeluphondvo lwenkhabi lengumlalandle, ungigcobe ngemafutsa lamasha.
Ngobe nato titsa takho, tiyawubhubha; bonkhe lababi bayawusakatwa.
Nine lenitsandza Simakadze, tondzani konkhe lokubi, ngobe uyabelusa labametsembako, abephule etandleni talababi.
BaseSiyoni bayeva bajabule, yebo, netakhamiti takaJuda tiyatsakasa ngenca yetehlulelo takho, Simakadze.
Kodvwa labangitsandzako nalabagcina imiyalo yami ngibehlisela umusa wami longapheli etinkhulungwaneni tetitukulwane netitukulwane tabo.
Kodvwa indlela yalabalungile ifanana nekukhanya kwentsatsakusa, lokuya ngekuya kuze kube ngusemini.
Labo labahlakaniphile bayawucwebetela njengekumanyatela kwemazulu, nalabo labaholele labanye ekulungeni, bakhanye njengetinkhanyeti kuze kube nguphakadze naphakadze.
Asimhloniphe Simakadze, sitimisele nekumnaka. Impela, njengobe kucinisekile kutsi lilanga liphuma ekuseni, kanjalo naye uyachamuka ete kitsi njengetimvula tasebusika, nanjengetimvula tasentfwasahlobo letinisela umhlaba.”
Lapho bantfu baNkulunkulu bayawukhanya njengelilanga embusweni weYise. “Lalelani-ke, naninendlebe yekuva.”
Siyati kutsi Nkulunkulu usebentisa konkhe kube lusito kulabo labamtsandzako, lababitwe ngekwenjongo yakhe.
Kodvwa nangabe umuntfu atsandza Nkulunkulu, yena-ke watiwa nguye Nkulunkulu.
Umusa awube nabo bonkhe labatsandza iNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu ngelutsandvo lolungapheli.
Tsandza Simakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yakho, nangawo wonkhe umphefumulo wakho, nangawo onkhe emandla akho.
Yatini-ke kutsi Simakadze Nkulunkulu wenu unguNkulunkulu; unguNkulunkulu lowetsembekile losigcinako sivumelwane sakhe selutsandvo kuto titukulwane letitinkhulungwane kulabo labamtsandzako bagcine imiyalo yakhe,
Ubusisiwe umuntfu lociniselako ekulingweni; ngobe nasaphumelele ekuvivinyweni kwakhe, uyakwemukeliswa umchele wekuphila lowetsenjiswa yiNkhosi kulabo labayitsandzako.
Ase nilalele, bazalwane bami labatsandzekako! Nkulunkulu akabakhetsanga yini labaphuyile lapha emhlabeni kutsi babe ngulabacebile ekukholweni, netindlalifa embusweni lawetsembisa labo labamtsandzako?
Niyamtsandza, nome ningazange senimbone; niyakholwa kuye nome ningakamboni, futsi nitfokota ngenjabulo lengenawuchazeka ngemavi emlomo,
Esandleni sakhe sangesekudla abephetse tinkhanyeti letisikhombisa, emlonyeni wakhe kuphuma inkemba leyayikhalipha tinhlangotsi totimbili, buso bakhe bumengetela njengelilanga emini.
Jabulani, nitfokote, nine mazulu. Jabulani nani labangcwele, nani baphostoli, nani baphrofethi; ngobe Nkulunkulu sewuyehlulele iBhabhulona, waniphindziselela kuyo!
Bamemeta kakhulu, ngelivi lelikhulu, batsi: “Nkhosi Somandla, longcwele naloliciniso, kuyawudzimate kube ngunini ungehluleli uphindzisele ingati yetfu kulabo labahleti emhlabeni?”
Ngako live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-40, kwaze kwafa Othniyeli, umsa waKhenazi.
Kusukela ngalelo langa emaMowabi aba ngaphansi kwesive sema-Israyeli, live laba nekuthula iminyaka lengema-80.