17 Ngako ngakutondza kuphila, ngobe konkhe lokwentiwako lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga kuhlupheka kimi. Konkhe loku kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
yena wachubeka wahamba luhambo lolwamtsatsa lilanga lonkhe, aya ekhatsi ehlane. Wefika wahlala ngaphansi kwesihlahla semtsanyelo, wathandazela kutsi asale asafela khona lapho. Wathandaza watsi: “Simakadze, sekwenele, sale utsatsa kuphila kwami; kute lengincono ngakho kunabokhokho bami.”
“Ngifisa shangatsi ungangifihla ethuneni, ungibhacise khona kuze kwendlule intfukutselo yakho! Nawungamane nje ungincumele sikhatsi, ungikhumbule!
Khumbula-ke kutsi sikhatsi sami singakanani emhlabeni. Bonkhe bantfu lowabadala bendlula njengemoya kulomhlaba.
Ngikubone konkhe lokwentiwako ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga; konkhe kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Ngatimisela engcondvweni yami kukwati kuhlakanipha, nebuhlanya nebulima, kodvwa ngefika lapho ngibona khona kutsi nako loko kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Ngako ngesuka lapho ngayibukisisa kahle yonkhe imisebenti yetandla tami, wonkhe umshikashika nekukhandleka kwami bekulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya! Kute lokwaba yinzuzo lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga.
Umuntfu utfolani ngako konkhe kukhandleka kwakhe nekushikaneka kwakhe lakwentako lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga?
Ngetulu kwaloko kukhona lokunye lengaphindze ngakubona lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: lapho kwakufanele kusebenta khona umtsetfo, kwasebenta umonakalo; lapho kwakufanele kusebente khona kulunga, kwasebenta umonakalo.
Ngakhandza kutsi labafile bayajabula; labo lasebalala bancono kunalaba labaphilako.
Kodvwa loncono kunabo bonkhe ngulowo losengakatalwa losengakawuboni lomonakalo lowenteka lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga.
Kuncono kweneliswa nguloko lokubona ngemehlo akho kunekushangashangiswa lutsandvo lwekudla. Nako loko kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Moya wangiphakamisela etulu wangisusa, ngahamba ngibuhlungu, umoya wami umunyu; ngobe sandla lesimatima saSimakadze sasisetikwami.
Ngako-ke Simakadze, ngiyakuncenga kutsi ukususe kuphila kwami kimi; ngobe kuncono kimi kutsi ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
Nakuphuma lilanga, Nkulunkulu walungisa umoya loshisako wasemphumalanga; lilanga lashaya enhloko yaJona, wadzimate waba nesiyeti, wafisa kufa; wase utsi: “Kuncono ngimane ngife kunekutsi ngiphile.”
Wentelani kutsi ngibone bubi lobungaka? Ukubeketelelani kuhlushwa kwalabacindzetelekile? Imbhubhiso nebudlwangudlwangu busembikwami njalo; kukhona kulwa nekubanga lokunyenti.
Nangabe utangiphatsa kanjena, ngiyacela kutsi usale sewungibulala khona manje nje, nangizuze umusa ebusweni bakho, khona ngingasayiwuphindze ngibone lusizi lwami.”