14 nome-ke lomcebo bese ulahleka ngelishwa lelitsite, nendvodzana yalomnikati ingasatfoli lutfo.
Watfumba yonkhe ingcebo yasethempelini laSimakadze neyasesigodlweni. Watsatsa konkhe, ngisho nawo onkhe emahawu egolide labentiwe nguSolomoni imbala.
watsi: “Ngaphuma esiswini samake ngingcunu, kanjalo futsi ngiyawubuyela ngingcunu. Simakadze uphile, Simakadze utsatsile. Alidvunyiswe libito laSimakadze.”
Sivuno saso sidliwa ngulabalambile, basikhosholote ngisho lesisekhatsi kulamnyama emacobhe. Labomile bahahela umcebo waso kutsi bawufuhlute bawucedze.
Impela, kuphila kwemuntfu kunjengesitfunti. Utihlupha ngelite nje. Ucongelela ingcebo, akabati labatawuyidla.
Nome umuntfu angatidvumisa abuse asaphila, nome bantfu bangamdvumisa ngebuciko bakhe,
Bunjinga buyawunyamalala emehlweni akho ububuka; buyawushesha bundize njengelusweti.
Nkulunkulu uphana ngekuhlakanipha, nangelwati kanye nangenjabulo kumuntfu lotfokotisa yena, kodvwa soni usinika umshikashika wekubutsisa nekucongelela bunjinga, kuze kunikwe lowo lotfokotisa Nkulunkulu. Nako loko kulite, kufanana nekucosha umoya.
Ngibone intfo lembi lelusizi lapha ngaphansi kwemtfunti welilanga: Umcebo lobutselwe ndzawonye bese usuka ulimata umnikati wawo,
Umuntfu uphuma angcunu esiswini senina, kanjalo nome asahamba, uyawuhamba angcunu. Kute layawukuphatsa ngesandla sakhe kuko konkhe lakusebentele.
“Benilindzele sivuno lesikhulu, kodvwa navuna kuncane. Loko lenikubuyise ekhaya ngikuphuphutsile, kwahamba. Leni?” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla. “Ngenca yendlu yami lesolomane ihleti itindzala, ngalesikhatsi lapho kungulowo nalowo wenu aphishaneke ngeyakhe indlu.
Bonkhe bendlu yakenu labayawube basele bayawuta bakhotsame embikwakhe, bakhotsamele inhlavana yesiliva nelucetwana lwesinkhwa, batincengele, batsi: “Ngicela mane ungivumele ngisite baphristi, kumbe ngingamane ngitfole lucetwana lwesinkhwa.” ’ ”