10 Ngase ngabona lababi, babengcwatjwa, labo babephuma bangena endzaweni lengcwele babatjatwe badvunyiswe edolobheni lapho bebakwenta khona loko. Nako loko kulite.
Kukangakhi bafanana netinhlanga emoyeni, babe njengemakhoba lapheshulwa sivunguvungu?
Angisakhunjulwa ngumuntfu, ngifana nalofile; senginjengembita lefile yalahlwa etaleni.
Kukhunjulwa kwemuntfu lolungile kuyawuba sibusiso; kodvwa libito lalomubi liyawubhubha.
Bantfu bakadzeni abakhunjulwa, nalabo labalandzelako abayiwukhunjulwa ngulabo lababalandzelako.
Kukhunjulwa kwesihlakaniphi akukwendluli ngalutfo kukhunjulwa kwesilima, ngobe ngekuhamba kwemalanga bobabili bayawukhohlakala. Lohlakaniphile nalosilima bafa kufa kunye!
Kwakukhona indvodza lemphofu kulelo dolobha leyayinekuhlakanipha; yona yodvwa nje ngekuhlakanipha kwayo yalisindzisa lelidolobha. Kodvwa kwabate namunye lowakhumbula lutfo ngaleyo ndvodza.
Liciniso, labaphilako bayati kutsi batakufa, kodvwa labafile abati lutfo; sebate umvuzo, abasakhunjulwa ngisho nekukhunjulwa.
Awu, Simakadze, tsemba lema-Israyeli, bonkhe labakushiyako bayawuhlazeka. Labo labakufulatselako bayawubhalwa elutfulini, ngobe bamshiyile Simakadze, umtfombo wemanti laphilako.
“Lendvodza leluphuya yafa yemukelwa tingilosi, tayiyisa edzilini lasezulwini, lapho tefike tayibeka edvute na-Abrahama; nesicebi safa sangcwatjwa.
Base baletsa bantfu bekutsi bamcalele emanga, batsi: “Onkhe emalanga lomuntfu ukhuluma kabi ngelithempeli lelingcwele nangemtsetfo.
Kodvwa lolungile wami ngekukholwa uyawuphila; kodvwa nangabe ahlehla nyova, ngingeke ngimjabulele.”