6 Kepha nine nimdvumatile lona lophuyile. Akusibo labacebile yini labanicindzetelako? Akusibo yini labo labanimangalela etinkantolo?
Ngobe ubacindzetele labamphofu, wabashiya beswele, ubadle netindlu tabo langazange asatakhe.
Lesihlupheki siyaphihlitwa siwele phansi emhlabatsini; ngako lesihlupheki sitikhandza sesisesandleni sakhe lomubi.
Kantsi wena uyabona, ngobe tinhlupheko netinsizi uyakunaka, kuze ukufumbatse ngetandla takho. Lohluphekile utinikela kuwe, ngobe wena ungumsiti wetintsandzane.
Ngekuchosha kwalomubi, lomphofu uyahlupheka. Lomubi akabanjwe elugibeni lalwetsiyile.
Lomubi uyacatsama abhace etindzaweni letinematfunti emadolobheni, ababulalele ematfuntini labo labate licala, emehlo akhe atse ndlo kulabo langabehlula ngemandla.
Simakadze-ke yena utsi: “Njengobe timphuya setichwagiwe, nanjengobe tihlupheki timpintjekile, ngitakuta ngimephule lowo lofuna lusito, bese ngimbeka endzaweni lengenangoti.”
Ningabagongonyi labacindzetelwe, nibaphatamise etindleleni tabo, kodvwa Simakadze usiphephelo sabo.
Nawucindzetela luphuya, wetfuka uMdali walo; kodvwa nawuphetse kahle loweswele, udvumisa uMdali wakhe.
Nawuphukuta luphuya, usuke wetfuka uMdali walo; nawuhhalatisa umuntfu lowehlelwe ngulokubi, nakanjani ungeke uhlale ungajeziswa.
Umuntfu lomphofu ukhuluma ngekutincengela acela umusa; kodvwa injinga ikhuluma ngebudlabha.
Lowo locindzetela lomphofu entela kuticebisa, yena nalowo lopha tipho kulabacebile, bobabili bagcina baphuyile.
Injinga iba yinkhosi yeluphuya, nemboleki uba sigcili sembolekisi.
Nawubona lophuyile acindzetelwe endzaweni letsite, asemukwe emalungelo akhe nekwehlulelwa ngebucotfo, kungakumangalisi loko. Lowo nalowo lophetse unemuntfu longetulu kwakhe, kantsi nalowo longetulu kwakhe unemuntfu longetulu kwabo bonkhe.
Yedzelelwa yaliwa bantfu, umuntfu wetinsizi labekwetayele kuhlupheka. Njengemuntfu bantfu labangafuni kumbuka, yedzelelwa, asizange siyishaye mkhuba.
Lalelani nali livi, nine bafati basentsabeni yaseSamariya, leniphila kahle, nitamase njengetinkhomati taseBhashani, nine lenicindzetela labamphofu, nifihlite labeswele, niphocelele emadvodza enu kutsi aninike tjwala!
Nigcobagcoba labamphofu nibacindzetele kutsi baninike kudla. Ngako-ke, nome nakhe tindlu letinkhulu tematje, ningeke nihlale kuto; nome nihlanyele tivini letikhulu, ningeke nilinatse liwayini lato.
Wamhlaba ngesakhe sikhali enhloko, ngesikhatsi emabutfo akhe aphutfuma aphuma atsi atesihlakata, asivutela tince shangatsi asatawudla labamphofu lababebhacile.
Ningabacindzeteli bafelokati, netintsandzane, nemihambima kanye nalabamphofu. Etinhlitiyweni tenu ningafiselani lokubi lomunye nalomunye.’
Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Anginadimoni mine, ngidvumisa Babe, nine-ke seniyangetfuka.
Kodvwa emaJuda afaka umoya wetikhova ebafatini lababehloniphekile lababephendvukele enkholweni yebuJuda nasemadvodzeni labesembili kulelo dolobha. Bacala bahlupha boPawula naBhanabasi, babacosha kuleyo ndzawo yakubo.
Kwatsi kube bangabakhandzi lapho, base bahudvula Jasoni nalabanye bazalwane babayisa etimantjini telidolobha, batsi: “Labantfu labadvungutelise umhlaba bawubhekisa phansi, sebadzimate befika nakulelidolobha lakitsi.
Kwatsi ngesikhatsi kuphetse Galiyo e-Akhaya, onkhe emaJuda ase ahlanganyela Pawula ambamba amyisa enkantolo,
Kodvwa Sawula wetama kulibhubhisa libandla, aphuma angena tindlu ngetindlu, awahudvula emakholwa, labadvuna nalabasikati, abafaka ejele.
Kantsi nite yini tindlu tekudlela netekunatsela, nome nedzelela libandla laNkulunkulu, nikhinyabete labo labatimphuya? Ngingatsini nje kini? Nginincome? Cha, ngeke nginincome ngaloko.
bese-ke nine ninaka lona logcoke tingubo leticwebetelako ngekutsi: “Hlala lapha, kunasi situlo,” kulona lophuyile nitsi: “Mani lapho,” nome: “Hlala lapha, entinyaweni tami,”
Ase nibuke la, emaholo etisebenti letavuna emasimi enu leniwagodlile ayanimangalela anilahle ngelicala; nekukhala kwebavuni sekungenile etindlebeni teNkhosi Sebawothi.
Nimlahlile nambulala umuntfu lolungile; kantsi akamelani nani.