4 Aniketsembeki, ninjengetiphingi. Anati yini kutsi kutsandzana nelive kubutsa kuNkulunkulu? Lofisa kuba ngumngani welive, utenta sitsa kuNkulunkulu.
Ngitawubeka butsa emkhatsini wakho nemfati, nasemkhatsini wentalo yakho nentalo yemfati. Yona iyawufihlita inhloko yakho, wena uyawuluma sitsendze sayo.”
Sandla sakho siyawutibhadzama tonkhe titsa takho; sandla sakho sangesekudla siyawubabhadzama bonkhe labakutondzako.
Utsi ungabona lisela, ube ngematse nelulwimi nalo, umdzibi ndzawonye netiphingi.
Ngobe labakhashane nawe bayawubhubha, ubacitsa ubacedze labahlubuka kuwe ngekona.
“Kodvwa nine, wotani la, nine madvodzana esangoma lesisikati, nine ntalo yetiphingi neyetingwababane!
“Hamba uyewumemetela eJerusalema, ukhulume beva utsi: Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “ ‘Ngiyakukhumbula kutinikela kwakho ebusheni bakho, kutsi wawungitsandza kanjani usengumakoti, wangilandzela kulo lonkhe lihlane, eveni lelalingakahlanyelwa lutfo.
Kube mane benginendzawo yekuphumulela tihambi ehlane, lapho bengingashiya khona sive sami, ngisuke kuso, ngobe bonkhe batiphingi, sicumbi sebantfu labangaketsembeki.
“ ‘Wena mfati loyingwadla! Ucolela kuba nemashende esikhundleni sekuba nendvodza yakho!
Simakadze wakhuluma kimi watsi: “Hamba, uphindze umtsandze umkakho, lite nome asatsandvwe ngulomunye futsi, ayingwadla. Mtsandze wena njengobe Simakadze atsandza ema-Israyeli, kwala nome sebagucukele kulabanye bonkulunkulu, batsandza emacebelengwane emagelebisi lomisiwe.”
Kepha yena waphendvula watsi: “Situkulwane lesibi nalesiphingako ngekungetsembeki kuNkulunkulu sifuna sibonakaliso, kepha singeke sisitfole ngisho nasinye, ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso saJona, umphrofethi.
Situkulwane lesibi nalesiphingako ngekungetsembeki kuNkulunkulu sifuna sibonakaliso, kepha ngeke sisitfole ngisho nasinye ngaphandle kwesibonakaliso saJona.” Wesuka lapho, wahamba.
“Kute umuntfu longakhonta emakhosi lamabili; ngobe uyakutondza lenye, atsandze lenye; uyakwetsembeka kulenye ayedzelele lenye. Ungeke ukhonte Nkulunkulu nemcebo.
Njengamanje nje, tonkhe letitsa tami betingafuni kutsi ngibe yinkhosi yato, tiletseni la nitibulale embikwami.’ ”
Kube benibelive, live belitanitsandza. Kodvwa anisibo belive, ngobe nganikhetsa eveni. Ngako-ke live liyanitondza.
Ngibanikile livi lakho; live labatondza ngobe bangesibo belive, njengobe nami ngingesiye walelive.
Live lingeke linitondze nine, kodvwa mine liyangitondza, ngobe ngifakaza ngalo kutsi imisebenti yalo mibi.
Ngobe nangabe kwatsi sisetitsa satfola kubuyisana naNkulunkulu ngekufa kweNdvodzana yakhe, kakhulu kanganani-ke nase sibuyisene naye siyawusindziswa ngekuphila kwayo.
Ngako-ke labanaka kwenyama batitsa kuNkulunkulu, ngobe abawutfobeli umtsetfo waNkulunkulu; empeleni bate emandla ekuwutfobela.
Siphi sihlakaniphi? Siphi sati semtsetfo? Uphi umphikisi walesikhatsi? Nkulunkulu akakwenti bulima yini kuhlakanipha kwalelive?
Ngobe phela ekuhlakanipheni kwaNkulunkulu live alizange limati Nkulunkulu ngekuhlakanipha kwalo. Kwaba kuhle kuye kusindzisa labakholwako ngenshumayelo lebulima.
Kungabe kambe ngitincengela kubantfu yini nome kuNkulunkulu? Nome ngetama kujabulisa bantfu yini? Nangabe ngisajabulisa bantfu, bengingeke ngibe sisebenti saKhristu.
Kukholwa lokumsulwa lokungenasici embikwaNkulunkulu longuBabe ngunaku: kuhambela tintsandzane nebafelokati elusizini lwabo, nekutigcina ungangcoliswa live.