6 Ngalelo langa kuyawubate kukhanya, nekucandza, nesitfwatfwa.
Labacotfo batfola kukhanya ebumnyameni. Simakadze unemusa, nesihe, nekulunga.
Umtsentse welizulu kanye nato tonkhe tinkhanyeti ngemabutfo ato kungeke kukuvete kukhanya kwako. Lilanga leliphumako litakwentiwa libe mnyama, ngisho nenyanga iyakwehluleka kukhanyisa.
Inyanga iyawufiphala, lilanga lidliwe ngemahloni; ngobe Simakadze longuSomandla uyawubusa eNtsabeni yaseSiyoni naseJerusalema, yebo, abuse ngeludvumo embikwebaholi bayo.
Ngubani emkhatsini wenu lowesaba Simakadze nalolalela livi lenceku yakhe? Lowo lohamba ebumnyameni, longenako kukhanya, aketsembele kulo Libito laSimakadze, asime kuNkulunkulu wakhe.
Ngabuka umhlaba, wawungenasimo, ungenalutfo; ngabuka nasemazulwini, kukhanya kwawo kwase kunyamalele.
Nase ngikucisha, ngiyakuwasibekela emazulu, ngente tinkhanyeti tawo tibe mnyama. Lilanga ngiyakulimbonya ngelifu, nenyanga ingakukhiphi kukhanya kwayo.
Tonkhe tikhanyisi leticwebetelako emazulwini ngiyawutenta tibe mnyama etikwakho; ngiyakwehlisela bumnyama etikwelive lakho, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.
Asimhloniphe Simakadze, sitimisele nekumnaka. Impela, njengobe kucinisekile kutsi lilanga liphuma ekuseni, kanjalo naye uyachamuka ete kitsi njengetimvula tasebusika, nanjengetimvula tasentfwasahlobo letinisela umhlaba.”
Lelo lilanga lebumnyama nesigayegaye, lilanga lemafu nebumnyama lobukhulu. Njengekusa nakwendlaleka etintsabeni kunjalo nekuta kwemphi lenkhulu nalenemandla, lengazange seyibe khona nasendvulo, futsi ingeke iphindze ibe khona nome ngunini.
Ngiyakwenta timangaliso emazulwini nasemhlabeni: ingati, nemlilo, nekushunca kwentfutfu.
Lilanga liyawuba mnyama, inyanga ibe bovu njengengati, lingakefiki lilanga lelikhulu nalelesabekako laSimakadze.
Lokukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni, bumnyama abukakwemukeli.
Ngite ngikukhanya emhlabeni, kuze kutsi wonkhe lokholwa ngimi angahlali ebumnyameni.
Kodvwa loku nguloko lokwakhulunywa ngumphrofethi Joweli lowatsi:
Ngiyakwenta timangaliso etulu esibhakabhakeni, netibonakaliso emhlabeni phansi: ingati, nemlilo, nekushunqa kwentfutfu.
nibonge uYise lowanenta nafanelwa sabelo selifa lalabangcwele ekukhanyeni.
Ngaleyo ndlela livi lesiphrofetho laciniswa kancono kitsi. Nani nitawube nente kahle, nanililalele, naliva lakhanya njengesibane lesikhanya ebumnyameni, kuze kube ngusentsatsakusa nenkhanyeti yekusa ibonakale etinhlitiyweni tenu.
Ingilosi yesikhombisa yashaya licilongo layo, kwase kuba nemisindvo lemikhulu kakhulu ezulwini itsi: “Umbuso walomhlaba sengumbuso weNkhosi yetfu, naKhristu wakhe; iyawubusa kuze kube phakadze naphakadze!”
Bofakazi bami lababili labembetse emasaka ngiyawubanika emandla ekuphrofetha emalanga layi-1 260.”