12 “Inhlanyelo seyiyawukhula kahle, sivini siyawutsela titselo taso, umhlaba uyawuveta sivuno sawo, nemazulu ayakwehlisa ematolo awo. Tonkhe letintfo ngiyawutipha insali yalesive tibe lifa laso.
Isaka walima kulelo live, kulowo mnyaka wavuna ngalokuphindvwe kalikhulu, ngobe Simakadze wambusisa,
Shangatsi Nkulunkulu angakunika ematolo asezulwini, avundzise nemasimi akho, akuphe inala yemabele neyeliwayini.
Elija waseThishbe, labewekutalwa eThishbe kulakaGileyadi, wakhuluma ku-Ahabi watsi: “Ngelibito laSimakadze, Nkulunkulu lophilako wema-Israyeli, lengimkhontako, ngiyakutjela ngitsi kungeke kube khona ematolo ngisho nemvula kuleminyaka lembalwa letako, kuze kusho mine.”
Tintsaba tiyawuletsa kuthula kubantfu, kanjalo nemagcuma kuchuma kwekulunga.
Yebo, Simakadze, uyawusipha lokuhle, live letfu liyawutsela titselo.
Intfukutselo yenkhosi ifanana nekubhodla kwelibhubesi; kodvwa umusa wayo ufanana nematfonsi emvula.
Utawubuye anitfumelele imvula ngenca yenhlanyelo yenu leseniyihlanyele phansi emhlabatsini, kudla lokuphuma emhlabatsini kutawunona, futsi kube kunyenti. Ngalelo langa tinkhomo tenu tiyawukudla emadlelweni labanti nalaluhlata.
Esikhundleni selihlazo lenu, nine bantfu bami, niyawuphiwa ngalokuphindziwe; esikhundleni sekuhlazeka niyawujabula efeni lenu; ngako niyawudla lifa ngalokuphindziwe eveni lenu, kujabula kwaphakadze kuyawuba kwenu.
Bayawufika bamemete ngenjabulo eticongweni tentsaba yaseSiyoni; bayawutfokota ngekwephana kwaSimakadze: lokusatinhlavu, neliwayini lelisha, nemafutsa, nemazinyane emihlambi yetimvu netimbuti, nemankhonyane emihlambi yetinkhomo. Bayawufanana nengadze leniselwa kahle, bangeke baphindze babe lusizi.
Bangeke baphiindze baphangwe tive, netilwane tesiganga futsi tingeke tiphindze tibashwabudzele. Bayawuhlala baphephile, kute futsi loyawubesabisa.
Ngiyawukwenta bantfu, lekusive sami ema-Israyeli, kutsi bahambe etikwenu. Nine seniyawuba babo, nibe lifa labo; aniseyiwuphindze nibemuke bantfwababo.
Nigyakwandzisa titselo tetihlahla, netivuno temasimi, kuze ningetiwutseleka ngelihlazo emkhatsini wetive ngenca yendlala.
Ngobe ngihluphekile ngani, futsi ngiyawunibuka ngeluvelo, niyawulinywa nihlanyelwe,
Ngako-ke bayawufanana nenkhungu yasekuseni, babe njengematolo asekuseni lanyamalalako, bafanane nemakhoba laphephuka ebaleni lekubhula, babe njengentfutfu lephuma ngelifasitelo ibaleke.
Ngiyawufanana nematolo ku-Israyeli; uyawuchakaza njengembali. Njengemsedari waseLebanoni uyawutishonisa phansi timphandze takhe;
Simakadze utawuphendvula atsi kubo: “Nginipha sivuno salokutinhlavu, liwayini lelisha kanye nemafutsa, lokwenele kutsi kunganesutsisa; ngingeke ngiphindze nginente nibe yinhlekisa etiveni.
Ningesabi, nani tilwane tesiganga, ngobe emadlelo asaneluhlata, tihlahla titsela titselo tato, umkhiwa nemvini nako kutsela titselo tako.
“ ‘Nanihamba ngetimiso tami nilalele, nemiyalo yami niyente,
“Imisalela yaka-Israyeli ingeke ikwente lokubi; ingeke iwakhulume emanga, nenkhohlakalo ingeke itfolakale emilonyeni yayo. Lemisalela iyakudla, icambalale phansi, kute futsi umuntfu loyakuyesabisa.”
Ngako-ke ngenca yenu emazulu ayigodlile imvula, nemhlaba wagodla sivuno sawo.
‘Kusukela lamuhla, ngisho kusukela ngelilanga lema-24 lenyanga yemfica, cabangisisani kahle. Kusukela ngelilanga lesabekwa ngalo sisekelo sendlu yaSimakadze, cabangisisani kahle:
Isekhona yini inhlanyelo lesasele emiphandzeni? Kudzimate kube ngunyalo umvini, nesihlahla semkhiwa, nesemahananandza, nesemncumo akukaze kwatsela titselo. “ ‘Kodvwa kusukela kulelilanga lalamuhla sengiyakunibusisa.’ ”
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, utsi: “Nangabe kubonakale kusimangaliso kulensali yalabantfu ngaleso sikhatsi, kodvwa ingabe nakimi kuyawuba simangaliso yini?” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Ngiyawuvimba tilwanyakatana kutsi tingatidli tilimo tenu, nemivini emasimini enu ingasali ite titselo,” kusho Simakadze longuSomandla.
Kodvwa funani kucala umbuso waNkulunkulu kanye nekulunga kwakhe, khona tonkhe letintfo titakwengetelwa kini.
Ngaloko-ke akubete lotigabatisako atibonge yena ngebantfu, ngobe konkhe kwenu.
Imfundziso yami ayehle njengemvula, emavi ami ahhohloke njengematolo; yebo, njengemabhudlo etjanini lobuluhlata, nanjengemvula lenkhulu etikwalokumilile.
NgaJosefa wakhuluma watsi: “Simakadze akabusise live lakhe ngematolo laligugu asezulwini nangemanti lajulile langaphansi kwemhlaba.
Ngako Israyeli uyawuhlala aphephile, umtfombo waJakobe uvikelekile, eveni lemabele neleliwayini lelisha, lapho emazulu ehlisela khona ematolo.
Bantfu labaletsa kuthula, basuke bahlanyela kuthula, bese bavuna kulunga.