2 sikhatsi lesibekiwe sisengakefiki nisengakapheshulwa njengemakhoba, lusengakehleli etikwenu lulaka lwaSimakadze lolwesabekako, lisengakefiki lilanga lelulaka lwaSimakadze etikwenu.
Kukangakhi bafanana netinhlanga emoyeni, babe njengemakhoba lapheshulwa sivunguvungu?
Lababi-ke bona abanjalo, banjengemakhoba wona lapheshulwa ngumoya.
Khotsamani etinyaweni tendvodzana, ingadzimate initfukutselele, nifele endleleni, ngobe lulaka lwayo luvutsa masinyane. Babusisiwe bonkhe lababalekela kuyo.
“Caphelani loku nine lenedzelela Nkulunkulu, funa nginiklebhuklebhule, kubete nalongahle aniphephise.
Naloku tive tihokoma njengekuhokoma kwemabhudlo emanti, Nkulunkulu nakabatsetsisa, babaleka baye khashane, bapheshulwe emoyeni njengemakhoba, nakaphephuka etulu emagcumeni, nanjengelukhula loluzushuniwe, nalukhukhulwa sihhuhhula semoya.
Intfukutselo yaSimakadze ingeke incandzeke, aze akufeze loko lokujongwe yinhlitiyo yakhe. Kulawo malanga letako niyawukucondzisisa kahle loko.
Tisokeni nine kuSimakadze, sokani tinhlitiyo tenu, nitinikele kuye ngalokuphelele, nine madvodza akaJuda nesive saseJerusalema. Ngaphandle kwaloko lulaka lwami lutawucitseka luvutse njengemlilo ngenca yebubi lenibentile, luvutse, kubete nalongalucisha.”
Simakadze ulufeze ngalokuphelele lulaka lwakhe, uyitfululile intfukutselo yakhe levutsako. ESiyoni uphembe umlilo lowadla tisekelo tayo.
Kodvwa mine, Simakadze, ngiyawukhuluma loko lengikutsandzako, futsi kuyagcwaliseka ngaphandle kwekulibala. Ngobe ngemalanga enu, ninendlu lehlubukako, ngiyawukufeza konkhe lengikukhulumile, kusho iNkhosi Simakadze.’ ”
Ngako-ke bayawufanana nenkhungu yasekuseni, babe njengematolo asekuseni lanyamalalako, bafanane nemakhoba laphephuka ebaleni lekubhula, babe njengentfutfu lephuma ngelifasitelo ibaleke.
Ngubani nje longamelana nentfukutselo yakhe? Ngubani longabhekana nelulaka lwakhe lolwesabeka kangaka? Nakacitsa intfukutselo yakhe lenjengemlilo, emadvwala agayeka phansi abe tincetu embikwakhe.
Isiliva yabo negolide yabo kungeke kubasindzise ngelilanga lelulaka lwaSimakadze. Emlilweni wesikhwele sakhe umhlaba wonkhe uyawushiswa, ngobe uyakwenta siphetfo lesisheshisako sabo bonkhe labahlala emhlabeni.
Simakadze utsi: “Ngako-ke ngimeleni, ngalelo langa ngiyawuma ngifakaze. Ngincume kuhlanganisa tive, ngibutsele ndzawonye imibuso, bese ngitfululela lulaka lwami etikwato, yonkhe intfukutselo yami leyesabekako. Umhlaba wonkhe uyawubhujiswa ngemlilo wekukhweleta kwentfukutselo yami.
Lizulu nemhlaba kuyakwendlula, kodvwa emavi ami wona angeke endlule.”