5 Kodvwa letimenywa atinakanga, tesuka tahamba: Lesinye satiyela ensimini, lesinye satiyela ebhizinisini yaso.
Ngako-ke Loti waphuma waya kubakhwenyana bakhe lababetawutsatsa emadvodzakati akhe, wefike watsi: “Sheshisani siphume, ngobe Simakadze sewutayibhubhisa lendzawo.” Kepha bamtsatsa njengemuntfu lonamako nje.
Jakobe wase unika Esawu lesiphuphe. Esawu wadla, wanatsa, wasukuma wahamba. Esawu waledzelela kanjalo lifa lebutubulo bakhe.
Kwesaba Simakadze kusicalo selwati, tilima tiyakwedzelela kuhlakanipha nemiyalo.
Kuhlanyelwa kwenhlanyelo emanyeveni kusho labalivako livi lembuso, kodvwa tinhlupheko macondzana nalemphilo nelutsandvo lwebunjinga kuyaye kuliminyetele livi bangabe basatsela titselo.
Yaphindze yatfumela letinye tisebenti yatsi: ‘Tjelani labo labamenyiwe kutsi lidzili lami selilungile, tinkhabi tami netinkhomo tami letikhuluphalisiwe setihlatjiwe, konkhe sekulungile; wotani edzilini!’
Letinye timenywa tabamba letisebenti, tatiphatsa dlephu, tatishaya, tatibulala.
Watsi kulabo labebatsengisa ngematuba: “Susani loku lapha! Ningayenti lendlu yaBabe ibe yindlu yekutsengiselana.”
Kodvwa labanye bahlekisa ngawo lamakholwa batsi: “Labantfu badzakiwe.”
Kodvwa asachubeka achaza ngekutiphatsa kahle, kutibamba nangekugwetjwa lokuseta, Feliksi wetfuka watfutfumela wadzimate watsi: “Kwamanje ase uhambe. Ngitawuphindze ngikubite, nase ngitfole lesinye sikhatsi.”
Kumbe uyayedzelela yini ingcebo yemusa wakhe, nekubeketela kwakhe, nekumela bulukhuni kwakhe? Awati yini kutsi umusa waNkulunkulu nguwo lokuholela ekuphendvukeni?
Kunaka kwenyama kukufa, kodvwa kunaka kwaMoya kukuphila nekuthula.
batsengise ngalabanye bantfu, babe nemawala, bakhukhumukiswe kutatisa, batsandze kutijabulisa kunekutsi babe ngulabatsandza Nkulunkulu.
Pho, tsine siyawuphunyula njani, nasingakunaki lokusindziswa lokungaka? Kwakhulunywa yiNkhosi kucala, kwaciniswa kitsi ngulabo labayiva.
Ngenca yebudli babo bayawutsengiselana ngani ngemavi ebucili. Kusukela emandvulweni kulahlwa kwabo akulibali, nekubhujiswa kwabo akweteli.