7 “Celani, nitawuphiwa; funani, nitakutfola; nconcotsani, nitakuvulelwa.
Ngalo lelo langa tisebenti ta-Isaka teta kuye tamtjela ngesicobho letase tisimbile tatsi: “Sesiwatfolile emanti.”
Simakadze watibonakalisa kuSolomoni ebusuku ngesimo seliphupho, ngesikhatsi aseGibeyoni. Nkulunkulu wakhuluma kuye, watsi: “Cela nome ngabe yini lofuna kutsi ngikuphe yona.”
Yebo, Simakadze! Uyativa tifiso talabacotfo, ucinise nenhlitiyo yabo. Indlebe yakho iyabalalela,
Lomubi uyatigabatisa, akanaki lutfo, emicabangweni yakhe yonkhe, utsi: “Kute Nkulunkulu.”
Awubongwe, Simakadze! Ngifundzise timiso takho.
Wena utsite: “Funani buso bami.” Mine-ke enhlitiyweni yami ngitsi: “Buso bakho, Simakadze, ngiyabufuna.”
Ngakhuleka kuSimakadze, wangiphendvula, wangikhulula kuko konkhe kwesaba kwami.
Yenta Simakadze abe yinjabulo yakho, yena-ke utakupha lokufiswa yinhlitiyo yakho.
Khala kimi ngetikhatsi tekuhlupheka, ngiyawukukhulula, bese uyangidvumisa.”
Labatfobekile bayawubona bajabule, nine lenifuna Nkulunkulu tinhlitiyo tenu ativuseleleke.
Bonkhe labafuna wena abajabule batfokote kuwe! Nalabo labatsandza insindziso yakho abasho njalonjalo batsi: “Mkhulu Nkulunkulu!”
Ngobe wena, Nkhosi, ulungile futsi ulungele kutsetselela, umusa wakho uyabaphuphumela labo labakhala kuwe.
Ngiyabatsandza laba labangitsandzako, nalabo labangifunisisako bayangitfola;
Ngitawuvuka-ke nyalo, ngiyewuyaluka nasedolobheni, etitaladini talo nasetinkhundleni talo. Ngiyawuphenya lowo lotsandvwa yinhlitiyo yami. Ngako ngamfunisisa, kodvwa angimtfolanga.
Awu, bantfu baseSiyoni, nine lenihlala eJerusalema, anisayikubuye nilile. Maye, uyawuba nemusa kini, nanikhala kuye nicela lusito! Uyakwenelela kuva nje, bese uyaniphendvula.
‘Ngibite, ngitakuphendvula ngikutjele tintfo letinkhulu naletingaphenyeki, wena longatati.’
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze kuyo indlu yaka-Israyeli, utsi: “Ngifuneni, nitewuphila.
“Futsi ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Nangabe lababili benu lapha emhlabeni bavumelana nome ngaluphi ludzaba labalucelako, bayawulwentelwa nguBabe losezulwini.
Konkhe leniyakucela ngekukhuleka nikholwa, niyakukwemukeliswa.”
Kodvwa funani kucala umbuso waNkulunkulu kanye nekulunga kwakhe, khona tonkhe letintfo titakwengetelwa kini.
Nangabe-ke nine lenibabi kangaka nikwati kubapha bantfwabenu tipho letinhle, kakhulu kangakanani-ke uYihlo losezulwini utakubapha lokuhle labacela kuye.
Ngobe wonkhe locelako uyakuphiwa, nalofunako uyatfola, nalonconcotsako uyavulelwa.
Ngako-ke ngitsi kini: Konkhe leniyawukucela ngemkhuleko, kholwani kutsi seninako, niyawube seniyaphiwa-ke.
“Umnikati wendlu nasekasukumile wavala umnyango, niyakuma ngephandle ninconcotse nitsi: ‘Nkhosi, sivulele umnyango!’ Uyakuniphendvula atsi: ‘Anginati lapho niphuma khona!’
Jesu wase ubatjela lomfanekiso abafundzisa kutsi kufanele bathandaze sonkhe sikhatsi bangadzinwa.
Akusini lenangikhetsa, kodvwa ngimi lenganikhetsa nganitfuma kutsi nihambe nitsele titselo letinyenti, leto titselo time futsi, kuze kutsi nobe yini leniyakuyicela kuBabe egameni lami aniphe yona.
Nanihlala kimi nemavi ami ahlala kini, niyawucela lenikutsandzako, nikuphiwe.
Jesu waphendvula watsi: “Kube mane bewusati sipho saNkulunkulu nekutsi ngubani lona lotsi: ‘Nginatsise,’ ngabe ucele kuye, yena abetakunika emanti laphilako.”
Labanye bantfu bachubeka benta lokuhle, bafuna tibusiso, neludvumo nekuphila lokungabhubhi; labo-ke Nkulunkulu uyawubanika kuphila lokuphakadze.
kute ngisho namunye locondzisisako, kute lofuna Nkulunkulu.
Umuntfu lote kukholwa angeke akhone kujabulisa Nkulunkulu; ngobe lota kuNkulunkulu kufanele akholwe kutsi Nkulunkulu uyaphila nekutsi uyabavuza labo labamfunako.
Umthandazo wekukholwa uyawumphilisa logulako, iNkhosi imvuse, nome entile tono uyawutsetselelwa tona.
Konkhe lesikucelako uyasipha, ngobe siyigcina imiyalo yakhe, futsi senta lokutsandzeka emehlweni akhe.