5 Nakukhona lotama kubalimata, kutawuphuma umlilo emlonyeni wabo utishise uticedze tonkhe leto titsa tabo; nangabe-ke kukhona lotama kubalimata, nakanjani uyawubulawa.
Emakhala akhe akhafula intfutfu, umlomo wakhe wakheputa umlilo locotfulako kuwo kwakhehleka emalahle labovu.
kodvwa labeswele uyawubehlulela ngekwemtsetfocotfo, labamphofu belive abehlulele ngekungakhetsi. Uyawushaya umhlaba ngendvuku yemlomo wakhe; ngekuphefumula kwemlomo wakhe uyawubulala lababi.
Buka la, lamuhla ngikubeka etikwetive nasetikwemibuso kutsi usiphule ubuye uhhihlite; ubhidlite ubuye uketule, nekutsi wakhe ubuye uhlanyele.”
Ngako naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze Nkulunkulu longuSomandla, utsi: “Njengobe bantfu bakhulume lamavi, emavi ami ngitawenta abe ngumlilo emlonyeni wakho, labantfu babe tinkhuni letitawudliwa ngiwo.
Lombono lengawubona wawufanana nembono lengangiwubone, nakefika kutewubhubhisa lidolobha, uphindze ufanane nemibono lengangiyibone eceleni kwemfula iKhebari, ngawa ngibhekise buso phansi.
Ngako-ke nganishaya nganijuba ticucu ngemavi ebaphrofethi bami, nganibulala ngemavi emlomo wami; tehlulelo tami timanyata njengembane etikwenu, tinehlele nome nini.
Kodvwa lamavi ami netimiso tami, lengabayala ngako ngemlomo webaphrofethi, tinceku tami, akuzange kufike yini etindlebeni taboyihlomkhulu? Base bayaphendvuka batsi: ‘Simakadze longuSomandla wente kitsi loko lobekusifanele ngekwetindlela tetfu nangalesikwentako, njengobe abesatimisele kukwenta.’ ”
Ngobe naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze longuSomandla, longitfumile wangipha emandla kutsi ngimelane netive letiniphangile, ngobe umuntfu lotsintsa nine utsintsa inhlavu yeliso laSimakadze.
Senta tibonakaliso letinkhulu, ngisho nekwehlisa umlilo ezulwini wehlele emhlabeni embikwebantfu bonkhe babuka.
Embonweni wami lamahhashi ngawabona anje: Labagibeli babefake tivikelo tetifuba letatibovu njengemlilo, netesafire, netesibabule; tinhloko temahhashi tatinjengetinhloko temabhubesi, emilonyeni yawo kuphuma umlilo, nentfutfu, nesibabule.