2 Kwatsi chamu lihhashi lelimhlophe, nalona labeligibele aphetse butjoki, wanikwa umchele, wahamba ancoba, ayawuncoba.
Intfonga yebukhosi bakho lobunemandla uyawuyelula wena, Simakadze, useSiyoni, utsi: “Busa wena emkhatsini wetitsa takho.”
Kodvwa uyesabeka, ngubani nje longema embikwakho, nase utfukutsele uvutsa lulaka?
Sihlabelelo. Hlabelani ingoma lensha kuSimakadze, ngobe wente tintfo letinkhulu; wancoba ngesandla sakhe sekudla nangengalo yakhe lengcwele.
amite kufa phakadze naphakadze. Somandla longuSimakadze uyawukwesula tinyembeti kubo bonkhe buso; uyawususa lihlazo lesive sakhe emhlabeni wonkhe. Simakadze sewukhulumile.
Kwatsi ebusuku ngaba nembono, kwatsi embikwami ngabona indvodza leyayigibele lihhashi lelibovu! Yayime emkhatsini wetihlahla temibomvana, emfudlaneni. Emvakwayo bekunemahhashi labovu, nalabubendze, nalamhlophe.
Jesu wasondzela kubo watsi: “Ngiphiwe emandla onkhe ezulwini nasemhlabeni.
Ngobe Khristu kumele abuse, aze Nkulunkulu ancobe tonkhe titsa takhe atibeke ngephansi kwetinyawo takhe.
Ingilosi yesikhombisa yashaya licilongo layo, kwase kuba nemisindvo lemikhulu kakhulu ezulwini itsi: “Umbuso walomhlaba sengumbuso weNkhosi yetfu, naKhristu wakhe; iyawubusa kuze kube phakadze naphakadze!”
Tive tatfukutsela, kepha kwefika lulaka lwakho kanye nesikhatsi sekwehlulelwa kwalabafile. Kwefika nekuniketwa imivuzo etisebentini takho, nakubaphrofethi kanye nakulabangcwele, nakulabo labesaba libito lakho, kulabakhulu nakulabancane. Kwefika nekubhujiswa kwebabhubhisi bemhlaba.”
Ngase ngibona lifu lelimhlophe, lona bekahleti etikwalo afanana neNdvodzana yemuntfu, anemchele wegolide enhloko yakhe, ngesandla sakhe aphetse lisikela lelikhaliphako.
Ngabona shangatsi lwandle lolusangilazi, luhlanganiswe nemlilo. Labo lababehlule silo, nemfanekiso waso, nenombolo yelibito laso, babeme ngakulo lolwandle lolusangilazi, baphetse emahabhu aNkulunkulu etandleni tabo.
Ayawulwa neliWundlu; kodvwa liyakuwehlula, ngobe liyiNkhosi yemakhosi neMbusi webabusi. Liyawuwancoba likanye nalababitiwe balo, labakhetsiwe nalabetsembekile.”
Emabutfo asezulwini amlandzela agibele emahhashi lamhlophe, embetse tingubo letimhlophe letihlantekile telineni.
“ ‘Lowo loncobako, ngiyawumhlalisa kanye nami esihlalweni sami sebukhosi, njengobe nami ngancoba ngahlala naBabe esihlalweni sakhe sebukhosi.
Lesikhonyane sasibonakala sifanana nemahhashi lalungiselwe imphi; etinhloko taso kunalokwakufana nemichele yegolide, buso baso bufanana nebemuntfu.