7 Asithokoze sithabe, siphakamise idumo lakhe ngombana ubukhazi beMvana sebufikile, umlobokazi wayo selazilungisile.
Abaqotho bayakubona lokho bajabule; kodwana zoke iinkhohlakali zivala umlomo.
Njengebizo lakho Zimu, kunjalo ukudunyiswa kwakho: Kufikelela emikhawulweni yephasi. Isandla sakho sokudla sigcwele ukulunga!
Yiba nomusa kimi, Somnini! Yelela isizi lami engilibangelwe ngabangizondako! Nguwe ongihlenga emasangweni wokufa,
Abalungileko nabandako, abantu bayathaba; kodwana nakubusa isikhohlakali, abantu bayabubula.
Phumani nina ntombi zeZiyoni, nibone ikosi uSolomoni ithwele isihlohlo, iye, isihlohlo eyasethweswa ngunina, mhlana ithathako, iye, mhlana ihliziywayo yeneme.
Vuka, vuka wena Ziyoni, zembathise amandla. Yembatha izambatho zakho zakanokutjho, wena Jerusalema, dorobho elicwengileko ngombana abatjhili nabangahlambulukiko angeze basangena kuwe godu.
Njengesokana nalithatha intombi, ngokunjalo amadodanakho azakuba baphathi bakho, njengomyeni nathabele umlobokazakhe, ngokunjalo uZimakho uzakuthaba ngawe.
Jekezelani neJerusalema, nilithabele noke nina enilithandako, lithokoziseni khulu noke nina enilila nalo,
Nizakubona nehliziywenu ithokoze amathambenu ahlume njengotjani.” Kuzakwaziwa bonyana isandla sakaSomnini sineenceku zakhe nokobana itukuthelwakhe ijamelene nezitha zakhe.
Jekezela khulu wena ndodakazi yeZiyoni! Rhuwelela wena ndodakazi yeJerusalema! Qala, ikosakho iza kuwe, ilungile begodu iyahlula. Ithobekile begodu ikhwele udumbana, udumbana wamambala.
Kwathi asakhumbula lokho, ingilozi kaSomnini yazibonakalisa kuye ebhudangweni yathi: “Josefa, sizukulwana sakaDavida, ungesabi ukuthatha uMariya abe mkakho ngombana lokho akubambileko kubuya kuMoya oCwengileko.
“Umbuso wezulu ufana nekosi eyalungiselela indodanayo umnyanya womtjhado.
njengamadoda alindele ikosawo kobana ibuye emnyanyeni womtjhado ukuze kuthi nayifikako, ikokoda, ayivulele umnyango msinyazana.
Onomlobokazi umyeni; kodwana umngani womkhwenyani ojama amlalele, uyathaba nakezwa ilizwi lomkhwenyani. Yeke ithabo lami seliphelele.
Nginetjhisakalo ngani, iye, nginetjhisakalo kaZimu ngombana nganendisa endodeni eyodwa, enguKrestu ukuze nginethule kuye nilitlawu lakotlawu.
ngombana indoda iyihloko yomfazi, njengombana uKrestu ayihloko yebandla elimzimba wakhe begodu yena aMsindisi walo.
Yifihlakalo ekulu le, kodwana ngikhuluma ngoKrestu nebandla.
Nina zizwe, thokozisani abantu bakaSomnini ngombana uzokubuyiselela iingazi zeenceku zakhe. Lokha nazibuyiselela ezitheni zakhe uzabe enzela abantu bakhe nenarhakhe itethelelo.
Ngithi esisokileko, iye, thina esilotjha ngoMoya kaZimu. Sizikhakhazisa ngoKrestu Jesu, asinathemba enyameni,
Khonokho kwaba khona ukusikinyeka kwephasi bekwadilika kwetjhumi komuzi. Kwafa abantu abaziinkulungwana ezilikhomba ekusikinyekeni lokho; inengi lesaba beladumisa uZimu wezulwini.
Nje-ke ingilozi yathi kimi: “Tlola uthi babusisiwe labo abamenyelwe ebukhazini beMvana.” Begodu yangezelela ngokuthi: “La mamezwi wakaZimu aqinisileko.”
Ngabona umuzi ocwengileko, iJerusalema elitjha, lehla livela kuZimu ezulwini, lilungiswe njengomlobokazi aqobotjhelele umyeni wakhe.
Enye yeengilozi ezilikhomba eziphethe izitja ezilikhomba ezizele iinhlupheko ezilikhomba zokuphela, yeza kimi yafese yathi: “Yiza ngikutjengise umlobokazi, umkaMvana.”
UHana wathandaza wathi: “Ihliziywami iyathaba kuSomnini, kuSomnini amandlami makhulu khulu. Ngihleka amanabami, iye, ngithatjiswa lisizo lakho.