18 “Kiyo ingilozi yebandla leThiyathira tlola uthi: Naka amezwi weNdodana kaZimu, enamehlo inga malangabi womlilo, iinyawo zayo ziphazima njengedzila etsengiswe ngemlilweni ithi:
Umzeswa kaSomnini umemezela isimiso sakhe: “USomnini wathi kimi, ‘Uyindodanami wena; namhlanje ngiyakuvuselela.
Umzimbayo bewufana nebherili, ubuso bayo bebunjengokuphazima kombani. Amehlwayo bekanjengesihlothi esivuthako, imikhono neenyawo zayo ziphazima njengekoporo emanyako. Ukuzwakala kwamezwayo bekunjengokuhlokoma kwewoma.
Kwathi asakhuluma njalo, basibekelwa lilifu elidarhileko, bekwazwakala nelizwi libuya elifinapho lathi: “Le yiNdodanami engiyithandako, engithaba khulu ngayo, ilaleleni!”
Kwathi lokha umphathimabutho nalabo ebebanaye ebebaqaphe uJesu nababona ukusikinyeka kwephasi nakho koke okwenzakeleko, besaba bebathi: “Kwamambala bekayiNdodana kaZimu!”
Yeke ilizwi lavela ezulwini lisithi: “Le yiNdodanami engiyithandako nengithokozileko ngayo.”
Ingilozi yamphendula yathi: “UMoya oCwengileko uzakuba phezu kwakho, namandla wongoPhezulu azakusibekela. Yeke ocwengileko ozakubelethwa uzakubizwa bona yiNdodana kaZimu.
ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu azele umusa neqiniso. Sabona iphazimulwakhe, iphazimulo ayamukela kuYise njengeNdodanakhe eyodwa tere.
UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
Alo, ningatjho bona loyo uBaba amhlukaniseleko wabe wamthuma ephasini uyahlambalaza ngombana ngithe, ‘ngiyiNdodana kaZimu’ na?
Mbala uZimu walithanda kangaka iphasi, wabe wanikela ngeNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa, khona kuzakuthi loyo okholwa kiyo angabhubhi, kodwana abe nepilo engapheliko.
“Loyo oyikholwako, akagwetjwa; kodwana loyo ongakholwako, ugwetjiwe ngombana azange akholwe eNdodaneni kaZimu ekukuphela kwayo.
Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Isikhathi siyeza, nanje sesifikile, lapho abafileko bazakuzwa ilizwi leNdodana kaZimu, labo abazalizwa bazakuphila.
Omunye wabagade balalele bekungumma obizwa bona nguLidiya, amthengisi wezambatho ezibubende edorobheni leThiyathira. Gade alotjha uZimu; nje uZimu wavula ihliziywakhe bona ilalelisise lokho uPowula akutjhoko.
Basakhamba endleleni, bafika endaweni lapha bekunamanzi khona, umphakulwa wathi: “Qala naka amanzi, ngingakhandelwa yini bona ngingabhajadiswa na?”
begodu yatjhunyayelwa ngamandla bona iyiNdodana kaZimu ukuya ngokoMoya wokucwenga ngokuvuswa kwayo ekufeni: uJesu Krestu iKosethu,
Yena ongazange agodle iNdodanakhe, kodwana wayinikela ngebanga lethu soke, akazukusinikela koke ngayo na?
lisithi: “Tlola lokho okubonako encwadini, ukuthumele emabandleni alikhomba, okutjho e-Efesu, eSimirna, ePherigamo, eThiyathira, eSaridisi, eFiladelfiya neLawodikeya.”
“Kiyo ingilozi yebandla le-Efesu tlola uthi: Naku umlayezo waloyo ophethe iinkwekwezi ezilikhomba esandleni sakhe sesidla, okhamba hlangana nezinti zeembani zegolide ezilikhomba:
“Nje-ke ngithi kini nakwabanye abaseThiyathira, labo abanganamatheli efundisweni le nabangakafundi lokho ekuthiwa ngokuzikileko kwakaSathana, ‘Angisanithwesi omunye umthwalo,