19 Labo engibathandako ngiyabasola bengibakhalimele; nje-ke tjhiseka, uphenduke!
Ngizakuba nguyise yena abe yindodanami. Lokha nalelesako, ngizamritha njengobaba nanunga umntwanakhe.
“Tjheja-ke, ubusisiwe umuntu okhalinywa nguZimu, yeke unganyazi ukusolwa ngoSabekako.
Susa kimi isibetho sakho ngombana sengifile mivimbo yesandla sakho.
Kumkhaleli; ngesililiso seenara; ngeTjheminithi; irhubo lakaDavida.
Sengiphenduke otjhili ngakwethu, ngimqhamuka ebantwaneni bakababa.
Okhalimela bezizwe, akabethi na? Mbala ofundisa umuntu ilwazi,
Ukuyelelisa okuqinileko kubekelwe otjhiya indlela elungileko; ozonda ukukhalinywa uzokufa.
Odela ukusolwa uzinyaza yena, kodwana olalela ukukhalinywa uzuza ingqondo.
Ubudlhadlha bubotjhelelwe ehliziyweni yomntwana, kodwana iswazi lokuyala libutjhidisela kude naye.
Somnini, eensizini zabo bafune ubuso bakho, bazethula kuwe ngemithandazwabo, lokha ubukhali bakho nabuphezu kwabo.
Nje-ke, Somnini, ngikhalime, kwaphela kube ngokulunga; ungangibhubhisi ngetukuthelwakho.
“Ngimadlhe phasi abantwabenu ngelize, azange bamukele ukusolwa. Isabulenu irhiribidele abaphorofidi benu njengebhubezi elidabudabulako.”
USomnini uthi: “Mbala, nginawe Jakopo kobana ngikusindise. Ngizakuphelisa izizwe zoke engikuhlakazele phakathi kwazo, kodwana wena angisoze ngakuphelisa. Angeze ngahlala ngingakubethi, kodwana ngizakukhalima ngeswazi elincani.”
“Mbala, ngizwe u-Efrayimu azitlhuwela athi, ‘Ungibethile, ngamukela isibetho njengekunzana engakajayeli ukubotjhelwa. Yewungibuyise, ngizakubuya ngombana wena unguSomnini uZimami.
Ngalokho yithi kibo, ‘Lesi sisizwe esingazange sithobele uSomnini uZimaso namkha sizwe lokha nasikhalinywako. Iqiniso liphelile, litjhabalele emilonyenaso.’ ”
Alilaleli muntu, alivumi ukusolwa; alithembeli kuSomnini, alitjhideli hlanu koZimalo.
Yeke woke amatlawu alitjhumi avuka, akhanyisa iimbani zawo.
Abafundi bakhe bakhumbula bona umtlolo uthi: “Ukutjhisakalela indlwakho kungidlile.”
Ningatlhayelelwa yitjisakalo kodwana hlalani nivutha emmoyeni, nilotjhe iKosi.
Nasigwetjwa yiKosi, siyakhalinywa ukuze singalahlwa kanye nephasi.
siphathwa njengabantu abangaziwako nanyana saziwa nje; siphathwa njengabantu abafako, kodwana qalani siyaphila; siphathwa njengabantu abahlunguphaziweko, kodwana abangakabulawa.
Qalani bona ubuhlungu enabuzwiswa nguZimu buveze ukukhuthala okungangani kini, iye, ukuzimisela okungakaya kobana nizikhuphe emlandwini, ekwesabeni, ekulangazeleleni, ekutjhisekeleni nekuhlunguphazweni. Nizibonakalise ninganamlandu kikho koke malungana nalokho.
Kuhle bona nitjhiseke, kwaphela nakube kungomnqopho omuhle begodu kuhlale kunjalo, ingasi kwaphela lokha nanginani.
Yazini-ke eenhliziyweni zenu bonyana njengobaba nakhalima umntwanakhe, ngokunjalo noZimu uyanikhalima.
owazinikela ngebanga lethu ukuze asihlenge ekukhohlakaleni koke, azihlambululele abantu bakhe abatjhisekela imisebenzi emihle.
Ubusisiwe onyamezelako ekulingweni ngombana nasele aphumelele ekulingweni kwakhe, uzakwamukeliswa isihlohlo sokuphila iKosi eyasithembisa labo abayithandako.
Khumbula lapho uwe khona, uphenduke wenze imisebenzi ebewuyenza ekuthomeni. Nakungasinjalo ngizokuza kuwe, ngisuse ilithi lesibani endawenalo nawungaphendukiko.