5 Umyeni wariyada ukufika, yeke woke ayenda, agcina alele.
Ebusuku, embhedenami, ngafuna othandwa mphefumulwami, ngamfuna, kodwana azange ngimfumane.
Bengilele, kodwana ihliziywami beyihlubayela. Lalela! Isithandwa sami siyakokoda: “Yewungivulele dadwabo, sinini sami, zuba lami, wena opheleleko wami ngombana ihlokwami yembeswe mbethe iye, umyeko weenhluthu unamathosi webusuku.”
Sengiyihlubulile ingubami. Ngingayembatha njani godu na? Sengiqophe iinyawo zami. Ngingabuya ngizingcolise njani na?
Ngambala isambulwesi sizakuzaliseka ngesikhathi esifaneleko; sikhuluma ngesiphetho, angeze savuka simamala. Nanyana siriyada nje, silindele, sizakuzaliseka nakanjani, angeze besiriyade.
Kodwana akhesithi inceku leyo ikhohlakele bese izitjela ithi, ‘Ikosami isekukhambeni, kuzayithatha isikhathi ukubuya’,
“Ngemva kwesikhathi eside ikosi yeensebenzi leyo yabuya, yalungisa iindaba nazo.
Kwathi amahlanu ahlakaniphileko akhamba aphethe amafutha ngemijekana.
“Phakathi kobusuku kwamenyezwa kwathiwa, ‘Nangu umyeni! Phumani nimhlangabeze!’
Yeke wabuyela ebafundini bakhe, wabafumana balele; wathi kuPitrosi: “Hawu madoda, nibhalelwe kulinda nami i-awara elilodwa na?
Kwathi nabuyako, godu wafumana abafundi balele ngombana amehlwabo gade azele ubuthongo.
Kwenzeka koke lokhu nje, abantu bebasoloko balindele uZakariya, bararekile bona uhlaleleni kangaka ngethempelini.
Kodwana akhe sithi inceku leyo izitjela ithi, ‘Ikosami ithatha isikhathi eside ukubuya’, bese ithome ukubetha iinceku neencekukazi ezinye, igome, isele beyidakwe.
Ngiyanitjela bona uzobazwela msinyana. Nokho-ke nitjho bona iNdodana yoMuntu mhla ibuyako izakufumana ukukholwa ephasinapha na?”
Waragela phambili watjela abantu umfanekiso lo: “Umuntu watjala isidiribe, wasiqatjhisela abalimi abathileko, wakhamba ekhaya isikhathi eside.
Yenzani lokhu ngokuzwisisa isikhathi sanje. Isikhathi sesifikile sokobana nivuke ebuthongweni benu ngombana isindiswethu sele iseduze khulu kunangesikhathi esathoma ukukholwa ngaso.
ngombana kukhanya okwenza koke kubonakale. Kungalokho kuthiwa: “Phaphama wena oleleko, uvuke kabafileko, nje-ke uKrestu uzakukhanya kuwe!”
Zikhalimeni nihlale niqaphile; isitha senu uSathana utjhagala hlangana nani njengengwenyama ebhodlako, efuna ezomrhiribidela.
kwaphela bambelelani kilokho eninakho bengifike.’