12 Bengizwisisa bonyana ngambala umuntu lo akakathunywa nguZimu, kodwana isiphorofido sakhe besijamelene nami ngombana gade aqatjhwe nguThobiya noSanibhalathi.
Kodwana ngamphendula ngathi: “Indoda enjengami nje kufuze ibaleke na? Yindoda enjani enjengami ekufuze ingene ngethempelini ukuze izisindise? Ngithi angizukungena.”
Ibanga aqatjhelwe lona kukobana azongisabisa ukuze ngenze ngendlela akhulume ngayo bengone. Ngokunjalo bazakwazi ukungipha ibizo elimbi ukuze bangihlambalaze.
Bazizinja ezinephango, abaneliswa lilitho. Kazi babelusi nabanjalo! Boke njalo abanangqondo, omunye nomunye uphendukela eendleleni zakhe iye, sebayafana barhubhela kesabo.
Nje-ke uSomnini wathi kimi: “Abaphorofidi baphorofida amanga ngebizo lami. Angikabathumi, angikabayali begodu azange bengikhulume nabo. Baphorofida kini amanga ngemibono, ngokubhula okungekho nangekohliso yemikhumbulwabo.
Nakhu okutjhiwo nguSomnini ebantwini bakwaJuda: “Ningalaleli lokho abaphorofidi abakuphorofida kini; bona bayanikhohlisa.” Iye, bakhuluma imiyalezo yemikhumbulwabo ingasi evela emlonyeni kaSomnini.
“Ngizwile kobana abaphorofidi abaphorofida amala ebizweni lami bonyana bathini. Bathi, ‘Ngibe nebhudango! Iye, ngibhudangile uyazi!’
Yeke umphorofidi uJoromiya wathi kumphorofidi uRhananiya: “Lalela lapha wena Rhananiya! USomnini akakakuthumi, kodwana wena uyenge isizwesi kobana sethembe amala.
Nisilaphaze ibizo lami ebantwini bami ngekereketjhana yebhali nangeenquqwana zesikwa. Nibulala imiphefumulo engakafaneli ukufa, nibabalela ekufuze ingaphili ngokukhuluma amanga ebantwini bami abalalela amangenu.’
Ngamanga nibangele abalungileko iinhlungu ehliziyweni, iye, abantu ebengingafuni bona bezwe ubuhlungu. Nikhuthaze abakhohlakeleko kobana bangaphenduki eendleleni zabo zobukhohlakali ngokusindisa ipilwabo.
Angitjho nibone imibono yamanga nabese niphorofida benaphengula ngekohliso nathi ‘kutjho uSomnini’, khisibe mina akhange ngitjho ilitho.
Abaphathi bakhona bagweba ngokudizelwa, abaphristi bakhona bafundisa ngokubhadelwa, nabaphorofidi bakhona baphorofidela imali. Bazisama ngoSomnini bathi: “Ngambala uSomnini uphakathi kwethu. Akunamatlhuwo angasehlela.”
Akhange ngikhanukele isiliva, igolide namkha izambatho zomuntu.
Omunye uphiwe amandla wemikarisomraro, omunye uphiwe ukuphorofida, omunye uphiwe ukuhlukanisa imimoya, omunye uphiwe ukukhuluma ngamalimi ahlukeneko, kanti omunye uphiwe ukurhumutjha amalimi lawo.
Umuntu kaMoya uhlolisisa koke kodwana yena ngokwakhe akakhambi ngokuhlolwa babantu.
Angabi sidakwa nesilwi, kodwana abe ngozothileko nongananturhu, angabi ngothanda imali.
ngombana umbonisi njengomphathi weendaba zakaZimu kufanele angasoleki, angazigqaji, angapheli ihliziyo, angabi sidakwa, angabi ngosisilwi nomarhamaru;
Yelusani umhlambi kaZimu eniwuphetheko, ingasi ngokugandelelwa, kodwana ngokuthanda kwehliziyo njengombana uZimu athanda bona nenze, ingasi ngenzuzo elihlazo, kodwana ngetjisakalo yokuzinikela.
Ngokuba marhamaru kwabo bazonidlelezela ngamezwi wobugalajani. Kwakade balengelwa kulahlwa nokubhujiswa kwabo akukayathi.
Bathandekako ningakholwa yoke imimoya, kodwana hlolisisani nakube ivela kuZimu ngombana banengi abaphorofidi bamanga abaphumele ephasini.
isinamoni, ezinye iinungo, itjhwalo, iimonyo, iwayini, namafutha we-oliva, ipuphu yekoroyi nokuziintoro, iinkomo nezimvu, iinjomani neenkarana, amakhoboka namaphilo wabantu.